<Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Don Johnson Melanie Griffith </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Jesse Johnson (paternal half - brother) Peter Griffith (maternal grandfather) Tippi Hedren (maternal grandmother) Tracy Griffith (maternal half - aunt) </Td> </Tr> <P> Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress and model . She is the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson . She had her screen debut alongside her mother in the comedy - drama Crazy in Alabama (1999) and was named Miss Golden Globe in 2006 . Following high school graduation, she returned to acting with roles in the films The Social Network (2010), Beastly (2011), 21 Jump Street (2012), Need for Speed (2014) and the short - lived TV comedy Ben and Kate (2012--2013). </P> <P> She received international recognition in 2015 after landing the lead role of Anastasia Steele in the romantic drama Fifty Shades of Grey, which catapulted her to fame and earned her the People's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress and a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination . The same year, she took part in Black Mass and A Bigger Splash . She also starred in the romantic comedy How to Be Single (2016), and reprised her role as Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and the upcoming Fifty Shades Freed (2018). </P>

Who plays anastasia in fifty shades of grey