View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dakota Fanning (@dakotafanning) Fanning has been candid through the years about her rise to fame at a young age. “When I look back and I think of the experiences being an actor has brought me, I just don’t ...

Dakota Fanning is throwing it back to her younger years. "I Am Sam premiere 2001," Fanning, 30, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, September 21. In the sweet snap, a then 7-year-old Fanning was all smiles as she rocked a yellow dress while walking the red carpet.

Dakota Fanning shared a photo of herself attending the premiere of her movie 'I Am Sam' in 2001, when she was 7 years old, in a sweet throwback Instagram post. She wrote that she is 'always thinking of this tiny girl.