Dakota Mayi Johnson 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 also starring her mother. After graduating from high school, she began auditioning for roles in Los Angeles and was cast in a minor part in
The Social Network (2010). Johnson had her breakthrough playing the lead role of Anastasia Steele in the erotic
Fifty Shades film series (2015â2018). In 2016, she received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and was featured in a
Forbes 30 Under 30 list.