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Also Known As Dakota Mavi Johnson • Dakota Mayi Johnson
Born October 4, 1989 (age 37) • Austin • Texas
Notable Family Members mother Melanie Griffith
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "The Five-Year Engagement" (2012) • "How to Be Single" (2016) • "The Peanut Butter Falcon" (2019) • "Black Mass" (2015) • "Bad Times at the El Royale" (2018) • "Our Friend" (2019) • "Goats" (2012) • "Need for Speed" (2014) • "21 Jump Street" (2012) • "The High Note" (2020) • "Ben and Kate" (2012–2013) • "A Bigger Splash" (2015) • "Fifty Shades of Grey" (2015) • "Fifty Shades Freed" (2018) • "Crazy in Alabama" (1999) • "Cymbeline" (2014) • "Date and Switch" (2014) • "Suspiria" (2018) • "The Social Network" (2010) • "Fifty Shades Darker" (2017) • "The Office" (2013) • "Saturday Night Live: Cut for Time" (2015) • "Chloe & Theo" (2015) • "The Nowhere Inn" (2020) • "Wounds" (2019) • "Beastly" (2011) • "For Ellen" (2012)

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Where was Dakota Johnson born?
Dakota Johnson was born in Austin, Texas, United States.
When was Dakota Johnson born?
Dakota Johnson was born on October 4, 1989.

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Dakota Johnson poses at the 2022 Met Gala wearing a sheer black dress with silver embellishments and long, dangling earrings.
Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey stand close, gazing into each other's eyes in a dimly lit room, from Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).
Nikki Amuka-Bird and Dakota Johnson stand outside a row of white columns, dressed in Regency-era costumes, in a scene from the 2020 film Persuasion.
Dakota Johnson, Itzuka Hoyle, Nia Towle, and Mia McKenna-Bruce in period costumes peer out of a multi-pane window in a scene from the 2022 film Persuasion.
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