"Dakota Johnson"

Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress and model, who played the lead role in the short-lived Fox sitcom Ben and Kate (2012–2013) and appeared in The Social Network (2010), Beastly (2011), 21 Jump Street (2012), and Need for Speed (2014). Most recently, Johnson was cast in the lead role of Anastasia Steele in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).

Johnson was born in Austin, Texas, to actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. On her mother's side, she is a granddaughter of advertising executive and former child actor Peter Griffith and Golden Globe–winning actress Tippi Hedren, and half-niece of actress Tracy Griffith and production designer Clay A. Griffith. Her former stepfather is Antonio Banderas.She has six half-siblings; four on her father's side and two on her mother's side.

A third-generation Hollywood actress, Johnson attended Aspen Community School in Aspen, Colorado. She later attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, for her freshman year of high school before transferring to the New Roads School in Santa Monica, California. She was an avid dancer as a child. She became interested in modeling at age 12 after a photo shoot with children of other celebrities for Teen Vogue

In 1999, Johnson made her film debut in Crazy in Alabama where she and her half-sister, Stella Banderas, played daughters to their real-life mother, Melanie Griffith. The film was directed by her then-stepfather, Antonio Banderas.

She was chosen as Miss Golden Globe 2006, where she served as the first second-generation Miss Golden Globe in the Globes' history.

Once Johnson graduated from high school, she signed with the William Morris Agency and started her acting career. She appeared in the critically acclaimed box office hit The Social Network which was directed by David Fincher. She has also appeared in Beastly, Ezna Sands' film Theo, and So Yong Kim's film For Ellen. In 2012, she had roles in Christopher Neil's film Goats, with David Duchovny; Nicholas Stoller's film The Five-Year Engagement for producer Judd Apatow, and the film 21 Jump Street. She also played the female lead in Chris Nelson's film Date and Switch written by Alan Yang.

In March 2012, Johnson was cast as Kate in the Fox comedy series Ben and Kate, marking her television debut. The show was cancelled on January 25, 2013 after one season. Johnson quickly resumed her film career, and appeared in Need for Speed (2014). She also has been cast in the modern-day film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Cymbeline titled Anarchy.

In 2013, she made a cameo appearance as one of the new hires on the "Finale" episode of The Office.

In 2014, she reunited with her 21 Jump Street cast member Johnny Depp playing the mother of his child in the feature film Black Mass. Johnson also appeared in A Bigger Splash, an English-language remake of the 1969 French film La Piscine, set for release in 2015.

Johnson played Anastasia "Ana" Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey, which was released in February 2015.

On February 15, 2015, Johnson appeared on Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special and will be hosting SNL on February 28, 2015.

Johnson will star in and executive produce the film Forever, Interrupted, playing a young widow.

In 2006, Johnson signed with IMG Models. Though acting is her primary work, she has since modeled for MANGO brand's jeans line in 2009 and shot the "Rising Star" campaign for Australian fashion label Wish in 2011.

Johnson was previously in relationships with musician Noah Gersh, actor Jordan Masterson and Matthew Hitt, a member of Drowners.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Crazy in Alabama	Sondra
2010	The Social Network	Amelia Ritter
2011	Beastly	Sloan Hagen
2012	For Ellen	Cindy Taylor
2012	Goats	Minnie
2012	21 Jump Street	Fugazy
2012	The Five-Year Engagement	Audrey
2013	Theo	Chloe
2014	Date and Switch	Em
2014	Need for Speed	Anita Coleman
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Anastasia "Ana" Steele
2015	Anarchy	Imogen	Post-production
2015	Black Mass	Lindsey Cyr	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–2013	Ben and Kate	Kate Fox	Main cast; 16 episodes
2013	The Office	Dakota	Episode: "Finale"
2015	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Dakota Johnson/Alabama Shakes"

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