Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American child actress. Known professionally as Dakota Fanning, she is one of the first major stars among the youngest members of Generation Y. Dakota Fanning - Television. Fanning, born in Conyers, Georgia, to Steven and Joy Fanning, began her quick rise to stardom at age five, when she was chosen for a Tide commercial. Her first significant acting job was a guest-starring role in the NBC prime-time drama, ER, which remains one of her favor ...

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Fanning, born in Conyers, Georgia, to Steven and Joy Fanning, began her quick rise to stardom at age five, when she was chosen for a Tide commercial. Her first significant acting job was a guest-starring role in the NBC prime-time drama, ER, which remains one of her favorite characters ("I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked." [1]). Several guest roles in established series would follow, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Friends ...

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In 2001, at age seven, Fanning was chosen to star opposite Sean Penn in I am Sam, the story of a mentally challenged man who fights for the custody of his daughter. This role made Fanning the youngest person (in 2002, at age eight) ever to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, for her supporting performance. When she won the Best Young Actor/Actress award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for I am Sam, she was too short to reach the microphone; presenter Orlando Bloom held her up for the duration of her acceptance spee ...

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Dakota Fanning's sister, Elle Fanning, is a budding actress. Elle began her career by playing younger versions of Dakota's characters in I am Sam and Taken. At age five, Dakota appeared with legendary musician Ray Charles in a television commercial for the Georgia State Lottery. [7] Dakota appeared on The Tonight Show on November 10, 2003, where she declared that she and her sister shared a room, and described The Cat in the Hat co-star Mike Myers as "very funny". In a subsequent Tonight Show ...

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