Sunday, August 17, 2008

Dakota Fanning




Dakota Fanning

Birth Name : Hannah Dakota Fanning

Famous as : Child actress

Birth Date : February 23, 1994

Birth Place : Conyers, Georgia, USA

Claim to fame : As Lucy Diamond Dawson in "I Am Sam" (2001)



Biography

Amazement cause public with their incredible skills, Hannah Dakota Fanning has really established itself as the most popular child actress in the Hollywood film industry. Four awards and seven nominations they had received so far have shown that it is worthy indeed to earn the title. It is likely because of their immense love to act, that they are always in a position to give brilliant performances in each film she starred in. This enthusiasm has in its very young age, looking after their interest to implement some role-playing games again Home. "I have always played the mother and I play my sister as a daughter," she admitted. "I wanted an actress in television and cinema instead of just around the house."

Dakota's enthusiasm to act, her parents, Steve and Joy Fanning, brought her to a game house in the vicinity of their residence, where they could each week with other children from their parents. The theatre instructors quickly discovered their talent and their parents advised to turn it into an agency. The agent later, the family looking for an opportunity to develop in LA Dakota's potentiality. One promising opportunity approached in 1999 than this charming little girl was surprisingly selected to be thousands of Tide detergent commercial. Born on 23 February 1994 in Conyers, Georgia, she was barely five years old at that time. By the following year, she had an episode in the TV series remarkable how "ER", "Ally McBeal" and "CSI".

To support Dakota's career, Steve and Joy decided to settle in Los Angeles while she signed with a professional agency. In 2001 she made her screen debut in a comedy Strip "Tomcats" (2001). It was, however, "I am Sam" (2001) successful that it attracted public attention with its magnificent. Porträtiert the daughter of a mentally disabled man played by Sean Penn, she received positive reactions from both critics and the audience. In addition to appointing an Outstanding performance by a female actress in a supporting role in Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2002. It creates a sensation for the eight-year-old actress was the youngest person to such a performance.

This early achievement strengthened Dakota's career as she was on more film projects in 2002. She appeared in "Trapped", alongside Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon, then starred in a romantic comedy film "Sweet Home Alabama" was a box-office hits of the year. Your bright star shone more than it was in the cast of "Taken", a TV mini-series, by the prominent Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg. It showed later in "The Cat in the Hat" and "Uptown Girls" in the following year. Brittany Murphy, her co-star in the past, really gave a high praise to her. "… Very clever, and so bright, sharp, and intelligent. It is only one of the most magnificent and balanced, grounded people I've ever met in my entire life."

Dakota once again won critical applause for her role in Tony Scott's "Man on Fire" (2004). It has an excellent performance as Pita Ramos, a rich girl who is abducted and later saved by a bomber in retirement, she worked as a bodyguard played by Denzel Washington. Fuhr they continued to show their top-notch acting consistently in "Hide and Seek" (2005) and in the summer blockbuster of Spielberg film "War of the Worlds" (2005). Your other film projects in 2005, "Nine Lives" and "Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story" with Kurt Russell, Elisabeth Shue and Kris Kristofferson. That same year, she also contributed her sweet voice to direct-to-video feature "Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch" followed by "My Neighbor Totoro", a 1988 Japanese animated feature in the U.S. released on DVD in March 2006 by Disney.

First very busy with their activities in the action does not mean that Dakota leaving their study. Being home-Schooled, it has always to their tutor in the film, it sets marked so that they can learn everything they know. "Acting is what I love to do," she commented. "I would not trade it for the world. I do not believe that it was a work. It's really fun for me. And Home-school work perfectly." Fixed on this decision, the girl happily kept moving to maintain its path in show business, appearing in "Charlotte's Web" (2006) then "Hounddog" (2007), a spark ignites controversy because of its depiction of a scene character gets raped. Nevertheless, she went untouched for later star in "Winged Creatures" (2008), "Hurricane Mary" (2008) and "The Secret Life of Bees" (2009), while re-lending their voice, this time to Focus Features' animated strip " Coraline. "



Filmography

Coraline (2009)
stars as Coraline (voice)

Push (2008)
stars as Cassie Holmes

Winged Creatures (2008)
stars as Anne Hagen

The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
stars as Lily Owens

Cutlass (2007)
stars as Lacey

Hounddog (2007)
stars as Lewellen

Charlotte's Web (2006)
stars as Fern

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) - VI
stars as Lilo

War of the Worlds (2005)
stars as Rachel Ferrier

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
stars as Cale Crane

Nine Lives (2005)
stars as Maria

Hide and Seek (2005)
stars as Emily Callaway

Man on Fire (2004)
stars as Pita

Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003) - TM
stars as Preschool Kim (voice)

The Cat in the Hat (2003) aka Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
stars as Sally

Uptown Girls (2003)
stars as Lorraine "Ray" Schleine

Trapped (2002) aka 24 Stunden Angst (Germany)
stars as Abigail Jennings

Taken (2002) - TV aka Steven Spielberg Presents Taken
stars as Allison 'Allie' Clarke/Keys

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
stars as Young Melanie

Hansel & Gretel (2002)
stars as Katie

Taken (2002) - TV aka Steven Spielberg Presents Taken
stars as Allison 'Allie' Clarke/Keys

Father Xmas (2001)
stars as Clairee

I Am Sam (2001)
stars as Lucy Diamond Dawson

Tomcats (2001)
stars as Little Girl in Park

Tonari no Totoro (1988) aka My Neighbor Totoro
stars as Satsuki (2005 Disney version)




Awards

BFCA Award (2002)
Category : Best Young Actor/Actress
For : I Am Sam
Won

Golden Satellite Awards (2002)
Category : Outstanding New Talent
For : I Am Sam
Won

Sierra Award (2002)
Category : Youth in Film
For : I Am Sam
Won

Young Artist Award (2002)
Category : Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Under
For : I Am Sam
Won

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