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Fanning learned to read at age two. She rose to stardom quickly, being chosen for a Tide commercial at age five. Fanning went on to earn, in 2001, the Best young actor/actress award, given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association , for her work in I Am Sam, where she starred as the seven year old daughter of a mentally challenged man.

Dakota Fanning's sister, Elle Fanning , is a budding actress. Elle's first roles were as the younger version of Dakota's character in I Am Sam and Taken. Dakota appeared on The Tonight Show on November 10, 2003, where she declared that she and her sister shared room, and described co-star Mike Myers as very funny.

Filmography

• Hide and Seek ( 2005)
• Man on FireMan on Fire is a 2004 film directed by Tony Scott, starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning and Christopher Walken. It is a remake of a 1987 film of the same name, starring Scott Glenn, Joe Pesci and Jonathan Pryce. In both films, a man by the name of C ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, alongside Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington (born 28 December 1954) is an African American, Oscar-winning actor. He was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the son of a minister and a beauty-parlour owner. In his youth, Denzel was banned by his parents from watching movies. When his p)
• The Cat in the HatThe Cat in the Hat is a fictional cat created by Dr. He appears in two of Seuss's rhymed children's books. The Cat in the Hat In the first of the series ( 1957), the Cat brings a cheerful and exuberant form of chaos to the household of two young children, (2003, Sally)
• Uptown Girls (2003, Lorraine Schleine)
• Steven Spielberg Presents Taken , (2002, mini-series, Allie Keys)
• Hansel & Gretel (2002, Katie)
• Sweet Home AlabamaSweet Home Alabama can refer to: A song by Lynyrd Skynyrd A movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas. (2002, young Melanie)
• Trapped ( 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom, Abigail Jennings)
• Father Xmas (2001, Clairee)
• I Am Sam, (2001, Lucy Diamond Dawson, alongside Sean PennSean Penn (born August 17, 1960) is a American film actor noted for his inflammatory and sometimes violent personality. Penn is the son of director Leo Penn, who was blacklisted during McCarthyism for refusing to testify. He has two brothers: actor Chris)
• TomcatsTomcats ( 2001), written and directed by Gregory Poirier, is an American comedy film starring Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth and Jake Busey. The story concerns a group of guys who have made a deal to each invest in a fund, which would be paid to the l (2001)