History Creator / DakotaFanning

* BillingDisplacement: In ''Film/TheRunaways'' she is billed second - despite Cherie being the protagonist - because Creator/KristenStewart was at the height of her popularity from ''{{Literature/Twilight}}''.
* ChronicallyKilledActor: She has a reasonably high death count for her age. She dies of cancer in ''Now Is Good'', strangled to death in ''Film/NightMoves'' and drowns herself in ''{{Film/Brimstone}}''. In ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', her character is already an undead, yet gets a gory death scene nevertheless (although it ends up being a vision).

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible [[Recap/KimPossibleS2E14ASitchInTimePresent A Sitch in Time]]''(2003) as Pre-K Kim.

* The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series (2009-10, 2012) as Jane

* ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' (2003) as Sally

* ''Film/{{War of the Worlds|2005}}'' as Rachel Ferrier

* ''Series/TheFirstLady'' (2022) Susan Ford

* ChronicallyKilledActor: She has a reasonably high death count for her age. She dies of cancer in ''Now Is Good'', strangled to death in ''Film/NightMoves'' and drowns herself in ''{{Film/Brimstone}}''.

* ''Film/IAmSam'' as Lucy. A StarMakingRole, her performance made her the youngest person to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, and she was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, becoming its youngest member.
* ''Series/{{Taken}}'' as Allie Keys.
* ''Film/UptownGirls'' as Larraine.
* ''Film/HideAndSeek'' as Emily.
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'' as Lilo Pelekai (subbing for Creator/DaveighChase who was unable to do the role due to working on another movie at the time).
* ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' as Sally.
* ''Film/ManOnFire'' as Lupita.
* ''Film/HideAndSeek'' as Emily Callaway.
* ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' as Satsuki (2005 English dub).
* ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' as Rachel.
* ''Dreamer'' as Cale Crane.
* ''Literature/CharlottesWeb'' as Fern.
* ''Film/{{Hounddog}}'' as Lewellen. This film drew controversy when it was revealed that her character would be raped.
* ''Literature/TheSecretLifeOfBees'' as Lily.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' as Coraline.
* ''{{Film/Push}}'' as Cassie.
* ''Film/TheRunaways'' as Cherie Currie.
* ''[[Film/NightMoves2013 Night Moves]]'' as Dena.
* ''[[{{Film/Twilight}} The Twilight Saga]]'' as Jane (''New Moon'', ''Eclipse'' and ''Breaking Dawn'').
* Creator/NeillBlomkamp[='=]s Creator/OatsStudios:
** ''Film/{{Zygote}}'' as Barklay.
* ''Series/TheAlienist'' as Sara Howard.
* ''Vienna and the Fantomes'' as Vienna.
* ''Film/PleaseStandBy'' as Wendy.
* ''Film/{{Brimstone}}'' as Liz.
* ''Film/OceansEight'' as Penelope Stern.
* ''WebAnimation/GenLock'' as Miranda Worth.
* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.
* ''Series/TheFirstLady'' as Susan Ford.

* DoingItForTheArt: For ''Film/ManOnFire'' she learned to swim, play piano and speak Spanish.

She has been nominated for many awards, and whenever a female child actor starts gaining attention, she is referred to as "[[FollowTheLeader the next Dakota Fanning]]." She attends New York University, and continues to work on film projects.

* ''Film/NightMoves2013'' as Dena

** ''Film/{{Zygote}}'' as Barklay
* ''Series/TheAlienist'' as Sara Howard
* ''Vienna and the Fantomes'' as Vienna
* ''Film/PleaseStandBy'' as Wendy

* ''Film/OceansEight'' as Penelope Stern
* ''WebAnimation/GenLock'' as Miranda Worth
* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
* ''Series/TheFirstLady'' as Susan Ford

* ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' as Satsuki.

* RealLifeRelative: Ellen Fanning plays her younger self in ''Film/IAmSam'' and ''{{Series/Taken}}'' - as well as voicing characters together in the English dub of ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''.

* ChronicallyKilledActor: She has a reasonably high death count for her age. She dies of cancer in ''Now Is Good'', strangled to death in ''Film/NightMoves'' and drowns herself in ''{{Film/Brimstone}}''. Her role playing the dead in real life Cherrie Currie may also count.

Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994 in Conyers, Georgia) is an American actress.

She has been nominated for many awards, and whenever a child actress starts gaining attention, she is referred to as "[[FollowTheLeader the next Dakota Fanning]]." She attends New York University, and continues to work on film projects.

Her sister Creator/ElleFanning is also an actress.

* ContractualPurity: She ought to shake off her wholesome child star image in ''Hounddog'' - where her character gets raped. And in ''Film/TheRunaways'', where she plays a JailBait girl who gets made into a sex symbol and turns to drugs and alcohol.