Some fast facts about Dakota:

001. Dakota started reading at age two.
002. She has a little sister, Elle (for more about Elle, check Totally Elle), that is also an actress.
003. She is the youngest actress to be nominated for a SAG Award.
004. Dakota loves the movies: My Best Friend's Wedding, Gone with the Wind, Harry Potter, Shrek, Shrek 2 and The Incredibles.
005. She didn't find hard to make the sad scenes from "I Am Sam", because she just thought about her goldfish dying.
006. She loves to know which name she will have in her next movie.
007. The first and only (yet) boy she has kissed is Tomas Curtis, in the movie Sweet Home Alabama (where she plays a young Reese Witherspoon).
008. Dakota plays the piano, knits, collects dolls, ride horses and dances ballet.
009. She is a big fan of Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Holly Hunter.
010. For her, the hardest thing at the end of a movie is saying goodbye to the cast.
011. She doesn't practice a lot with her lines in the movies. She just takes a look at them, because they always change.
012. She began her acting career at age 5 when she was picked for a Tide commercial.
013. Dakota is one of 14 grandchildren.
014. She carries a book of baby names with her wherever she goes (at least, she used to).
015. Dakota's two front teeth had to be pulled to make room for her permanent teeth.
016. The first thing she looks at a script is what her character's name is.
017. Dakota can memorize things easily.
018. She can play violin.
019. Dakota loves to read. She likes Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, Charlotte's Web, Nancy Drew books.
020. She would love to work with Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Johnny Depp, Kate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep.
021. Tom Cruise gave Dakota a cellphone for her 11th birthday. Her mom and dad wouldn't let her have one, but Tom gave her one on her birthday.
022. Dakota has already been in Mexico, New Zeland, Japan, Australia, England, France, ...
023. She likes to pretend shes on the cellphone, when theres actually no one there. She likes to pretend that she has messages, she pretends that people are calling her.
024. When she found out she would play Lucy in I am sam, she spent a long time jumping on her bed with glee and giggling down the phone to her grandmother.
025. She can see the fireworks on 4th July from her house.
026. Katie Holmes gave Dakota a really adorable pair of shoes.
027. She have read the book 'Charlotte's Web' many times and she thinks it's a beautiful book, about friendship. And that at the end, she always cry.
028. Dakota has braces and also an expander.
029. She likes to match her rubber band color with the color of her outfit.
030. Dakota and Elle tryed to be vegetarians, but that didn't worked out cause they don't like vegetables.
031. She loves to work, and thinks it's fun when she has some time off. But she gets bored after a while.
032. She has a horse, his name is Goldie. All of his stuff is pink: all his brushes, the cubes. And he has a mirror at the arena, and he stops and walks by the mirror and looks at himself. He's spoiled, he has lots of pink things and treats. Dakota likes to bright his hair and put glitter on his hooves.
033. One of her favorite thing on the set of 'War of the Worlds' was to sit on Steven Spielberg 'Dad' chair.
034. Dakota stays up late to watch shows about comedians of the past, such as Lucille Ball.
035. She is learning to speak both Spanish and French.
036. She lives in Los Angeles with her parents, Joy and Steve Fanning, and her sister, Elle Fanning.
037. Dakota knitted scarves for Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg and Tim Robbins on the set of 'War of the Worlds'.
038. She wants to go to college. But also act at the same time.
039. She goes to the movie a lot with her friends.
040. Dakota is homeschooled. She has a tutor that is always with her.
041. One of Dakota's favorite sets on 'War of the Worlds' was the [crashed] airplane set.
042. She has said she would love to be a director.
043. Dakota and Elle are afraid of thunderstorms and lightning.
044. She loved her dark hair in 'Hide and Seek'. She thinks it made her look more scary.
045. Robert De Niro gave a doll that looked like Dakota's character in 'Hide and Seek' - with the brow hair and blue eyes- on her 10th birthday (that was on the set of 'Hide and Seek').
046. Dakota wants to act for the rest of her life.
047. She has seen pages on the Internet devoted to her and she thinks they're very nice, that she is honored that people take the time to do that for her. She thinks it's great!
048. On Halloween she has already been Alice (from 'Alice in Wonderland') and Scarlet O'Hara (she had the green curtain dress, a big hat, and a black curly wig.
049. Dakota had lots of imaginary friends. And has said they had strange names like Cobb, Tube, Bop, Jesse and Pappy.
050. She is a member of the Red Cross.
051. Tom Cruise would carry Dakota on his arms everywhere on the set of 'War of the Worlds'. It started one day when Steven Spielberg said, 'Tom, I think you should be carrying her.' Every day after that Tom joked to Dakota, asking if she was feeling a little heavier than in the day before.
052. Dakota loves to promote her movies. She loves to see everybody again (the movie cast) and to talk about her experiences on the movie.
053. Her scene in 'Nine Lives' was done in one take. She got to work on the movie only for one day.
054. Dakota tries to learn as much as she can on every project she does.