Dakota Fanning chats on her phone as she runs errands in zebra-patterned jacket and white pants

She has two high profile projects in the works.

And Dakota Fanning is making the most of her current downtime as she waits for productions to begin.

The actress, 27, ran some errands in West Hollywood on Tuesday, grabbing a cold beverage to go and chatting on her phone as she walked. 

Summer style: Dakota Fanning chatted away on her phone as she ran errands in West Hollywood on Tuesday wearing a white crop top and white cargo pants rolled up at the hem

The former child star was dressed for the warm sunny day in a white crop top and white cotton cargo pants rolled up at the hem.

She added a zebra-patterned cotton jacket and carried a wicker basket over one shoulder.

Fanning’s blonde hair was loose with a center parting and she sported sunglasses. 

Star: The actress, 27, added a zebra-patterned cotton jacket and carried a wicker basket over one shoulder. Her blonde hair was loose with a center parting and she sported sunglasses

The Man On Fire and Twilight Saga star is preparing to play Susan, the daughter of President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford in the upcoming Showtime anthology series The First Lady. 

She’s is also set to play a leading role in another Showtime series based on Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels.

In March, it was announced that Fanning will join Fleabag star Andrew Scott in the drama.

New roles: Fanning is set to play Susan Ford in Showtime’s anthology series First Lady and will also  star in the Showtime series Ripley based on the best-selling novels by Patricia Highsmith

Her co-stars: Irish actor Andrew Scott, 44, (left) will star as Tom Ripley in the project first announced in 2019. Johnny Flynn, 37, (right) has been cast as Dickie Greenleaf

Scott will star as protagonist Tom Ripley and Fanning will play Marge Sherwood, an American living in Italy who starts to suspect Ripley’s motives when he shows up looking for her boyfriend Dickie Greenleaf.

Rising actor Johnny Flynn, 37, most recently seen in Netflix’s The Dig, has been cast as Greenleaf.

In the series set in the 1960s, Ripley is hired by a wealthy New Yorker to travel to Italy to convince his wayward son Dickie to return home.

But along the way, Ripley starts to weave a complex web of deceit with murderous consequences.

Juicy part: Fanning will play Marge Sherwood, an American living in  1960s Italy who starts to suspect Ripley’s motives when he shows up looking for her boyfriend Dickie

The drama is being adapted from Highsmith’s novels by Schindler’s List scribe Steve Zaillan.

Production is set to begin in Italy later this year with a 2022 release date on Showtime.

In the 1999 movie The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by the late Anthony Minghella, starred Matt Damon as Tom Ripley with Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge and Jude Law as Dickie.  

Film incarnation: Matt Damon played Tom Ripley on the big screen in a 1999 movie directed by the late Anthony Minghella

A-listers: Gwyneth Paltrow starred in the film as Marge and Jude Law played Dickie