Dakota
Mayi
Johnson
was
born
Oct.
4,
1989.
And
she’s
been
rolling
with
that
Hollywood
life
ever
since,
making
her
movie
debut
in
1999’s
Crazy
in
Alabama
(starring
her
mom
and
directed
by
her
then-stepdad
Antonio
Banderas)
before
building
up
steam
under
her
own
name
with
the
Fifty
Shades
saga,
A
Bigger
Splash,
How
to
Be
Single,
Suspiria
and
Madam
Web.
She
has
said
that
she
finds
the
nepo
baby
conversation
“incredibly
annoying,”
mainly
because
going
into
one’s
family
business
is
pretty
commonplace.
“I
started
auditioning,”
she
recalled
in
2025
to
Materialists
costar
Pedro
Pascal
for
Elle.
There
were
dry
spells
and
then,
yes, “I’d
have
to
ask
my
parents
for
help,”
she
shared.
“I’m
very
grateful
that
I
had
parents
that
could
help
me
and
did
help
me.
But
it
certainly
was
not
fun.
The
auditioning
process,
as
you
know,
is
the
f–king
worst.”
Melanie
and
Don
divorced
in
1996,
but
she
remains
close
to
them,
her
stepmom,
her
ex-stepdad
and
all
of
her
half-siblings—who
are
simply
brothers
and
sisters
to
her,
full
stop.
“I
was
raised
by
lots
of
people,
my
mom
and
my
dad
and
then
stepparents
and
nannies
and
tutors
and
friends
and
teachers
and
then
friends’
parents
and
boyfriends’
parents,”
Dakota
told
The
Hollywood
Reporter
in
2021.
“I
wanted
to
learn
from
everybody.
And
I
still
am
like
that.
I’m
grateful
to
my
parents
and
my
crazy
life
because
the
only
reason
I
am
the
way
I
am
is
because
of
how
I
grew
up.”
