Dakota Fanning

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on February 23rd of 1994 in Conyers, Georgia. Raised in a Southern Baptist household by parents who were both semi-successful athletes, Fanning attended Montessori schools from a young age. Her older sister is Elle Fanning, another incredibly successful actress. Although Fanning became a famous actress at a very young age, she went to high school just like any other kid in Studio City. After graduating from high school in 2011, Dakota attended the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. She left the Gallatin School in 2014. Dakota's breakthrough came in 2001, when she starred alongside Sean Penn in "I Am Sam." At the age of seven, she was already attracting significant praise from critics for her performance in this film. Next year, Steven Spielberg personally cast Dakota in the sci-fi miniseries "Taken." In 2009, Fanning joined the lucrative "Twilight" franchise, booking the character of Jane in the film "New Moon." In 2017, Dakota and her older sister Elle teamed up to purchase a house in San Fernando Valley for $2.3 million. In 2019, Dakota bought her very own property in the Toluca Lake area of Los Angeles for $2.95 million. The house is very similar to the one she and her sister bought previously, featuring a pool and grassy backyard. Her new property also boasts high, vaulted ceilings. Next year in 2020, Elle and Dakota listed their San Fernando property for $2.7 million.