As the child of a celebrity, Dakota’s childhood was not as peaceful as other children.
Sexy and charming, Dakota Johnson rose to fame after the success of the movie 50 Shades of Grey . Receiving much love and admiration from the audience, the private life of actress Dakota Johnson also received much attention.
In an interview with Tatler magazine in November, the actress shared for the first time in depth about her private life, family and the scandals surrounding her life.
Famous family in Hollywood
Dakota Johnson is considered a “Hollywood bloodline”. Her maternal grandmother is Tippi Hedren, a Hollywood star from the Golden Age; her maternal grandfather is Peter Griffith, a famous former child actor; her parents are Don Johnson (a sex symbol of the 1980s) and Melanie Griffith, both Hollywood veterans from the 1980s.
Her grandfather married five times, and her grandmother three times, so she has many distant relatives. Her parents are not far behind. Both sex symbols of Hollywood in the 80s, Dokata’s father had four wives, and her mother had three husbands. In total, her family has six siblings, most of whom do not have the same parents.
Dakota was a promising dancer from a young age, coming from an artistic family. She began modeling at the age of 12 after a photo shoot with other child models for Teen Vogue.
Dakota often followed her parents to the film set, so she loved acting, but her parents refused to let her step into this world before adulthood.
Dakota was born into a “prestigious Hollywood” family.
In 2016, when the Time’s Up movement began to emerge and spread widely, Tippi Hedren – Dakota’s grandmother shocked the world when she revealed that she had been sexually assaulted on the set of Marnie (1964).
Marnie is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Before Marnie , Hedren had collaborated with the famous director Hitchcock in the film The Birds (1963).
However, after he sexually assaulted her, she stopped working with the director and lost her chance to advance in the film industry.
Recalling this, Dakota supported her grandmother: ” When the Time’s Up movement started, my grandmother said: This has been going on for hundreds of years in Hollywood.” Johnson said her grandmother was a victim of Hitchcock.
“It was horrible. My grandmother was strong, she was classy. She was smart and talented, but her career was ruined because she said no. Because she stood up for herself. So Hitchcock ruined her,” she said.
Dakota supports her grandmother in speaking out to protect herself from sexual abuse.
Tippi Hedren also became the subject of the film The Girl (2013), which tells the story of her relationship with Hitchcock on the set of The Birds . In the film, Hitchcock forced Hedren to act out a scene in which she was attacked by a flock of ferocious birds as punishment for rejecting him.
They are a famous Hollywood couple but fame comes with scandal, this couple has been involved in many scandals. Their marriage is also complicated when they got married twice and divorced twice. The first time was married and divorced in 1976, the second time was from 1989 to 1996.
The two met at a very young age – 15 years old – and got married at 18. Young, with fame and money in hand, the couple lived a very loose life with lust and drugs.
While Griffith dated top Hollywood actors such as Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Ryan O’Neal and married Antonio Banderas, Don Johnson, also known as “Don Juanson”, was a famous promiscuous sex symbol in Hollywood.
Dakota has an older brother from his first marriage, and she is the product of Griffith and Don Johnson’s second seven-year marriage.
Although Dakota’s mother went to rehab in 1988, she relapsed shortly after. She went to rehab twice more in 2000 and 2009. In total, she struggled with drugs for about 30 years while still getting married and having children.
Dakota smiles as she recalls going to therapy at age 3.
This careless lifestyle had a negative impact on the children, especially Dakota. At the age of 3, Dakota had to undergo psychological treatment because his parents were drug addicts, dissolute, and inattentive.
However, when asked about this, she smiled: “I just went to meet someone and sat there playing house all day. You know, everyone knows that my parents have moments when they lose control and they just want to make sure I’m safe, because they care about me.”
Behind the pretty face and hazel eyes, Dakota is a deep and thoughtful person.
“I love therapy. I don’t know what my life would be like without it. I’ve been in therapy for so long and seen so many therapists. I can psychoanalyze myself, ” the 50 Shades star confided.
A sweet ending to a journey of constant effort
Born into a prestigious Hollywood family, the daughter of a top star couple, Dakota’s childhood was unlike other children. Her family moved frequently, and she couldn’t remember how many schools she attended or how many close friends she had, and then lost contact with them.
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However, Dakota still kept trying, overcoming tragedies and difficulties to escape from the big shadow of her family and assert herself.
At the age of 10, Johnson made his film debut with his mother Melanie Griffith in Crazy in Alabama , directed by his stepfather Antonio Banderas. He then had small roles in films such as The Social Network, Beastly, Chloe and Theo, For Ellen, Goats, The Five-Year Engagement, 21 Jump Street….
However, after 50 Shades, Dakota became a bright name. She especially tried to escape that success to find a new future. Soon, she will return with the horror film Suspiria by director Luca Guadagnino.
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Regarding love, the beauty born in 1989 is in a relationship with musician Chris Martin – leader of Coldplay. Although she rarely shares, every time she is asked about this, Dakota is very bright and happy: ” I won’t talk about it, but I’m very happy”.
In early September, while attending the Venice Film Festival, both were discovered to have tattoos alluding to their relationship. Before that, they were seen holding hands while traveling on vacation. They also often appeared casually, walking together.
