Elle Fanning
5.1Acting

Elle Fanning

Apr 9, 1998 - 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).

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Cast

Media
Movie2004The Door in the FloorRuth Cole
Movie2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDaisy Age 7
Movie2006Déjà VuAbbey
Movie2007Reservation RoadEmma Learner
Movie2007The NinesNoelle
Movie2011Super 8Alice Dainard
MovieN/AChippendales
Movie2009Astro BoyGrace (voice)
Movie2010SomewhereCleo
Movie2005Because of Winn-DixieSweety Pie Thomas
Movie2010The NutcrackerMary
Movie2008Phoebe in WonderlandPhoebe Lichten
Movie2024A Complete UnknownSylvie Russo
Movie2011We Bought a ZooLily Miska
MovieN/ARosebush Pruning
MovieN/AI Am SybilShirley Mason
Movie2011TwixtV.
Movie2014MaleficentPrincess Aurora
Movie2012Ginger & RosaGinger
Movie2014The BoxtrollsWinnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Movie2014Young OnesMary Holm
Movie2013LikenessMia
Movie2014Low DownAmy Albany
Movie2014First Stars I See TonightGirl
Movie2011The Curve of Forgotten ThingsGirl
Movie2015TrumboNikola Trumbo
Movie2016Live by NightLoretta Figgis
Movie2016The Neon DemonJesse
Movie201620th Century WomenJulie
Movie20163 GenerationsRay
Movie2017How to Talk to Girls at PartiesZan
Movie2017Mary ShelleyMary Shelley
Movie2009First the Egg
Movie2018Always at The CarlyleSelf (archive footage)
Movie2016BallerinaFélicie Milliner (voice)
Movie2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallMelody
Movie2025Predator: BadlandsThia
Movie2017The BeguiledAlicia
Movie2003Daddy Day CareJamie
Movie2007Day 73 with SarahSarah
Movie2001I Am SamLucy (2 Years Old)
Movie2006I Want Someone to Eat Cheese WithPenelope
Movie2006BabelDebbie Jones
Movie2005P.N.O.K.Rebecca Bullard
Movie2025Sentimental ValueRachel Kemp
Movie2018GalvestonRocky
Movie2019Teen SpiritViolet Valenski
Movie2018I Think We're Alone NowGrace
Movie2019A Rainy Day in New YorkAshleigh Enright
Movie2020All the Bright PlacesViolet
Movie2019Maleficent: Mistress of EvilPrincess Aurora
Movie2012Wide-AwakeThe Rainmaker
Movie2020The Roads Not TakenMolly
Movie2019Camp! The MovieSelf
Movie2007A Very Brave Witch
Movie2027The NightingaleIsabelle
Movie2013Sigur Rós: Valtari Film ExperimentSara (Leaning Towards Solace)
Movie2020Penn & Teller: Try This at HomeSelf
Movie2013Twixt: A DocumentarySelf
Movie2019That ClickSelf
Movie2011Making SomewhereSelf
Movie2007Common Ground: Under Construction NotesSelf
Movie2025On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"Self
MovieN/AThe Maid of OrleansRebecca Spielman
Movie2026The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingEffie Trinket
TV Show2004HouseStella Dalton1
TV Show2002CSI: MiamiMolly Walker1
TV Show1999Judging AmyRochelle Cobbs1
TV Show2002TakenAllie at 3 yrs1
TV Show2004CSI: NYJenny Como1
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitEden1
TV Show2005Criminal MindsTracy Belle2
TV Show1992MTV Movie & TV AwardsSelf / Presenter1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf3
TV Show2011The Rosie ShowSelf - Guest1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest1
TV Show2007Dirty Sexy Money1
TV Show2020The GreatCatherine II of Russia30
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show2006The Lost RoomAnna Miller3
TV Show2022The Girl from PlainvilleMichelle Carter8
TV Show2010ConanSelf1
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf1
TV ShowN/AMargo's Got Money TroublesMargo Millet1
TV Show2017No ActivityMadison1
TV Show2005Robot ChickenSarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest1
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson Show1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf - Presenter1

Crew

Media
Movie2020All the Bright PlacesProducerProduction
MovieN/AThe Maid of OrleansProducerProduction
Movie2027The NightingaleProducerProduction
TV Show2022The Girl from PlainvilleExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2020The GreatExecutive ProducerProduction
TV ShowN/AMargo's Got Money TroublesExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2024Mastermind: To Think Like a KillerExecutive ProducerProduction
TV ShowN/ADeath in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg?Executive ProducerProduction