Dakota and Elle Fanning at LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade event at UCLA.Photo:Vivien Killilea/Getty ImagesSistersDakotaandElle Fanningstepped out together for a good cause.The actresses teamed up on Saturday as they attended an event at the University of California supporting childhood cancer foundationAlex’s Lemonade Stand. Dakota, 29, wore a long white dress with a white button-down top as an extra layer while Elle, 25, paired a white lace blouse with dark denim. Both the sisters wore sun hats as they attended the charity event.The famous sisters are two peas in a pod in their personal lives — Dakota toldShapein 2019 thatshe and Elle are “really close” and have a “special bond”— but when it comes to public appearances, they don’t often pose in front of a camera together.In March, they attendedThe Hollywood Reporterand Jimmy Choo’s Power Stylists dinner and it marked their first public appearance together since 2019.Dakota and Elle attended alongside their longtime stylist, Samantha McMillen, who Dakota described as “really part of our family,” while Elle gushed of their stylist’s award, “No one deserves this more than Samantha.”Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning attend LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade 2023.Vivien Killilea/Getty ImagesIn May 2020, Elle toldEntertainment Tonightof her sister, “She is my closest person.”“Your sister knows you more than anyone,” she said. “I mean, she can sniff anything out of you. She can push your buttons more than anybody. That dynamic is so special and unique. They know your family more than anybody.”On Dakota’s birthday in February, theMaleficentactresspraisedher “beautiful sister” as she shared an adorable throwback photo of the two.“We had a moment last year, sitting on the couch and we looked at each other and you said, ‘thank god I have a sister.’ I wouldn’t be able to do life without you,” Elle wrote in the post’s caption.As for her sister, theTwilightactress described Elle as “my confidante” and “my truth-teller” in a touchingtributeon Instagram for her sister’s 25th birthday in April.“My person in all lifetimes,” Dakota’s caption continued. “Being your sister is a dream. happy birthday angel, i love you the most.”Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning attend the CHANEL dinner to celebrate the launch of Sofia Coppola Archive.Stefanie Keenan/WireImageThe sisters also recently celebrated a new career milestone together asthey launched a joint production company, Lewellen Pictures, in 2021. It had been one of their longtime dreams after close to two decades in the business.“We are thrilled to be launching this company together and to be teaming up with MRC [Television] who have been excellent partners onThe Great,” they said in a joint statement. “Our goal is to tell stories, through comedy and drama, which are authentic to the human experience, and not just from our own perspective.”Alongside the launch of their company, the sisters might soonmake their joint acting debutinThe Nightingale, which they were set to begin filming just before the pandemic hit.Elle toldPorterthat acting with her sister would be “a very rare and special thing,” adding, “We can’t have the first time over again, so we want it to be the right thing.“Though there haven’t been many updates on the project, Elle said in May on theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast that the film might be “coming back around” as she shared that she and Dakota “both would want that to be the one.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The sisters have technically appeared in the same film before as Elle played the younger version of Dakota’s character in 2001’sI Am Sam— which launched both their careers.
Dakota and Elle Fanning at LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade event at UCLA.Photo:Vivien Killilea/Getty Images
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images
SistersDakotaandElle Fanningstepped out together for a good cause.The actresses teamed up on Saturday as they attended an event at the University of California supporting childhood cancer foundationAlex’s Lemonade Stand. Dakota, 29, wore a long white dress with a white button-down top as an extra layer while Elle, 25, paired a white lace blouse with dark denim. Both the sisters wore sun hats as they attended the charity event.The famous sisters are two peas in a pod in their personal lives — Dakota toldShapein 2019 thatshe and Elle are “really close” and have a “special bond”— but when it comes to public appearances, they don’t often pose in front of a camera together.In March, they attendedThe Hollywood Reporterand Jimmy Choo’s Power Stylists dinner and it marked their first public appearance together since 2019.Dakota and Elle attended alongside their longtime stylist, Samantha McMillen, who Dakota described as “really part of our family,” while Elle gushed of their stylist’s award, “No one deserves this more than Samantha.”Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning attend LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade 2023.Vivien Killilea/Getty ImagesIn May 2020, Elle toldEntertainment Tonightof her sister, “She is my closest person.”“Your sister knows you more than anyone,” she said. “I mean, she can sniff anything out of you. She can push your buttons more than anybody. That dynamic is so special and unique. They know your family more than anybody.”On Dakota’s birthday in February, theMaleficentactresspraisedher “beautiful sister” as she shared an adorable throwback photo of the two.“We had a moment last year, sitting on the couch and we looked at each other and you said, ‘thank god I have a sister.’ I wouldn’t be able to do life without you,” Elle wrote in the post’s caption.As for her sister, theTwilightactress described Elle as “my confidante” and “my truth-teller” in a touchingtributeon Instagram for her sister’s 25th birthday in April.“My person in all lifetimes,” Dakota’s caption continued. “Being your sister is a dream. happy birthday angel, i love you the most.”Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning attend the CHANEL dinner to celebrate the launch of Sofia Coppola Archive.Stefanie Keenan/WireImageThe sisters also recently celebrated a new career milestone together asthey launched a joint production company, Lewellen Pictures, in 2021. It had been one of their longtime dreams after close to two decades in the business.“We are thrilled to be launching this company together and to be teaming up with MRC [Television] who have been excellent partners onThe Great,” they said in a joint statement. “Our goal is to tell stories, through comedy and drama, which are authentic to the human experience, and not just from our own perspective.”Alongside the launch of their company, the sisters might soonmake their joint acting debutinThe Nightingale, which they were set to begin filming just before the pandemic hit.Elle toldPorterthat acting with her sister would be “a very rare and special thing,” adding, “We can’t have the first time over again, so we want it to be the right thing.“Though there haven’t been many updates on the project, Elle said in May on theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast that the film might be “coming back around” as she shared that she and Dakota “both would want that to be the one.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The sisters have technically appeared in the same film before as Elle played the younger version of Dakota’s character in 2001’sI Am Sam— which launched both their careers.
SistersDakotaandElle Fanningstepped out together for a good cause.
The actresses teamed up on Saturday as they attended an event at the University of California supporting childhood cancer foundationAlex’s Lemonade Stand. Dakota, 29, wore a long white dress with a white button-down top as an extra layer while Elle, 25, paired a white lace blouse with dark denim. Both the sisters wore sun hats as they attended the charity event.
The famous sisters are two peas in a pod in their personal lives — Dakota toldShapein 2019 thatshe and Elle are “really close” and have a “special bond”— but when it comes to public appearances, they don’t often pose in front of a camera together.
In March, they attendedThe Hollywood Reporterand Jimmy Choo’s Power Stylists dinner and it marked their first public appearance together since 2019.
Dakota and Elle attended alongside their longtime stylist, Samantha McMillen, who Dakota described as “really part of our family,” while Elle gushed of their stylist’s award, “No one deserves this more than Samantha.”
Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning attend LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade 2023.Vivien Killilea/Getty Images
In May 2020, Elle toldEntertainment Tonightof her sister, “She is my closest person.”
“Your sister knows you more than anyone,” she said. “I mean, she can sniff anything out of you. She can push your buttons more than anybody. That dynamic is so special and unique. They know your family more than anybody.”
On Dakota’s birthday in February, theMaleficentactresspraisedher “beautiful sister” as she shared an adorable throwback photo of the two.
“We had a moment last year, sitting on the couch and we looked at each other and you said, ‘thank god I have a sister.’ I wouldn’t be able to do life without you,” Elle wrote in the post’s caption.
As for her sister, theTwilightactress described Elle as “my confidante” and “my truth-teller” in a touchingtributeon Instagram for her sister’s 25th birthday in April.
“My person in all lifetimes,” Dakota’s caption continued. “Being your sister is a dream. happy birthday angel, i love you the most.”
Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning attend the CHANEL dinner to celebrate the launch of Sofia Coppola Archive.Stefanie Keenan/WireImage
Stefanie Keenan/WireImage
The sisters also recently celebrated a new career milestone together asthey launched a joint production company, Lewellen Pictures, in 2021. It had been one of their longtime dreams after close to two decades in the business.
“We are thrilled to be launching this company together and to be teaming up with MRC [Television] who have been excellent partners onThe Great,” they said in a joint statement. “Our goal is to tell stories, through comedy and drama, which are authentic to the human experience, and not just from our own perspective.”
Alongside the launch of their company, the sisters might soonmake their joint acting debutinThe Nightingale, which they were set to begin filming just before the pandemic hit.
Elle toldPorterthat acting with her sister would be “a very rare and special thing,” adding, “We can’t have the first time over again, so we want it to be the right thing.”
Though there haven’t been many updates on the project, Elle said in May on theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast that the film might be “coming back around” as she shared that she and Dakota “both would want that to be the one.”
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The sisters have technically appeared in the same film before as Elle played the younger version of Dakota’s character in 2001’sI Am Sam— which launched both their careers.
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