Dakota Johnson looked stunning on the Oscars red carpet in a Ives St. Laurent gown. She attended with her mom, Melanie Griffith. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Dakota Johnson looked stunning on the Oscars red carpet in a Yves St. Laurent gown. She attended with her mom, actress Melanie Griffith. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Dakota Johnson vaulted onto the A-list of Hollywood actresses after starring in “50 Shades of Grey,” the hottest movie of 2015 and she looked the part on the Academy Awards red carpet tonight (Feb. 22), accompanied by her mother, actress Melanie Griffith.

Johnson, 25, wore an off-the-shoulder gown by Yves St. Laurent, that complimented her milky white complexion.

Dakota told Ryan Seacrest that her mom and dad, actor Don Johnson had yet to see her erotic film, co-starring Jamie Dornan. She engages in explicit sex scenes involving BDSM and sado-masochism. (See some of her hottest scenes on EssCurve)

Johnson was a virtual unknown before starring in the film. She had parts in “The Social Network” (2010), “Beastly” (2011), “21 Jump Street” (2012) and “Need for Speed” this year.


See Dakota’s Hot 50 Shades of Grey Scenes (nsfw)


In her breakout film, Johnson played Anastasia Steele a young graduate student who becomes infatuated with a billionaire business mogul Christian Grey. The two connect and Grey introduces her to his dominant-submissive sexual tastes.

The film was released in February 2015 and broke records at the box office for the President’s Day holiday weekend.

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