FrameThrower · Actors · Dakota Johnson
Dakota Johnson
11 films · 802 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2012–2024
Born 4 October 1989 · Austin, Texas, USA
Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress. The daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, Johnson made her film debut at age ten with a minor role in Crazy in Alabama (1999), directed by her then-stepfather Antonio Banderas and starring her mother. After graduating from high school, she began auditioning for roles and had a minor part in The Social Network (2010). Johnson had her breakthrough playing the lead role in the erotic Fifty Shades film series (2015–2018).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 11 films · 802 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2012–2024
- Golden Globe Ambassador2006
- Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award2019
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress2025
- People's Choice Awards2016
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress2015
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble2015
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast2010
How their films are shot
Measured across 802 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dakota takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 11 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Dakota takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Madame Web
2024 · Cassandra Webb
Daddio
2024 · Girlie
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019 · Eleanor
Fifty Shades Freed
2018 · Anastasia Steele
Suspiria
2018 · Susie
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 · Anastasia Steele
Cymbeline
2014 · Imogen
The Nowhere Inn
2020 · Self
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · Emily Summerspring
A Bigger Splash
2015 · Penelope Lanier
For Ellen
2012 · Cindy Taylor
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 802 frames from Dakota Johnson's 11 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.