Hollywood: dakota Fanning Fanning's breakthrough performance

Sunday, August 28, 2011

dakota Fanning Fanning's breakthrough performance

Hannah Dakota Fanning born February 23, 1994 better known as Dakota Fanning, is an American actress. Fanning's breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, and Charlotte's Web. Fanning began the transition to more adult roles with Hounddog and The Secret Life of Bees. Recent films have included The Twilight Saga, the fantasy/horror animated children's movie Coraline and The Runaways. She has won numerous awards and is the youngest nominee for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Contents
1 Early and personal life
2 Acting career
2.1 Early years
2.2 2002–2003
2.3 2004–2005
2.4 2006–2007
2.5 2008–2009
2.6 2010–present
3 Filmography
4 Awards and nominations
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Early and personal life
Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Joy Fanning (née Arrington), who played tennis professionally, and Steve J. Fanning, who played minor league baseball and now works as an electronics salesman in Los Angeles. Her maternal grandfather was former American football player, Rick Arrington, and her aunt is former ESPN reporter Jill Arrington. Dakota is the older sister of Elle Fanning, also an actress.
Fanning has German and Irish ancestry. She and her family are Southern Baptist.In June 2011, she graduated from Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California, where she participated on the varsity spirit cheerleading squad and was voted homecoming queen.
Fanning has been accepted early into New York University and will enroll in Fall 2011.

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