As the heiress to one of the most iconic and unique acting dynasties in film history, Dakota Johnson, the lead actress in 50 Shades Freed, has Hollywood in her blood.
One scene was enough to put her face on the map: it was 2010 and The Social Network, the genius exploration at the Facebook empire, was set in a softly lit student room . Her rosy cheeks bounced off the bed, covered by a pair of panties printed with the name of the prestigious American university, Stanford. The ow
ner had just realized that she had spent the night with the founder of Napster. After shots of her surprise, mimicry, choked laughter and perfect comedic timing, the film moves on and we see no more of the young student. And it’s not until the credits start rolling that we see the actress’s name: Dakota Johnson.
At the time, people didn’t realize she was the offspring of a Hollywood dynasty that was both unique and legendary: her mother was none other than Melanie Griffith, the husky-voiced ‘Golden Eighties’ muse. husky and angelic facial features. Her father is Don Johnson, a man famous around the world for his apple-green jackets, rolled-up sleeves, string shirts and intermittent melancholy on the hit 1980s TV show Michael Mann, Miami Vice. And her grandmother was named Tippi Hedren, the finest Hitchcock actress who inspired the iconic and otherworldly Hitchcock blonde whose chic appearance hid darker impulses , the role was later taken over by Grace Kelly. Add to that the fact that Antonio Banderas was her stepfather until 2014 (when he and Melanie Griffiths divorced) and you can understand why Hollywood runs in this actress’ veins.
With the immense talent that eats her breakfast every morning, Dakota Johnson’s career choice seems no surprise and her signature novelty and spontaneity do not detract from her incredible legacy. Surprisingly she was a part of it. Fifty Shades of Gray director Sam-Taylor Johnson didn’t even realize who Dakota Johnson was, when her audition tape stopped the hunt for the right actress for Scarlett O’Hara. But Taylor-Johnson still remembers the four-minute scene in The Social Network.
So with just a few scenes, a career was launched: indeed, starting a career with a ‘sex bombshell’ is not the easiest of tasks (Sharon Stone can assist with this ), even if it makes $570 million at the box office and none of your relatives see it. And even if the light-hearted presentation of an S&M relationship didn’t receive much praise, everyone who saw the movie had their eyes glued to Dakota Johnson. Shy, passionate and with innocent beauty and a hint of puppy fat on her face, it was the performance out of which a star was born. And throughout the film, you can’t take your eyes off her, as she portrays both her character’s clumsiness and incredible beauty. In fact, it’s a look that wouldn’t be a million miles away from her mother in Working Girl, famous for her round cheeks and the kind of youthful cheerfulness that makes you almost want to slap her when she says, “I have a terrible mind.” business and one body because of sin.” Thanks to her childish twinkle in her eyes, the audience must have followed her to the top of the Empire State Building, in this classic film about capitalism and feminism.
Melanie Griffith’s childlike spirit certainly fascinated Don Johnson when they first met. She was just 14 and he was 22 when their paths crossed while Johnson was filming a movie with her mother, Tippi Hedren. Soon, he split from professional groupie Pamela Des Barres (who was often associated with rock singers) with whom he was living at the time, and together they moved to Laurel Canyon, the boho district. -LA folk in the hills above the Chateau. Marmont. They had to wait until Griffith was 18 to get married, but they divorced just six months later in 1976.
But this is not the end of their love story. After a successful career riddled with addictions (alcohol for him, alcohol and cocaine for her) and consequent rehabilitation, Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith reunited in 1989 and remarried. Dakota Johnson was born from this second marriage, this one lasting seven years. She grew up in Woody Creek, Colorado and spent her teenage years traveling between her father’s place in Colorado and her mother’s place in California, who was married to Antonio Banderas at this time. However, she had never actually been to California, citing that she found it “exotic” and full of “powerful and ruined families” and liked the open air, horses, and other animals on which she grew up on a Colorado farm
