Dakota Johnson she is not an actress by chance: she was born in a family where cinema is at home. Her mother is the actress Melanie Griffithin turn daughter of another actress, that is Tippi Hedrenwhile his father is the actor Don Johnson. His film debut takes place ten years after her birth with the release of the film in 1999 Crazy in Alabamadirected by the then husband of Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas.
Short biography of the actress Dakota Johnson
Dakota Mayi Johnson was born in Austin, United States of America, on October 4, 1989, from Melanie Griffith And Don Johnson. The mother has two other children from two relationships, as well as the father who, in addition to Dakotahas four other children. Dakota Johnson makes, as mentioned, her debut in the cinema as an actress in the film Crazy in Alabamadirected by Antonio Banderasat the time married to Melanie Griffith. In this film Dakota Johnson And Stella Banderas play the daughters of the character of Lucillewhose face is that of their real mother, Melanie Griffith.
The success of Fifty Shades of Gray
Dakota Johnson continues her journey into the world of entertainment by working as a model and studying acting. In 2010 she returned to the big screen playing a small role in the film The Social Network. Since that time, Dakota Johnson takes part in numerous films as an actress including Beastly And Cymbeline. But not just cinema for the actress: Dakota Johnson he also makes two forays into the world of TV series. He appears in fact in Ben and Kate and in The Office before returning to the big screen in the first film of the film trilogy dedicated to the books of EL Jamesthat is to say Fifty Shades of Graywhich came out in 2015 under the direction of Sam Taylor-Johnson. She also appears in the video clips of two songs that are part of the film’s soundtrack. In the same year other films with Dakota Johnsonamong which Black Mass – The ultimate gangster.
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Dakota Johnson’s acting career continues
Dakota Johnson returns to play the role of Anastasia Steele from Fifty Shades of Gray in the other two chapters of the trilogy, both directed by James Foley: Fifty shades of black And Fifty shades of red. In 2018 she has the opportunity to work with the Oscar winner for the second time Tilda Swinton and with the director Luca Guadagninoon the set of the film Suspiria. She had already met both of them in 2015 for the making of the film A Bigger Splash, presented in competition at the seventy-second edition of the Venice International Film Festival. In 2020 Dakota Johnson embarks on a new adventure: he directs, together with Cory Baileythe video clip of the song Cry, Cry, Cry of the band Coldplay. Frontman of the group is Chris Martinwith whom the actress began dating in the fall of 2017 and to which she is currently romantically linked.
In 2021 the film comes out with Dakota Johnson by title The dark daughterdirected by Maggie Gyllenhaal, presented in competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. The cast also includes the Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley And Peter Sarsgaard.