Dakota Fanning Not A Child Actor Anymore; Elle Fanning Follows Her Sister Into Show Business

Dakota Fanning was a child star who grew up on film before our eyes.  Dakota Fanning was seven when she made "I Am Sam" in 2001. Dakota Fanning began acting at an age when most kids are entering kindergarten.


Dakota Fanning says just because she grew up in front of the camera doesn't mean the public owns her. 


In an interview with Town and Country magazine, Fanning said "Because people saw me grow up, there's this weird sort of ownership that they feel for me and that is... difficult. Because it's not real; it's in their minds. People don't know me as much as they think they do. I'll be walking down the street and someone will say hello, and I'll go, 'Oh, hi!' I'll think I must know this person if they said hello, but then you realize, you don't know them."


Dakota was the youngest actor to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award when she was at eight.Dakota Fanning is 20 years old now. Her 16-year-old sister Elle, 16, is following her big sister into acting.


Fanning recently opened up about what it was like to grow up in front of millions of people. Fanning but she's doesn't embrace everything that goes along with being a former child star. Dakota likes mystery and keeps her personal life to herself.


Fanning told Town & Country magazine "Any part of an artistic business is made better by there being a little mystery. That's what movies are about."


According to The Inquisitr, Dakota Fanning has a boyfriend, Jamie Strachan, a 32-year-old model.Fanning told Town & Country magazine "Any part of an artistic business is made better by there being a little mystery. That's what movies are about."


According to The Inquisitr, Dakota Fanning has a boyfriend, Jamie Strachan, a 32-year-old model.

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