Elle Fanning
Born: 1998-04-09 in Conyers, Georgia, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2027
- The Nightingale as Isabelle
2026
- Margo's Got Money Troubles as Margo
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Effie Trinket
- Rosebush Pruning as Martha
2025
- Predator: Badlands as Thia / Tessa
- Sentimental Value as Rachel Kemp
- Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? ... (Executive Producer)
- On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" as Self
2024
- A Complete Unknown as Sylvie Russo
- Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- The Girl from Plainville as Michelle Carter
2021
- Paris in Love as Self
2020
- The Great as Catherine II of Russia
- All the Bright Places as Violet
- The Roads Not Taken as Molly
- The Disney Family Singalong as Self
- Penn & Teller: Try This at Home as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Princess Aurora
- Teen Spirit as Violet Valenski
- Camp! The Movie as Self
- That Click as Self
- A Rainy Day in New York as Ashleigh Enright
2018
- Galveston as Rocky
- The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as Melody
- I Think We're Alone Now as Grace
2017
- No Activity as Madison
- The Beguiled as Alicia
- Mary Shelley as Mary Shelley
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Zan
- Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy as Self
2016
- Ballerina as Félicie Milliner (voice)
- The Neon Demon as Jesse
- Live by Night as Loretta Figgis
- 20th Century Women as Julie
- 3 Generations as Ray
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Trumbo as Niki Trumbo
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Maleficent as Princess Aurora
- The Boxtrolls as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
- Young Ones as Mary Holm
- Low Down as Amy Albany
- First Stars I See Tonight as Girl
2013
- Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
- Likeness as Mia
- Twixt: A Documentary as Self
2012
- Ginger & Rosa as Ginger
- Wide-Awake as The Rainmaker
2011
- Super 8 as Alice Dainard
- We Bought a Zoo as Lily Miska
- The Rosie Show as Self - Guest
- Twixt as V.
- The Curve of Forgotten Things as Girl
- Making Somewhere as Self
2010
- Conan as Self
- Somewhere as Cleo
- The Nutcracker as Mary
2009
- Astro Boy as Grace (voice)
- First the Egg
2008
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Age 7
- Phoebe in Wonderland as Phoebe Lichten
2007
- Dirty Sexy Money
- Reservation Road as Emma Learner
- The Nines as Noelle
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- Day 73 with Sarah as Sarah
- A Very Brave Witch
2006
- Déjà Vu as Abbey
- Babel as Debbie Jones
- The Lost Room as Anna Miller
- I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With as Penelope
2005
- Criminal Minds as Tracy Belle
- Robot Chicken as Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)
- Because of Winn-Dixie as Sweety Pie Thomas
- P.N.O.K. as Rebecca Bullard
2004
- House as Stella Dalton
- CSI: NY as Jenny Como
- The Door in the Floor as Ruth Cole
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Daddy Day Care as Jamie
2002
- CSI: Miami as Molly Walker
- Taken as Allie at 3 yrs
2001
- I Am Sam as Lucy (2 Years Old)
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Eden
- Judging Amy as Rochelle Cobbs
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953
- The Oscars as Self - Presenter