Guess being pretty, talented and nice didn’t backfire for Dakota Fanning in high school: She’s been voted Homecoming Queen by her classmates at North Hollywood’s Campbell Hall Episcopal High School for the second year running!
“When you start out young, people get really attached to who you are at six years old. I hope that ‘The Runaways’ was kind of a moment to be like, ‘You know, I’m not that young little girl anymore, but I’m still not all grown up, either. As you get older, there’s so much more that you can do in films… As you approach 18, a whole new world opens up to you as an actor, and I really look forward to that…”
Child star Dakota Fanning, 16, on Coming of Age in Tinseltown, Marie Claire Magazine Aug. 2010
“When I was like 11, [my mom] made me sign a contract and it says, ‘I will not ever get a tattoo,’ and it’s like the little X and a line and I had to sign my name….”
Oh My Lanta, did Dakota Fanning break her mom’s staunch “No Tattoo” rule when she met L.A. Ink’s Kat Von D on TBS’ Lopez Tonight Monday?
Nope — but the cute-as-a-button 16-year-old did walk away with some hot ink.
Here’s Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning’s rendition of The Runaways hit “Cherry Bomb!” The track is featured in the new biopic, The Runaways, in theaters March 19.
Unless you’re one of the five Americans actually tuning in to The Jay Leno Show, you likely missed last night’s guest appearance by former child star Dakota Fanning.
Little Dakota isn’t so little anymore. She’s blossomed into a lovely young lady and the gracious star was more than happy to chat with Jay about how much she’s enjoying life as a high school sophomore, as well as her role as “Jane” in the new Twilight movie.