Dakota Fanning's life and career in photos
Dakota Fanning is one of Hollywood's biggest names, thanks to her roles in movies like I Am Sam, War of the Worlds and Uptown Girls.
More recently, she's creating buzz with her roles in the hit shows The Perfect Couple, starring Nicole Kidman, and the TV mini series Ripley, which landed her a Primetime Emmy nomination.
The star, now 30, has grown up in front of our eyes - and managed to successfully go from child star to a leading actress.
And it's something she credits her doting mother for. In a new interview, the grounded star admitted her mother was "there every second" for her and she has "compassion for people who have been made into examples".
She has recently made headlines for expressing her desire to start a family, prioritising it over her career.
9honey Celebrity takes a look back at Dakota Fanning's life and career in pictures.
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2001: Young Dakota was just seven years old when the critically-acclaimed I Am Sam was released in the early 2000s.
The film centers on Sean Penn's character, who has an intellectual disability, fighting for custody of his daughter, played by Dakota.
Dakota recently shared a picture of herself at the premiere of the film back in 2001 and sweetly wrote: "I Am Sam premiere 2001. Always thinking of this tiny girl, and keeping her close."
2001: The film stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn, pictured with Dakota at the Los Angeles premiere of the film. It was released in Australia in 2002.
I Am Sam saw Penn nominated for various awards, as well as Dakota.
Despite her age, one huge accolade was a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her breakout role.
2002: Dakota is seen with her sister Elle Fanning at the The Santa Claus 2 premiere in Hollywood.
Despite both being knee-high to a grasshopper here, the girls have managed to forge incredible successful careers for themselves in Hollywood while keeping their personal lives under wraps.
2002: The tiny star was a presenter at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in LA in the early 2000s and certainly held her own!
2002: She is pictured here at the premiere of Disney's Snow Dogs in LA, which starred Cuba Gooding Jr.
Before her breakout role in I Am Sam, Dakota had small one-episode roles in shows including The Ellen Show, Malcolm in the Middle, ER and Ally McBeal.
2002: Dakota appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. That year, she had a big role in the show Taken.
She recently looked back at her time as a child star and told The Cut that she was often asked "super-inappropriate questions" during interviews.
2003: Pictured at the Dr. Seuss Cat In the Hat after party with actor Spencer Breslin.
She told the publication: "I remember journalists asking me, 'How are you avoiding becoming a tabloid girl?' People would ask super-inappropriate questions."
2003: Growing up, Dakota's mother was a fierce protector of her as she went into acting and Hollywood.
She said her family is made up of "very nice, kind, protective people".
"I have a lot of compassion for people who have been made into examples," she told The Cut.
"I have a mother who taught me how to treat other people and also how to treat myself. And she was there every second."
2003: The year 2003 was another big one for Dakota.
The young star nabbed a starring role opposite the late Brittany Murphy in the hit film, Uptown Girls.
