Dakota Fanning

A precocious, blonde, blue-eyed child actor who projects both a sweetness and a worldliness, Dakota Fanning broke hearts as the daughter of a mentally-challenged man fighting to retain custody in the family drama "I Am Sam" (2001). The moppet had only been acting professionally for about a year when she landed this star-making role (which earned her a surprise nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award). Fanning debuted on a 2000 episode of the popular NBC medical drama "ER" in an episode about a child in need of a bone marrow transplant. She next was seen as the five-year-old incarnation of Calista Flockhart's title character on "Ally McBeal" and went on to guest roles on hit shows like... read more