The Guardian: Hold the front page! Marilyn Monroe is Dakota Johnson’s ninth cousin three times removed
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Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress. Her accolades include an Independent Spirit Award in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Award and Critics' Choice Award. She was featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016.
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The Guardian: Hold the front page! Marilyn Monroe is Dakota Johnson’s ninth cousin three times removed
The Guardian: Materialists review – Dakota Johnson torn between Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in charming romcom
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (2025).
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Johnson had a supporting role in the comedy film Splitsville which she also served as a producer
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The Guardian: Dakota Johnson on negative Madame Web response: ‘I can’t say that I don’t understand’
The Guardian: Yes, Marvel’s Madame Web is a ‘schlocky, janky’ disaster – but Dakota Johnson’s press tour is a joy
The Guardian: Saturday Night Live: Justin Timberlake steals ho-hum episode from Dakota Johnson
Film critic Stephanie Zacharek said the actress had endeared herself to the general public through a combination of unfiltered responses, intelligence, dry wit, and commitment to diverse performances
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Said that she does not “discriminate against movie genres” when choosing acting projects
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The Guardian: 14 hours a night: should we all sleep as much as Dakota Johnson?
The Guardian: Daddio review – Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn take a bumpy ride
Starred in the Netflix film adaptation of author Jane Austen's Persuasion
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Co-starred in The Lost Daughter, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and based on Elena Ferrante's novel of the same name
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Claiming to love them, when a reporter noted a bowl full of limes in an Architectural Digest tour of her house
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Johnson made her directorial debut, co-directing (with Cory Bailey) the music video for Coldplay's "Cry Cry Cry", which featured her then boyfriend Chris Martin
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Awarded Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award for Suspiria (2019).
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Johnson starred opposite Armie Hammer in Babak Anvari's psychological horror film Wounds, which is based on Nathan Ballingrud's horror novella The Visible Filth
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Collaborated with 300 women in Hollywood to set up the Time's Up initiative to protect women from harassment and discrimination
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Starred in Drew Goddard's neo-noir thriller Bad Times at the El Royale, with Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Cynthia Erivo, and Chris Hemsworth
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Awarded People's Choice Awards (2016).
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Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble (2015).
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Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (2015).
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Johnson appeared on Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special and hosted SNL on February 28, 2015, making her the second daughter of a former SNL host (after Gwyneth Paltrow, whose mother Blythe Danner hosted during
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Reunited with her 21 Jump Street cast member Johnny Depp, playing the mother of his character's child in the feature film Black Mass
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Johnson starred in Luca Guadagnino's thriller A Bigger Splash, alongside Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Ralph Fiennes
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Had a role as one of the new hires on the series finale episode of the NBC comedy series The Office
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Played a student at a prep school in Christopher Neil's independent comedy Goats
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Awarded Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast for The Social Network (2010).
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And shot the "Rising Star" campaign for Australian fashion label Wish in 2011
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Career landmark: rehabilitation.
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Won Golden Globe Ambassador (2006).
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Was chosen as Miss Golden Globe, where she served as the first second-generation Miss Golden Globe in the Globes' history
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Studied at New Roads High School (2006).
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Johnson made her film debut in Crazy in Alabama, where she and her half-sister Stella Banderas played daughters to their real-life mother, Griffith
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Born 1989-10-04.
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In Austin, Texas, to actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith
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