Dakota Fanning
Born: February 23, 1994 FULL BIOGRAPHY Kicking off an impressive career in front of the camera at the tender age of five, it was a mere three years later that actress Dakota Fanning would become the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild Award for her role in the Sean Penn drama I Am Sam. She subsequently appeared in such efforts as Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and director Steven Spielberg's sci-fi miniseries Taken. A Conyers, GA, native whose acting abilities became apparent when, at the age of three, she acted out the entire process of pregnancy and childbirth (with her younger sister Elle substituting for the newborn baby) to her amused parents. Advised by an agent to take their daughter to Los Angeles, it wasn't long before young Fanning was cast in a commercial for Tide detergent. Television appearances in ER and Ally McBeal were quick to follow, and in 2001 she made her feature debut in the comedy Tomcats. Though the film was only seen by an unlucky few, her role in the same year's I Am Sam was a wide release that found the adorable young starlet a solid fan base. Later alternating between television and film with features such as Trapped and roles on such high-profile series as Spin City and Malcolm in the Middle, her part opposite Brittany Murphy in the 2003 comedy Uptown Girls found the precocious youngster playing well off of her older co-star. In 2003 Fanning could be spotted in The Cat in the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.
FULL FILMOGRAPHY 2005 War of the Worlds Coming 6/29 2005 Hide and Seek Coming 1/28 2005 Dreamer 2005 Charlotte's Web 2004 Man on Fire Character played: Pinta Balletto 2003 Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Character played: Sally Walden 2003 Uptown Girls Character played: Ray Schleine 2002 Hansel & Gretel Character played: Katie 2002 Sweet Home Alabama Character played: Young Melanie 2002 Trapped Character played: Abby Jennings 2002 Taken Character played: Allie Keys 2001 I Am Sam Character played: Lucy 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Blood Drops Character played: Brenda Collins 2000 ER: The Fastest Year Character played: Delia Chadsey 1988 My Neighbor Totoro Character played: Satsuki [Disney dub]