The daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, Dakota Johnson had her first starring role filming sex scenes with Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades film series (2015–2018).
Dakota Johnson as Anastasia “Ana” Steele and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey in the 2015 American erotic romantic drama film Fifty Shades of Grey (Credit: Universal Pictures)
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“Nudity is really interesting for an actor,” she told Vogue in January 2017 about displaying her boobs and bare behind.
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“Jamie [Dornan] and I worked so incredibly closely for so long. There were no inhibitions, and it was very honest, very trusting. But I mean, what a gamble! What if he had turned out to be a total d–k? There’s no makeup. There are no clothes to tell you a bit about the story. There’s no jewelry to give you a clue about social status. So it becomes purely about the performance.”
“Will I stop doing nude scenes when my boobs start sagging? I don’t know,” Dakota added in the same interview.
“Maybe I have more of a European mindset about these things. I don’t want to see someone wearing a bra and underwear in a sex scene. Let’s be honest about it. People are naked when they f–k.”
Dakota Johnson says she may stop doing nude scenes when her boobs start sagging (Credit: Universal Pictures)
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“It’s not like being on Hollywood Boulevard and walking by a ball-gag store,” she argued.
“But what I admire is the bravery and the honesty of people who get down with it, who aren’t afraid to say that they need something a bit more in order to get off. America is still so sexually oppressed. Isn’t God’s gift to humans the orgasm?”
Dakota Johnson wears a Madhappy crop crewneck sweatshirt paired with APL sneakers and black leggings on January 23, 2020, in Los Angeles, California (Credit: Will Alexander / Tim McLees / WENN / Instar)
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In an interview with Instyle, she also talked about suffering from breast swelling and pain during menstruation.
“If I’m honest, my hormonal changes during my menstrual cycle are ruining my life. Every month. It’s unbelievable. It’s really fucking amazing. I can’t get a grip on it. I’m like, what? Every time, I’m totally scandalized about what happens to my body and my brain,” she said.
“My boobs are like eight times the size they normally are. It’s really a traumatic thing, and it happens every month. I just can’t get used to it,” Dakota added.
Dakota Johnson’s Fashion Evolution: From Red Carpet to Modesty
In February 2016, Fifty Shades of Grey actress Dakota Johnson decided to take her red carpet look to a more modest museum party when she jumped from the UK premiere of “How to Be Single” to the “Vogue 100: A Century of Style” launch in just one golden outfit.
(Literally, golden.)
Dakota Johnson clips her hair back at the Vogue 100: A Century of Style opening on February 9, 2016, in London (Credit: Will Alexander / Tim McLees / WENN / Instar)
For the new exhibition celebrating a century of British Vogue, Dakota showed up at London’s National Portrait Gallery in a “liquid gold” dress by Marc Jacobs, which she paired with jewelry from Messika and the interesting “Vreeland” sandals from Charlotte Olympia.
Dakota Johnson wears a gold Marc Jacobs dress on the pink carpet (Credit: Will Alexander / Tim McLees / WENN / Instar)
The 21 Jump Street actress also put on a fur coat that looked very much out of place but might have saved her from freezing to death. We’ll let that one slide for the sake of function over fashion.
Dakota Johnson’s feet in silver Charlotte Olympia platform sandals (Credit: Will Alexander / Tim McLees / WENN / Instar)
Earlier that day, Dakota had graced the London premiere of “How to Be Single” while wearing the exact same ensemble.
Leslie Mann, Dakota Johnson, Alison Brie, and Rebel Wilson attend the European premiere of How to Be Single (Credit: Will Alexander / Tim McLees / WENN / Instar)
Dakota and her co-stars were clearly uncomfortable in the freezing London weather but made the effort to participate in interviews anyway.
In one particular interview, Dakota shared a pick-up line that she thought of with her co-star, Leslie Mann.
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