Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith are Dakota Johnson's parents.
Dakota Mayi Johnson is a famous American actress and producer. Dakota was born in Texas on October 4, 1989. She started acting when she was just ten years old in a movie called Crazy in Alabama, where she acted alongside her mom.
After she finished high school, she moved to Los Angeles to audition for more acting roles. She got her first big chance in The Social Network movie in 2010.
But her really big break happened when she played Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades movie series from 2015 to 2018. This role even got her nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2016.
Dakota Johnson has won awards and been nominated for more, like the BAFTA Award, People's Choice Award, and two MTV Movie & TV Awards. She was also on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2016.
Here is all about Dakota Johnson's parents:
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. She was born on August 9, 1957, in Manhattan, New York City. Her mom was an actress named Tippi Hedren, and her dad, Peter Griffith, worked in advertising.
Most of her childhood happened in Los Angeles. She finished school early, when she was just 16, from the Hollywood Professional School. She started acting in the 1970s and was in some exciting independent movies before getting really famous in the mid-1980s.
In 1975, when she was 17, she acted with Gene Hackman in a movie called "Night Moves." She did really well in a thrilling movie called "Body Double" by Brian De Palma and won an award for it.
Griffith's career got even better with a funny movie called "Something Wild," which critics loved. In 1988, she did a movie called "Working Girl," which got her nominated for an Academy Award and won her a Golden Globe.
Don Johnson
Donnie Wayne Johnson, an American actor, singer, and producer, was born on December 15, 1949. He's known for his roles in both TV and movies. In the 1980s, he portrayed James "Sonny" Crockett in the popular TV series Miami Vice, which earned him a Golden Globe and even got him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
In the 1990s, he took on the lead role in the series Nash Bridges. Donnie Johnson's achievements in the entertainment industry were further acknowledged when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996.
Besides his TV work, Johnson has also graced the big screen in movies like A Boy and His Dog, Machete, Tin Cup, Knives Out, and Django Unchained.
In addition to acting, he pursued a singing career. He released two albums, Let It Roll and Heartbeat. His rendition of Heartbeat even climbed to the impressive No. 5 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
FAQs
A. Don Johnson is the biological father of Dakota Johnson.
A. No, Dakota Johnson's parents are not together anymore. They initially split shortly after their wedding but reunited in 1989, the same year they had Dakota and remarried. However, their second marriage ended in 1996.
A. Antonio Banderas is Dakota Johnson's former stepfather.
