Early life

Dakota Mayi Johnson was born on October 4, 1989 in Austin, Texas, to actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. She is the maternal 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 actor Antonio Banderas. She has six half-siblings; four on her father's side and two on her mother's side.

Johnson attended Aspen Community School in Aspen, Colorado. She later attended the Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, for her freshman year of high school before transferring to 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.

Career

Acting

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. In 2006, 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 Chloe and 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.

In 2013, she had a role as one of the new hires on the "Finale" episode of The Office. Johnson played Anastasia "Ana" Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey, which was released in February 2015. Johnson won the role over Lucy Hale, Felicity Jones, Elizabeth Olsen, Danielle Panabaker and Shailene Woodley. On February 15, 2015, 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 the show's seventh season in 1982) to host herself. Also in 2015, she reunited with her 21 Jump Street cast member Johnny Depp, playing the mother of his character's child in the feature film Black Mass.

In 2015, Johnson starred in Luca Guadagnino's thriller A Bigger Splash, opposite Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes. She also played a lead in the 2016 comedy How to Be Single, with Leslie Mann and her Date and Switch costar Nicholas Braun.

Johnson mentioned in the Autumm/Winter 2015 issue of AnOther Magazine, that she is already deep in ballet training to prepare for Luca Guadagnino's remake of Suspiria. She will star with Schnoenaerts again in The Sound of Metal, where she plays a singer, and he plays a drummer who begins to lose his hearing. She will reunite with both her The Social Network's producer Michael De Luca and costar Andrew Garfield for the crime thriller Under the Silver Lake. She will also star in and executive produce the film Forever, Interrupted, playing a young widow.

Modeling

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.

Personal life

Johnson was previously in relationships with musician Noah Gersh and actor Jordan Masterson. She is currently dating Welsh model and musician Matthew Hitt.

In answer to questions regarding her stance on gender rights with respect to her role in Fifty Shades, Johnson stated: "I'm proud of . I completely disagree with people who think Ana's weak. I think she's actually stronger than he is. Everything she does is her choice. And if I can be an advocate for women to do what they want to do with their bodies and not be ashamed of what they want, then I'm all for that."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Crazy in Alabama	Sondra
2010	Social Network, TheThe Social Network	Amelia Ritter
2011	Beastly	Sloan Hagen
2012	For Ellen	Cindy Taylor
	Goats	Minnie
	21 Jump Street	Fugazy
	Five-Year Engagement, TheThe Five-Year Engagement	Audrey
2014	Date and Switch	Em
	Need for Speed	Anita Coleman
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Anastasia "Ana" Steele
	Cymbeline	Imogen
	Chloe and Theo	Chloe
	Black Mass	Lindsey Cyr
	A Bigger Splash	Penelope
2016	How to Be Single	Alice
2017	Fifty Shades Darker	Anastasia Steele	Filming
2018	Fifty Shades Freed	Anastasia Grey	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012-13	Ben and Kate	Kate Fox	Main role; 16 episodes
2013	Office, TheThe Office	Dakota	Episode: "Finale"
2015	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Dakota Johnson/Alabama Shakes"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Hollywood Film Awards	Ensemble of the Year	The Social Network	Won
2010	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble Performance	The Social Network	Nominated
2010	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Acting Ensemble	The Social Network	Nominated
2011	Palm Springs International Film Festival	Ensemble Cast Award	The Social Network	Won
2013	Women's Image Network Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Ben and Kate	Nominated
2014	Young Hollywood Awards	Breakthrough Actress	N/A	Nominated
2015	Calvin Klein Spotlight Award	Elle Women in Hollywood	N/A	Won
2016	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress	Fifty Shades of Grey	Won
2016	British Academy Film Awards	Rising Star Award	Fifty Shades of Grey and Black Mass	Nominated
2016	MTV Movie Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance	Fifty Shades of Grey	Nominated
		Best Kiss (shared with Jamie Dornan)		Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]