Dakota Johnson

Biography

Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress. The daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, Johnson made her film debut at age ten with a minor role in Crazy in Alabama (1999), directed by her then-stepfather Antonio Banderas and starring her mother. After graduating from high school, she began auditioning for roles and had a minor part in The Social Network (2010). Johnson had her breakthrough playing the lead role in the erotic Fifty Shades film series (2015–2018). In 2016, she received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and was featured in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Her profile grew with roles in the crime drama Black Mass (2015), the drama A Bigger Splash (2015), the romantic comedy How to Be Single (2016), the horror film Suspiria (2018), the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), the coming-of-age film The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), the romantic drama Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022), and the superhero film Madame Web (2024).

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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Dakota Johnson

Muddy Waters, Radiant Hearts: The Luminous Spirit of The Peanut Butter Falcon

on The Peanut Butter Falcon | Jul 21, 2025

In The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz craft a modern fable that flows like a river gentle yet forceful, meandering but purposeful. The film follows Zak, a you... Read more

A Piercing Portrait of Motherhood’s Unspoken Fractures

on The Lost Daughter | Jun 15, 2025

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter is not a film about the joys of motherhood. It’s not even really about the sacrifices of motherhood. It’s about the quiet, gnawing terror of realizing you might n... Read more