Dakota and El were born in the family of the famous professional tennis player Heather Joy and basketball player Steve Fanning.
The biographies of the sisters Dakota and El Fanning are very similar. Along with the filming of the films, the girls attended a theater school and developed their acting talent. In addition to the cinema, girls take part in the filming of commercials, try their hand at the role of models, photos of the Fanning sisters appear on the covers of magazines.
Dakota and El, although they are famous actresses, lead a normal life. Dakota is engaged in ballet, vocals, plays the violin and piano, sometimes writes scripts, and is also interested in horse riding and knitting. El loves spending free time reading detective stories and science fiction, playing soccer. In addition to acting, she is fond of singing, dancing and fashion design.
Dakota Fanning
Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on February 23, 1994 in Conyers, Georgia, USA.
In 2011, she graduated from Campbell Hall School in California and then entered New York University.
Filmography Dakota
Dakota Fanning began to study acting from a very young age, and when she was five years old, the girl received her first commercial offer on television. After that, she took part in various commercials.
In 2000, Dakota played small guest roles in such television series as Ambulance, CSI: Crime Scene, Twisted City, The Ellen Show, Ellie McBeal, and Practice. The very next year, she starred in the movie "I Am Sam," which attracted her attention.
In 2002, Dakota's popularity increased after she starred in the TV series “The Kidnapped” by famous director Steven Spielberg. In the same year she starred in three films: “Hansel and Gretel”, “Stylish little thing” and “24 hours”.
In 2003, she starred in two films "City Girls" and "Cat". She also voiced four animated projects for Disney, Fox and Cartoon Network.
Dakota Fanning appeared in the famous film "Anger" in 2004 with Denzel Washington. She continued her work with high-profile actors in 2005 when she played the role of Tom Cruise's daughter in War of the Worlds. Dakota also starred in Hide and Seek with Robert De Niro and Dreamer with Kurt Russell. In the same year, she voiced Lilo and Stitch 2. In 2006, Fanning starred in a children's film adaptation of Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White.
In early 2007, Dakota focused on more mature movie roles. In 2007, she starred in the movie Harassed, which caused controversy over its content. The following year, the young actress took part in the film "The Secret Life of Bees."
In 2009, Dakota tried to change the genre to action, starring in the title role in The Fifth Dimension, but the film did not succeed at the box office. Nevertheless, she got a chance to voice the main character in the animated film "Coraline in Nightmare." In the same year, Fanning appeared in the second part of The Twilight Saga - New Moon.
In 2010, she, along with her friend Kristen Stewart, starred in the movie Ranweis, based on the autobiography of singer Chery Kerry. In the same year, she continued to participate in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and in early 2011, she starred in the next part of Twilight - Dawn. Other films she starred that year were: “Now is the time”, “Life at the Motel” and “Effie”. She also voiced the movie "Rise", shot by the US Figure Skating Association.
In 2012, Dakota Fanning played the role of an eco-terrorist in Night Movements. The following year, she appeared in the biographical film "The Last of Robin Hoods." She also signed a contract for the role of Vienne in Vienna and Ghosts, which was released in 2017. In 2014, the actress voiced "Wings of the Wing."
In 2015, the film “The Benefactor” appeared in the filmography of Dakota Fanning, in 2016 - “Underworld”, “American Pastoral” and the short film “Escape”. The following year, the actress also appeared in the short film Zygote, and in 2017 in the drama “Please Get Ready”.
In 2018, Dakota starred in the TV series "Alienist" and in the films "Ocean's Eight Friends" and "Glass Cap".
Main works
Dakota Fanning gained popularity due to the role of a small artist in the film "I Am Sam" in 2001. She became the youngest nominee for the Screen Actors Guild Award, and also received the "Best Young Performer" award from the Association of Broadcast Film Critics.
Awards and Achievements
In 2001, Dakota received the Best Young Performer Award for her role in the film I Am Sam.
In 2003, she won the Young Artist Award in the nomination for Best Performance in the Television Film, Mini-Series or Special Film: Young Actress category for her role in the mini-series The Abducted. The same role brought Fanning the Saturn Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a television series.
For four years in a row, Dakota won the category "Best Performing Role in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress" for her roles in the films: Cat (2004), Anger (2005), Dreamer (2006) and Charlotte's Web (2007) )
In 2009, for her role in The Secret Life of Bees, Dakota received awards in the categories of "Best Young Performer" and "Young Artist" in the nomination "Best Performance in a Feature Film (Comedy or Drama)" - "Leading Young Actress".
Elder Fanning's Personal Life
Dakota Fanning has been in a relationship with British model Jamie Strachan since 2013. With him, she appears at most receptions and ceremonies.
El fanning
Mary El Fanning was born on April 9, 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA. Like older sister Fanning, she also graduated from Campbell Hall in California.
Movie work
At the beginning of his acting career, El Fanning and her sister repeatedly appeared in the same film. For the first time, El appeared in the mini-series "The Abducted", which was shot by the famous American director and producer Steven Spielberg. Fanning appeared on the screen as the younger version of her sister's character.
El first appeared on the big screen in the 2001 American film “I'm Sam,” again as her sister’s young character Lucy Diamond Dawson. The film was commercially successful, and also received an Oscar nomination.
Slowly, her popularity grew and she appeared in several other films over the next few years: Daddy Duty (2003), Who Should Have Cheese With (2006), Forbidden Road (2007), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button "(2008).
El also appeared in episodes of television series such as CSI: Miami (2003), CSI: New York Crime Scene (2004), Law and Order: Special Corps (2006), and The Last Room (2006) .
In 2008, El Faning became famous for her lead role in Phoebe in Wonderland, directed by Daniel Barnes. The film was shown at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, after which it received a limited release in movie theaters.
The following year, El voiced an animated film about the superhero Astroboy directed by David Bowers, which is based on the eponymous series of manga. The film was a commercial failure and received mixed reviews from critics.
In 2009, she played a leading role in the musical fantasy film The Nutcracker and the Rat King, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. Unfortunately, the film also failed at the box office.
In 2010, Fanning played a significant role in the American drama film Somewhere. The film was successful and received positive reviews, in addition, El brought her first award.
Over the next few years, she played major and minor roles in many films. Some of them are Bomb (2012), Quite Low (2014), Maleficent (2014), Youth (2014) and Three Generations (2015). Her latest films include Neon Demon (2016), How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) and Fatal Temptation (2017).
Top movies
“Phoebe in Wonderland” was the first movie in El Fanning’s career, where she starred. The film was directed by Daniel Barnes and was attended by Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson and Bill Pulman. The film tells about the life of a nine-year-old girl who suffers from Tourette’s syndrome.
Fanning played a significant role in the American sci-fi thriller Super 8, directed by JJ Abrams. The story revolved around a group of teenagers who were making a film when a train went off the rails and ushered in a series of mystical events. The painting gained commercial success and received numerous awards. In addition, she was well received by critics.
The American drama film Bomb, directed by Sally Potter, released in 2012, is another of Fanning’s important works. In it, the girl played the main role and worked together with actors Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt and Joddy May. He received mostly positive reviews from critics.
In Maleficent, the 2014 American fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg, El starred with actors Angelina Jolie, Charlto Copley, Sam Riley and Imelda Staunton. The picture was a huge commercial success, and also received an Oscar nomination.
Fatal Temptation, the 2017 American drama, is one of Fanning's latest works. The film was directed by Sofia Coppola, and along with Fanning, actors Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst took part in it. The film was commercially successful and received mostly positive reviews from critics.
El Awards and Nominations
In 2011, El Fanning received the Young Hollywood Award for Actress of the Year for her role in the 2010 American drama film Somewhere. In the same year, she won awards at the Hollywood Film Festival and the Phoenix Film Critics Society for her role in the sci-fi thriller Super 8.
Despite the fact that El was barely twenty years old, she received many nominations for the Saturn Award, the Teen Choice Award and the Screen Actors Guild.
Relations
El Fanning is currently alone. She previously had a relationship with Zalman Band and Dylan Beck.
Relationship sisters
When the filmography of the Fanning sisters increased significantly, and El began to overshadow the career of Dakota, one would think that the rivalry between the sisters would gain momentum. However, with a four-year age gap, girls actually had a harder time getting along when they were growing up.
In an interview about her sister, Dakota Fanning said something like this. There are several years when they differed greatly: 9 and 13 years - nothing in common; 12 and 16 - the girls did not know what to do with each other.
Now that both of them have matured, it seems that it has become easier for them to communicate.
The sisters Dakota and El Fanning said there was no rivalry between them because they had radically different ideas about what they wanted to do with their careers.