Dakota Fanning facts

young actress Dakota Fanning
  • Dakota's real name is Hannah Dakota Fanning.
  • Parents: Joy and Steve Fanning.
  • Dakota Fanning entered first grade at the age of 4.
  • Dakota began acting at the age of 5 after appearing on a Tide commercial.
  • Fanning is the youngest person to have been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
  • Dakota Fanning loves to eat boiled peanuts.
  • Her favourite films include Gone with the Wind (1939), Steel Magnolias (1989), and Titanic (1997).
  • Dakota attended a Montessori school.
  • Dakota Fanning is a huge Harry Potter fan.
  • Fanning is a born-again Christian.
  • Dakota is a big fan of Holly Hunter, Julia Roberts, and Cameron Diaz.
  • Fanning is of half German descent, and her last name is of Irish origin.
  • Dakota Fanning was born in the city of Conyers, Georgia.
  • Dakota is afraid of thunderstorms and lightning.