Dakota Fanning was born Hannah Dakota Fanning on the 23rd Of February 1994. She was born in Conyers, Georgia. She was born to Joy and Steve Fanning. HerMother is a professional tennis player and her father is a minorLeague base-ball player.

Dakota has a younger sister named Elle Fanning. Elle, like her sister, is also an actress

Dakota began acting at the age of five. Her first appearance wasIn a Tide commercial. Her first major acting job was guess starringIn ER. Her role is ER still remains one of her favourites.

Quote: “I played a car accident victim who has leukaemia. I gotTo wear a neck brace and nose tubes for two days as I worked”

Dakota at the age of 5

In 2001 Dakota Fanning starred opposite Sean Penn in the film ‘I Am Sam’

She played a girl who is the daughterOf a mentally challenged man who fights forThe custody of his daughter.

She was the youngest person ever to be nominatedFor Screen Actors Guild Award. She also won BestActor/Actress award from the Broadcast Films Critics Association

Dakota was cast in the lead child role as Alison Clarke.By now she had received positive notices from severalFilm Critics, one being Tom Shales of The Washington Post.

He said: “Dakota has the perfect otherworldly lookAbout her, an enchanting young actress called uponTo carry a great weight.

In 2002 Dakota made three other films:

Trapped- Dakota played a kidnap victim who is more than the abductors bargained for

Sweet Home Alabama- Dakota played Reese Witherspoon’s character’s younger self.

Hansel and Gretel- Dakota played Katie

In 2003 Dakota was in:

Uptown Girls- Dakota played an uptight child to an immature nanny.

Cat in the Hat- Dakota played Sally

In 2004 Dakota was cast in the film Man on Fire. She played Pita, a nine year old girl who wins over to heart of a retired mercenary hired to protect her from kidnappers

In 2005 Dakota was in the film War of the Worlds, she starredAlong side with Tom Cruise.

War of the Worlds is a sci-fi movie about massive space-ships coming toEarth to destroy everyone and everything.

During the making of the film, Tom Cruise bought Dakota Fanning an IPod!

I personally love the movie and I think both Dakota and Tom did a brilliant job. The storyline is brilliant too. This is movie is a must see =)

Dakota’s film Charlottes web was finally released in 2006.

Along with her other film Hounddog. Dakota got a lot of haters through that film because of her rape scene. The film was also banned in quite a few countries for the same reason. Dakota told the press" Its not real, its called acting”

At the age of 12 Dakota was invited to join The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, making her the youngest ever in history to join that Academy

In 2007 Dakota filmed Fragments-Winged Creatures along side with Kate Beckinsale- Kate is best known for her role as Selene in the hit vampire flick Underworld

Guy Pearce

Josh Hutcherson- My second favourite actor (first being Cameron Bright =p)) He’s best known for Bridge to Terrabiethia, Journey to the centre of the earth, The Vampires Assistant and Firehouse Dog

Jennifer Hudson

In the same year Dakota wasAlso in Push and Cutlass

In 2008 Dakota was in the film The Secret Life of Bee’s, which is truly anAwesome film. It is so touching. Everyone in the film did a splendid job!The film is about Lily (Dakota) Who accidently killed her mother with a gun.She had been living with guilt all her life and was abused by her father. SheAnd her house keeper run away and run across three women who make honey.They work there and Lily later finds out the truth about her mother. It’s a touchingStory which shows people about the racism which goes on in the world. I love the Film and recommend it to anyone =)

In 2009 Dakota Fanning Played Jane Volturi in the best film around, New Moon.

Jane is the twin sister of Alec (GO TEAM ALEC!) She has the power to burn people with her mind. She is a vampire. Most people think Jane is the evil one from the twins of torture but she isn’t. Its actually Alec (GO TEAM ALEC!) because he attacks without warning.

In 2010 Dakota starred along side Kristen Stewart in the film Runaways as well as being Jane in Eclipse.

In 2011 Dakota Fanning was back in Breaking Dawn: Part 1 as the Volturi’s Jane. She returns in 2012 in breaking Dawn Part 2 as the same character

2001Father X-masTom CatsI am Sam

2002TakenTrappedHome Sweet AlabamaHansel and Gretel

2003Uptown GirlsThe Cat in the HatKim Possible

2004Man on FireMy Neighbour TororoIn The Realms of the Unreal

2005Hide and SeekLilo and StitchNine LivesWar of the WorldsDreamer

2006Charlottes Web

2007HounddogCutlass

2008The Secret Life of Bees

2009CarolinePushFragmentsNEW MOON

2010The RunawaysECLIPSE

I have chosen Dakota Fanning as my Arts’ Heroin for the Following reasons:

•She plays my third favourite character in New Moon ( firstBeing Alec, Second being Renata)

• She is pretty

•She has been my role-model ever since I was 6 and I saw her in Hide and Seek