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Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning | Source: Getty Images
Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning | Source: Getty Images

'My Person in All Lifetimes': Dakota Fanning Wishes Sister Elle Fanning a Happy 25th Birthday

Milla Sigaba
Apr 11, 2023
04:45 A.M.

Although Elle Fanning jokingly revealed she used to be the "worst" to her big sister, the two siblings have grown to share a very close bond, evidenced by Dakota Fanning's sentiment birthday tribute to her baby sister in honor of her 25th birthday.

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In a recent Instagram post, Dakota celebrated her younger sister's birthday and shared a black-and-white picture of the two actresses dolled up and in the back of a car. As Dakota wrapped her arms around Elle in the photo, in the caption, she revealed, "My confidante. My truth-teller. My person in all lifetimes. Being your sister is a dream. Happy birthday, angel. I love you the most."

In the comments section, Elle showed her appreciation right back at her sister, commenting on the post— which received over 200, 000 likes at the time of writing— "I love you the most." Elle also commemorated making it "halfway to 50" with a trip down memory lane and revealed that one of her favorite things to do when she was younger was to play with her toy set, Sweet Street.

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And in the caption, she humorously shared that she was "25 going on 5" as her mother had "the genius idea" of getting her a cake that was modeled after the same toy set Elle had in storage and "executed it to perfection." The actress shared a side-by-side of the toy set and the cake that was nearly identical and ended the caption with, "It's always important to keep your childlike lens on life. I hold that little girl near to me as I get older always."

After the Fanning family relocated to Los Angeles from Georgia, Dakota landed her first acting gig in a national Tide commercial in 2001, and her big break came that same year. After her audition left the director and the rest of the crew blown away, Dakota landed a role in "I am Same," sharing the screen with Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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Her sister's acting career also blew up following "I am Sam," where Elle played the younger version of Dakota's character. The sisters appeared in the same film again, "Taken," in 2002, before Elle landed her first independent role of many in "Daddy's Day Care" the following year.

During an interview, Elle Fanning revealed that her sister's career took off before hers and humorously shared that she used to be the "worst" when she would add fuel to the fire whenever Dakota would be recognized during her child star days. Now the sisters share an inseparable bond and "balance each other in a very specific way."

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