Dakota Johnson Age, Wiki, Bio, Height, Weight, Dating, Net Worth, Facts

Dakota Johnson is an American actress and model who has gained international attention after playing the lead role of Anastasia Steele in the romantic drama Fifty Shades of Grey, which earned her the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress. She reprised the role in Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. She landed the role of Kate Fox in the short-lived Fox comedy series Ben and Kate. Her film credits include The Social Network (2010), Beastly (2011), 21 Jump Street (2012), Need for Speed (2014) and How to Be Single (2018).

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson Biography

Dakota Johnson was born on the 4th of October 1989, in Austin, Texas, United States of America. She’s currently 32 years old.

Birth NameDakota Mayi Johnson
NicknameDakota
Date of BirthOctober 4, 1989
Place of BirthAustin, Texas, U.S.
Age32 years old
Sun SignLibra
ProfessionActress, Model
NationalityAmerican
EthnicityMixed
ResidenceLos Angeles, California, U.S.

Family and Education

Dakota Johnson is the only child of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. She has four paternal siblings, including actor Jesse Johnson, and Alexander Bauer, Deacon Johnson, and Jasper two maternal siblings. Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith and Grace.

Her maternal grandparents are advertising executive and former child actor Peter Griffith and actress Tippi Hedren. She is the niece of actress Tracy Griffith and production designer Clay A. Griffin. Her former stepfather is a Spanish actor and filmmaker Antonio Banderas.

Her ancestry is English, Welsh, German, Norwegian, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Irish, Scottish, and distant Dutch and French Huguenot.

Dakota attended Aspen Community School in Aspen, Colorado. She then enrolled at Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California for her freshman year and finished her high school education at New Roads School in Santa Monica, California.

Dakota Johnson Personal Life

Dakota Johnson has been in a relationship with Coldplay lead vocalist Chris Martin since December 2017.

Physical Statistics

HeightFeet – 5 feet 7½ inches
Centimeters – 171 cm
Meters – 1.71 m
WeightKilograms – 54 kg
Pounds – 119 lbs
Body BuildSlim
Body Measurements34-24-34
Eye ColorBlue
Hair ColorBrunette
SexualityStraight
Shoe Size8 (US)
Dress Size4 (US)
Distinctive Features Dyed Blonde Hair

Professional Statistics

Film Debut

Dakota Johnson made her on-screen debut in the 1999 American comedy-drama film, ‘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.

Television Debut

Dakota had her first role in the short-lived Fox comedy series ‘Ben and Kate’ in which she played the role of Kate Fox.

Famous For

She earned her first significant role in the 2015 American erotic-romantic-drama film ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, she played the lead role of Anastasia Steele in the film, which was based on British author E. L. James’ 2011 novel of the same name. The role catapulted her to fame and earned her the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress and a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. She reprised her role as Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

Favorite Things

  • Song – “Beast of Burden” by The Rolling Stones (Fifty Shades of Grey)

Dakota Johnson Net Worth

As of 2024, Dakota Johnson has a net worth of $14 million dollars.

Social Media Profiles

Dakota Johnson Facts

She was an avid dancer as a child.

She got interested in modeling at age 12 after a photo shoot with children of other celebrities for Teen Vogue.

Dakota was named Miss Golden Globe in 2006. With that honor, she became the first second-generation Miss Golden Globe in the history of the annual Golden Globe Awards.

She was named as one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine’s Young Hollywood Issue in May 2010.

Dakota Johnson has got tattoos inked all over her body for which she had to apply body make-up to cover her for Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). She did not use a body double for any scenes in Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) except for one BDSM scene.

She always carries these three things in her purse: keys, Chap-Stick, and candy.

Dakota deleted her private social media Instagram account and stopped posting pictures on her public account due to negative comments from internet trolls.

Her natural hair color is brunette. She dyes her hair blonde or brown based upon her roles in films and television.

In 2009, she modeled for the jeans line of MANGO brand and in 2011 she traveled to Sydney in Australia and filmed the ‘Rising Star’ campaign for ‘Wish’ fashion label.