After 25 years in showbiz, Dakota Fanning is as booked and busy as ever

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Set us as preferred From the outside looking in, Dakota Fanning — as a household name for roughly two decades and an actor with an enviable list of credits — might seem to exist in the usual celebrity bubble, insulated, as far as possible, from quotidian inconvenience.But she is also a busy professional with a relatable dependence on takeout and delivery, and one who follows the news.

“I’m in a panic over this lettuce situation,” she admits, referring to the cyclosporiasis outbreaks.“What is everybody doing? That’s all I can think and talk about.

What do you mean I can’t eat lettuce? What am I supposed to do? I’m not ordering salads.We’re not talking about me cooking.

I’m not worried about that.”For now, perhaps the solution is to return to her “stomping grounds” and eat sushi “anywhere on Ventura Boulevard” after a hike of Fryman Canyon — her ideal day-off itinerary.(That seems fairly lettuce-free, right? Maybe stick to sashimi.)After all, it’s how Fanning ended up as “a Valley girl” that led to this Zoom call with the actor: Fanning, now 32, first moved to California to pursue work as a child actor and has been a steady presence in film and TV ever since.

And 25 years on, she’s still celebrating major milestones.“I’m enjoying where I am and not taking it for granted,” she says.

“I’m trying to enjoy the moments that I can, be present for them and try not to move through them too fast.”Speaking with The Envelope from New York City, where she just landed from Paris to continue filming an untitled thriller for Apple, Fanning jokes that she is working with “half a brain” from jet lag, but feeling grateful and energized about her busy year.She recently wrapped her first onscreen collaboration with sister Elle, the Kristin Hannah adaptation “The Nightingale,” and re...