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Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Mary Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998) is an American actress. She made her film debut as the younger version of her sister Dakota Fanning's character in the drama film I Am Sam (2001). As a child actress, she appeared in several films, including Babel (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Phoebe in Wonderland (both 2008). In 2010 she starred in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010) earning her a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer nomination. In 2011 she received attention for her starring role in J. J. Abrams' science-fiction film Super 8, earning a Spotlight Award at the Hollywood Film Festival. She subsequently had leading roles in the comedy-drama film We Bought a Zoo (2011), the drama film Ginger & Rosa (2012), and as Princess Aurora in the fantasy films Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).

Following Maleficent, Fanning began working in independent cinema, collaborating with auteurs in lead and supporting roles in films such as Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon (2016), Mike Mills' 20th Century Women (2016), Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled (2017), John Cameron Mitchell's How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), Woody Allen's A Rainy Day in New York (2019), and Sally Potter's The Roads Not Taken (2020). In 2019, aged 21, she became the youngest person to serve as a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival. She plays Empress Catherine II in the Hulu series The Great (2020–present), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nomination as well as two Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In 2022 she starred as Michelle Carter in the Hulu limited series The Girl from Plainville.

  • BIRTH 09/04/1998
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 14
  • MOVIES 41
  • PRODUCTION 1

Shows (14)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eden
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Tracy Belle
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
Molly Walker
CSI: NY
CSI: NY
Jenny Como
The Great
The Great
Catherine II of Russia
The Girl From Plainville
The Girl From Plainville
Michelle Carter
Taken
Taken
Allie at 3 yrs
The Lost Room
The Lost Room
Anna Miller
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Judging Amy
Judging Amy
Rochelle Cobbs
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Conan (2010)
Conan (2010)
Self
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Self

Movies (41)

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Princess Aurora
Maleficent
Maleficent
Princess Aurora
Super 8
Super 8
Alice Dainard
Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu
Abbey
A Rainy Day in New York
A Rainy Day in New York
Ashleigh Enright
All the Bright Places
All the Bright Places
Violet
Babel
Babel
Debbie Jones
Ballerina
Ballerina
Félicie Milliner (voice)
Astro Boy
Astro Boy
Grace (voice)
We Bought a Zoo
We Bought a Zoo
Lily Miska
The Beguiled
The Beguiled
Alicia
The Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon
Jesse
Daddy Day Care
Daddy Day Care
Jamie
I Think We're Alone Now
I Think We're Alone Now
Grace
Live by Night
Live by Night
Loretta Figgis
Trumbo
Trumbo
Nikola Trumbo
Somewhere
Somewhere
Cleo
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Galveston
Galveston
Rocky
Teen Spirit
Teen Spirit
Violet Valenski
20th Century Women
20th Century Women
Julie Miller
Twixt
Twixt
V.
The Nines
The Nines
Noelle
Reservation Road
Reservation Road
Emma Learner
Young Ones
Young Ones
Mary Holm
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Zan
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Melody
The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Isabelle
3 Generations
3 Generations
Ray
The Roads Not Taken
The Roads Not Taken
Molly
The Nutcracker in 3D
The Nutcracker in 3D
Mary
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe Lichten
Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie
Sweety Pie Thomas
A Complete Unknown
A Complete Unknown
Sylvie Russo
Low Down
Low Down
Amy Albany
The Door in the Floor
The Door in the Floor
Ruth Cole
Wide-Awake
Wide-Awake
The Rainmaker
P.N.O.K.
P.N.O.K.
Rebecca Bullard
Likeness
Likeness
Mia
Ginger & Rosa
Ginger & Rosa
Ginger

Production

All the Bright Places
All the Bright Places