Dakota Johnson rose to fame as Anastasia Steele in the universally derided Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy and hasn't appeared in a wide release blockbuster since, sticking to independent films and transforming her acting star into that of a critical darling. Despite her acting dynasty family and worldwide fame, her career screams more working actress than universally loved Hollywood star. Yet that is what she is, and while undoubtedly talented acting on screen, it is her public persona, highlighted in her many iconic televised interviews that have so endeared Dakota Johnson to the public, and led to her green kitchen becoming the object of obsession by the internet at large.

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The daughter of Hollywood legends Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson (and step-daughter to Antonio Banderas), Dakota Johnson grew up on film sets, eventually turning to acting herself landing her first role as a one-night stand for Justin Timberlake's character in The Social Network (2010). 2015 turned Johnson into a household name with the release of the first Fifty Shades film, and that same year she purchased her first home, a $3.55 million tranquil, lush, and private Hollywood home that once housed American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy. But in 2020, her house lost its privacy factor after her kitchen went viral, becoming instantly recognizable to the deeply online and spawning countless memes and impersonations. And it all started with her opening her doors to give a tour of her Hollywood home to Architectural Digest.

7 'Hi AD, I'm Dakota. Welcome To My House'

The world was just beginning to enter the initial stages of shutdowns and lockdowns in March 2020 when Architectural Digest released their ten-minute walkthrough of Dakota Johnson's serene Hollywood home. During the uncertainty the world was facing, the video was embraced by the internet, with Johnson's awkward ruminations on her belongings, laughter at pointing out where her dead cat is buried, and ongoing bamboo war with the neighbors prompting countless memes on Twitter.

The video, which has since received 21 million views, opened up Johnson's self-deprecating girl-next-door vibe to the masses, allowing the previously unaware to join the Johnson fandom. But the highlight of the video was by far her green kitchen, which has become an instantly recognizable location in the hallowed halls of internet culture. A green kitchen, home to a certain bowl of green fruit.

6 Dakota Johnson: 'I Love Limes. I Love Them. They're Great.'

"I love limes. I love them. They're great. I love them so much, and I like to present them like this in my house." These famous words, uttered by the actress as she stands in front of not one, but two bowls overflowing with the citrus fruit. She provided no reasoning for loving the limes, didn't say they were ingredients for the baking she loved to do, or the cooking she loved to do, nor did she dive into the "psychology" of limes as she did about her many china dishes.

The limes seemed to exist purely, along with the dying plant beside the sink and the bamboo that could be seen through the window looking into the garden, to complement the green kitchen. The second kitchen that Johnson had painted that color herself. "I love green," she tells the camera, effortlessly convincing the audience that a kitchen in any other color is not even worth entering.

5 Dakota Johnson On 'The Tonight Show': 'I'm Actually - I'm Allergic To Limes'

Johnson might love the color of her kitchen, but her tastes in green don't extend to fruit. Yes, the charmingly chaotic declaration of love for limes was, in fact, a lie - she does not love limes or think they are great. She is allergic to them. In a virtual appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Johnson told the host, after he asked her what she does with all those limes, that she "actually didn't even know that they were in there." The limes, it turns out, were set dressing by Architectural Digest, who it seems were the brains behind the color matching of the fruit and kitchen, and Johnson felt the overwhelming presence of the limes too noticeable to not mention. "It was hard to just ignore them."

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4 Dakota Johnson 'Just Has A Special Place In A Queer Person's Heart'

The chaos surrounding Dakota Johnson's frank and earnest (if outright originally untrue) delivery in showcasing her kitchen has led to devotion of the star from the queer community, and despite Johnson being a millennial, a certain camaraderie with the youth of Gen Z. And it's not adoration of her performances, but her persona, carried by, as Mel Magazine puts it, "her deadpan delivery and ability to thrive in awkward situations."

For the very online members of Gen Z, her house is recognizable from images of the architecture alone, with no mention of the star. On TikTok, fans are lipsyncing to her AD Open House and decorating their own homes in homage to the actor. One fan claimed to have watched the video at least once a month, describing her distinctive droll as "unintentional ASMR." "She just has a special place in the queer person’s heart," he told Mel Magazine.

3 'Actually, No, That's Not The Truth, Ellen'

Anyone who used the internet as a means of escape and entertainment over the last two years will remember that Johnson's iconic AD video helped cement the actor as someone we all want to be friends with, as it arrived just months after she obliterated recently revealed bully Ellen Degeneres live on air. During an interview, the talk show host asked Johnson why she didn't invite her to her birthday party.

Without missing a beat, the actor replied with the memeable rallying cry (turned wearable art) "Actually, no, that's not the truth, Ellen, you were invited...ask anybody, ask Jonathan, your producer." The moment gained even more cultural weight when it was discovered DeGeneres didn't attend because she was with George W. Bush at a football game.

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2 Dakota Johnson To Jimmy Fallon: 'Aren't You Supposed To Let People Talk On This Show?'

A huge part of Dakota Johnson's personal appeal is the frankness with which she addresses almost every interaction she has, which comes in handy when she feels the need to call people out. During an in-person appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, after repeatedly being interrupted by the host, Johnson interrupted him right back. "Aren't you supposed to let people talk on this show?" she questioned. It is this same frankness she exhibited when showing off her kitchen to Architectural Digest that caused the internet to fall in love with her, resulting in the world obsessing over her kitchen cabinets.

1 'This Is My Little Kitchen, We Painted It This Green Color'

Nothing lasts forever, not even Johnson's lime-filled green-hued little Hollywood kitchen. Yes, while the rest of the world was Googling how to renovate their living areas to incorporate mid-century modern design and overfill their spaces with color like the star, Johnson was moving on and moving out. Out of the house she so famously lied in and into a Malibu mansion with her partner of four years, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.

Johnson shocked fans by leaving her highly coveted house in February 2021, less than a year after opening her doors to Architectural Digest. And audiences are gagging for a glimpse of the new home, inundating the publications Twitter account with requests for an updated Open Door with the enigmatic actress. They want to know if it's been painted green.

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