Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress. The daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, she made her film debut at age ten with a minor role in the dark comedy film Crazy in Alabama (1999) with her mother. After graduating high school, she began auditioning for roles in Los Angeles and was cast in a minor part in The Social Network (2010). Johnson had her breakthrough playing Anastasia Steele in the erotic romantic drama film series Fifty Shades (2015–2018), and received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination in 2016. Johnson appeared in films such as the crime drama Black Mass (2015), Luca Guadagnino's drama A Bigger Splash (2015), the romantic comedy How to Be Single (2016), the supernatural horror film Suspiria (2018), the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), the coming-of-age film The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), Maggie Gyllenhaal's psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), and Cooper Raiff's Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022). She has received various awards and nominations, including a People's Choice Award, and nominations for a BAFTA Award and two MTV Movie & TV Awards. She was also featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016.
Crazy in Alabama
(Sondra)
The Social Network
(Amelia Ritter)
Beastly
(Sloan Hagen)
The Five-Year Engagement
(Audrey)
Date and Switch
(Em)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
(Self)
Fifty Shades of Grey
(Anastasia Steele)
Cymbeline
(Imogen)
Need for Speed
(Anita Coleman)
Black Mass
(Lindsey Cyr)
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
(Shere Hite (voice))
21 Jump Street
(Fugazy)
Chloe and Theo
(Chloe)
In a Relationship
(Willa)
A Bigger Splash
(Penelope Lanier)
How to Be Single
(Alice Kepley)
Materialists
Madame Web
(Cassandra Webb)
Behind the scenes of All That Glitters
(Dianica French)
Fifty Shades Freed
(Anastasia Steele)
Fifty Shades Darker
(Anastasia Steele)
Suspiria
(Susie)
Goats
(Minnie)
For Ellen
(Cindy Taylor)
Transit
(Elizabeth Becks)
Closed Set
(Leading Lady)
Splitsville
(Julie)
The Peanut Butter Falcon
(Eleanor)
Bad Times at the El Royale
(Emily Summerspring)
Just a Minute
(Self)
Wounds
(Carrie)
Our Friend
(Nicole Teague)
The High Note
(Maggie Sherwoode)
Crackpot
The Nowhere Inn
(Self)
The Lost Daughter
(Nina)
Am I OK?
(Lucy)
Cha Cha Real Smooth
(Domino)
Persuasion
(Anne Elliot)
Daddio
(Girlie)
Vale
(Rachel)
Ben and Kate
(Kate Fox)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self - Guest)
El hormiguero
(Self)
The Drew Barrymore Show
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self)
The Office
(Dakota)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Phoning it In
(Self (voice))
Lie Detector
(Self (archival footage))
Lie Detector
(Self)