Elle Fanning
Actor
Born April 9, 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA
Mary Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998) is an American actress. As a child, she made her film debut as the younger version of her sister Dakota Fanning's character in the drama film I Am Sam (2001). She appeared in several other films as a child actress, including Daddy Day Care (2003), Babel (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Phoebe in Wonderland (both 2008), and the miniseries The Lost Room (2006). She then had leading roles in Sofia Coppola's drama Somewhere (2010) and J. J. Abrams' science fiction film Super 8 (2011). Fanning played Princess Aurora in the fantasy films Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) while working in independent films such as Sally Potter's Ginger & Rosa (2012), Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon (2016), Mike Mills' 20th Century Women (2016), and Coppola's The Beguiled (2017). From 2020 to 2023, she starred as Catherine the Great in the Hulu period satire series The Great, for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She has since portrayed Michelle Carter in the Hulu limited series The Girl from Plainville (2022), made her Broadway debut in the play Appropriate (2023), and played a character based on Suze Rotolo in the biographical drama A Complete Unknown (2024).
Filmography
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The Nightingale
Isabelle
Coming soon
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Effie Trinket
I Am Sybil
Shirley Mason
Rosebush Pruning
Martha
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo
Predator: Badlands
Thia / Tessa
Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg?
Sentimental Value
Rachel Kemp
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
Self
A Complete Unknown
Sylvie Russo
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer
The Girl from Plainville
Michelle Carter
Paris in Love
Self
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Self
The Great
Catherine II of Russia
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
The Roads Not Taken
Molly
All the Bright Places
Violet
That Click
Self
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Princess Aurora
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
A Rainy Day in New York
Ashleigh Enright
Camp! The Movie
Self
Teen Spirit
Violet Valenski
Galveston
Rocky
I Think We're Alone Now
Grace
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Melody
No Activity
Madison
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Zan
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
The Beguiled
Alicia
20th Century Women
Julie
Live by Night
Loretta Figgis
Ballerina
Felicie (voice)
3 Generations
Ray
The Neon Demon
Jesse
Trumbo
Niki Trumbo
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Boxtrolls
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Young Ones
Mary Holm
Maleficent
Princess Aurora
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Low Down
Amy Albany
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
Likeness
Mia
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
Wide-Awake
The Rainmaker
Ginger & Rosa
Ginger
We Bought a Zoo
Lily Miska
The Rosie Show
Self - Guest
Twixt
V.
Super 8
Alice Dainard
The Curve of Forgotten Things
Girl
The Nutcracker
Mary
Conan
Self
Somewhere
Cleo
Astro Boy
Grace (voice)
First the Egg
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daisy Age 7
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe Lichten
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
Dirty Sexy Money
Reservation Road
Emma Learner
A Very Brave Witch
Day 73 with Sarah
Sarah
The Nines
Noelle
The Lost Room
Anna Miller
Déjà Vu
Abbey
Babel
Debbie Jones
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Penelope
Criminal Minds
Tracy Belle
Robot Chicken
Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)
Because of Winn-Dixie
Sweety Pie Thomas
House
Stella Dalton
CSI: NY
Jenny Como
The Door in the Floor
Ruth Cole
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Daddy Day Care
Jamie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Taken
Allie at 3 yrs
CSI: Miami
Molly Walker
I Am Sam
Lucy (2 Years Old)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eden
Judging Amy
Rochelle Cobbs
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
The Oscars
Self - Presenter