Elle Fanning
- Acting
- April 9, 1998 · Conyers, Georgia, USA
Biography
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).
Known for
Filmography
- The Nightingale · Isabelle, Producer
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping · Effie Trinket
- Rosebush Pruning · Martha
- Margo's Got Money Troubles · Margo, Executive producer
- Predator: Badlands · Thia / Tessa
- Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? · Executive producer
- Sentimental Value · Rachel Kemp
- On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" · Self
- A Complete Unknown · Sylvie Russo
- Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer · Executive producer
- The Girl from Plainville · Michelle Carter, Executive producer
- Paris in Love · Self
- Penn & Teller: Try This at Home · Self
- The Great · Catherine II of Russia, Executive producer
- The Disney Family Singalong · Self
- The Roads Not Taken · Molly
- All the Bright Places · Violet, Producer
- That Click · Self
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil · Princess Aurora
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- A Rainy Day in New York · Ashleigh Enright
- Camp! The Movie · Self
- Teen Spirit · Violet Valenski, Songs
- 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, Songs
- Mary Shelley · Mary Shelley, Songs
- The Beguiled · Alicia
- Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy · Self
- 20th Century Women · Julie
- Live by Night · Loretta Figgis
- Ballerina · Felicie (Voice)
- 3 Generations · Ray, Songs
- 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 · Aurora
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Low Down · Amy Albany
- First Stars I See Tonight · Girl
- Twixt: A Documentary · Self
- Likeness · Mia
- Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment · Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
- Leaning Towards Solace · Sara
- Wide-Awake · The Rainmaker
- Ginger & Rosa · Ginger
- We Bought a Zoo · Lily Miska
- The Rosie Show · Self
- Twixt · V.
- Super 8 · Alice Dainard
- Making Somewhere · Self
- The Curve of Forgotten Things · Girl
- The Nutcracker · Mary, Songs
- 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, Songs
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes · Self
- Dirty Sexy Money
- Reservation Road · Emma Learner, Songs
- 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, Songs
- P.N.O.K. · Rebecca Bullard