{"id":2149240,"date":"2025-11-11T16:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2149240"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:53:18","slug":"dakota-fanning-gets-candid-about-wanting-to-be-a-mom-as-she-shares-an-update-on-when-she-hopes-to-welcome-first-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dakota-fanning-gets-candid-about-wanting-to-be-a-mom-as-she-shares-an-update-on-when-she-hopes-to-welcome-first-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakota Fanning Gets Candid About Wanting to Be a Mom as She Shares an Update on When She Hopes to Welcome First Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dakota Fanning wants to become a mother in the next decade of her life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Vicious <\/em>actress opened up during an interview with &#8216;Byrdie&#8217; about how she wants to become a mother during this next phase in her life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fanning told the outlet that welcoming kids has &#8220;been really important to me&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/dakota-fanning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dakota Fanning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dakota Fanning<\/a> is looking to become a mom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During an exclusive chat with <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/dakota-fanning-interview-11830706\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Byrdie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Byrdie<\/a>, <\/em>the <em>All Her Fault<\/em> actress, 31, opened up about the next phase of her life and wanting to welcome kids in the upcoming era. Fanning shared that she has always wanted to have kids, as it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s &#8220;been really important to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Every year that goes by, you&#8217;re more in tune with who you are and with what you want and don&#8217;t want,&#8221; she told the outlet. &#8220;I&#8217;m associating this decade with the next part of my life. I&#8217;ve always wanted to have kids \u2014 that&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve never questioned and has always been really important to me. So, hopefully, dating will end soon, and this next decade will bring that into my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Katie McCurdy\/Byrdie<\/p>\n<p> Dakota Fanning for Byrdie<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is not the first time the actress has revealed her desire to welcome children. During an interview with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/en-us\/porter\/article-62d4c3ebcc8398f9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PORTER;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>PORTER<\/em><\/a> in April 2024, the\u00a0<em>Ripley<\/em>\u00a0star explained that as she&#8217;s set up her career, she&#8217;s made sure to leave herself with the option to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dakota-fanning-says-having-kids-is-more-important-to-her-than-being-an-actor-8623006\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:start a family.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">start a family. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Being an actor is a huge part of my identity. I don&#8217;t really know who I am without it,&#8221; Fanning told the outlet. &#8220;But I also have a desire to set up my life and career so that I always have a choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fanning went on to say that becoming a mother is &#8220;probably more important to me than anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Having kids is probably more important to me than anything, even being an actor,&#8221; she said. &#8220;If somebody said I had to choose, I would choose having kids. I&#8217;m one of those people who has always felt that pull.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Katie McCurdy\/Byrdie Dakota Fanning for Byrdie\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/aL7XOkJipQ4AboA1g4rnTA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEyMDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/d4ac0e287e507453927b1b5b99289419\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Katie McCurdy\/Byrdie<\/p>\n<p> Dakota Fanning for Byrdie<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though at the time she didn&#8217;t know exactly when she wanted to start a family or how much she&#8217;ll want to work at that time,\u00a0<em>The Watchers\u00a0<\/em>actress said she&#8217;s taking advantage of adventures now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to push myself to keep saying yes to things that make me uncomfortable, to keep going to places for long periods of time that maybe I&#8217;m scared to do because \u2014 God willing \u2014 one day, it won&#8217;t be as easy,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dakota-fanning-shares-update-when-she-wants-to-welcome-kids-11847356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Dakota Fanning wants to become a mother in the next decade of her life The Vicious actress opened up during an interview with &#8216;Byrdie&#8217; about how she wants to become a mother during this next phase in her life Fanning told the outlet that welcoming kids has &#8220;been really important to me&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2149241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[313667],"class_list":["post-2149240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-dakota-fanning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dakota-Fanning-Gets-Candid-About-Wanting-to-Be-a-Mom.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2149240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2149242,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149240\/revisions\/2149242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2149241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2149240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2149240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2149240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}