Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson is an American actor, born on 4 October 1989 in Austin, Texas, with 42 credits across film and television. She is most widely known for playing Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), a role she continued in Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). Earlier, she played Amelia Ritter in The Social Network (2010) and Dakota in the TV series The Office, and appeared in Beastly (2011) and 21 Jump Street (2012).

Her filmography also includes Need for Speed (2014), Black Mass (2015) and How to Be Single (2016). In 2018 she appeared as Emily Summerspring in Bad Times at the El Royale and as Susie in Suspiria. Her recognitions include a People’s Choice Award in 2016 and the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award in 2019, and she was named Golden Globe Ambassador in 2006.

Frequent co-stars

• Eloise Mumford · 3 films together: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades Darker
• Luke Grimes · 3 films together: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades Darker
• Rita Ora · 3 films together: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades Darker
• Jamie Dornan · 3 films together: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades Darker
• Dakota Johnson · 2 films together: Suspiria, A Bigger Splash
• Eric Johnson · 2 films together: Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades Darker

Awards won

• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (2025)
• Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award (2019)
• People's Choice Awards (2016)
• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble (2015)
• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (2015)
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast (2010)
• Golden Globe Ambassador (2006)

Nominations

• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (2017)
• BAFTA Rising Star Award (2016)
• MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (2016)
• MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (2016)
• Young Hollywood Awards (2014)
• Women's Image Network Awards (2013)
• San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble (2010)
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (2010)

Career at a glance

First credit: Crazy in Alabama (1999) · Credits: 41

Roles played

Titles reviewed on Drama4U

• Verity2026 · Lowen AshleighReviewed

Other work

• Flesh Impact2026 · Marilyn Monroe
• Splitsville2025 · Julie
• Materialists2025 · Lucy
• Loser Baby2024 · Director
• Daddio2024 · Girlie
• Am I OK?2024 · Lucy
• Madame Web2024 · Cassandra Webb
• Persuasion2022 · Anne Elliot
• Cha Cha Real Smooth2022 · Domino
• The Lost Daughter2021 · Nina
• The Nowhere Inn2021 · Self
• The High Note2020 · Maggie Sherwoode
• Our Friend2019 · Nicole Teague
• The Peanut Butter Falcon2019 · Eleanor
• Wounds2019 · Carrie
• Suspiria2018 · Susie
• Bad Times at the El Royale2018 · Emily Summerspring
• Fifty Shades Freed2018 · Anastasia Steele
• Fifty Shades Darker2017 · Anastasia Steele

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