Everything you need to know about Dakota Johnson’s famous family
Thanks to her famous parents, Dakota Johnson comes from one big blended family.Aside from her immediate siblings, the actress also has half-siblings from her famous parents Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson’s separate marriages.In a recent interview with Bustle, the Fifty Shades of Grey star has given a rare insight into her blended family dynamic, claiming ‘chosen’ family is “equally as important.””No matter how f—ed up it is, or who’s in rehab, or who’s not speaking to whom, or who’s divorcing whom, we’re family. And we are always going to be a family,” she said.Johnson’s comments about her big, blended family unit comes after there were some familiar voices among the chorus of cheers at her Saturday Night Live show in January.
The actress returned for the second time to host the US sketch show, delivering a monologue that poked fun at herself – both as an adult and a child.”I have a new movie coming out, it’s called Madame Web. It’s in the Marvel Universe and also stars Sydney Sweeney so it’s kind of like if AI generated your boyfriend’s perfect movie,” the actress joked.”I’ve been doing a lot of press of it, and I’m just not good at talking to journalists. I think the big problem is that I say stuff and then they write it down and it’s really unfair because most of the time I’m joking.”She quipped that not taking interviews seriously was something that started for her at an early age. She then showed a video of herself as a seven-year-old on the red carpet with her father, US actor Don Johnson, in the 1990s.In the clip, the younger Johnson can be seen rolling her eyes as her father speaks.
The actress returned for the second time to host the US sketch show, delivering a monologue that poked fun at herself – both as an adult and a child.”I have a new movie coming out, it’s called Madame Web. It’s in the Marvel Universe and also stars Sydney Sweeney so it’s kind of like if AI generated your boyfriend’s perfect movie,” the actress joked.”I’ve been doing a lot of press of it, and I’m just not good at talking to journalists. I think the big problem is that I say stuff and then they write it down and it’s really unfair because most of the time I’m joking.”She quipped that not taking interviews seriously was something that started for her at an early age. She then showed a video of herself as a seven-year-old on the red carpet with her father, US actor Don Johnson, in the 1990s.In the clip, the younger Johnson can be seen rolling her eyes as her father speaks.
Outside of film, Hedren is known for her animal rights activism through her Roar Foundation and the animal sanctuary, Shambala Preserve.She famously shared her home in the 1970s with her family and a 180kg lion named Neil.Dakota has six siblings from her parents respective marriages.Jesse, her eldest brother, was born in 1982 to Don and actor Patti D’Arbanville.Alexander was born in 1985 and is Dakota’s brother from her mother’s eight year relationship to actor Steven Bauer.Dakota has a younger sister Stella from her mother’s 19-year marriage to Spanish actor Antonio Banderas. Stella was born in 1996.
She also has another sister, Atherton ‘Grace’ and two brothers, Jasper and Deacon from her father’s relationship with wife Kelley Phleger.In a March 2023 interview with Bustle, Dakota gave some rare insight into her blended family unit, opening up about how ‘equally’ important chosen family is.
“I grew up in a family that was so big, and I just believe in the saying ‘Blood is thicker than water,” she said.”I have four brothers and two sisters, and my two sisters are not blood-related to each other, but they are sisters and they call each other sisters and they are always together.””And my two older brothers are not blood-related to each other. And they are brothers.”No matter how f—-d up it is, or who’s in rehab, or who’s not speaking to whom, or who’s divorcing whom, we’re family. And we are always going to be a family. It’s really real,” she told the outlet.
