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When you think of Dakota Johnson, chances are the first thing that comes to mind is the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. While this is the role that launched her to fame, her career so far has been extremely diverse, ranging from small appearances in blockbusters to leading roles in Oscar-nominated films.
She’s one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood today, as proven by her major role in Marvel’s upcoming Madame Web and the six buzzy movies she’s starred in just in the last two years. She’s also one of the most polarizing—check Twitter reactions to her two most recent performances, in Netflix’s Persuasion and Apple TV+’s Cha Cha Real Smooth for proof of that.
She’s always taken risks in the films she chooses, and while not all of them are well received, her performance almost always takes the movies to a higher level. Now that Persuasion, an adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name, is out on Netflix and people have had a chance to watch—not to mention develop their *strong* opinions about it—we decided it’s a good time to revisit her career.