Acting
Elle Fanning
EN, NO, ES cinema · 67 credits
Born
9 April 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace
Conyers, Georgia, USA
Also known as Mary Elle Fanning · Эль Фэннинг
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
I Am Sybil
as Shirley Mason
The Nightingale
as Isabelle, Producer
Rosebush Pruning
as Martha
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Effie Trinket
Predator: Badlands
as Thia / Tessa
Sentimental Value
as Rachel Kemp
A Complete Unknown
as Sylvie Russo
All the Bright Places
as Violet, Producer
The Roads Not Taken
as Molly
Teen Spirit
as Violet Valenski, Songs
A Rainy Day in New York
as Ashleigh Enright
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Princess Aurora
Camp! The Movie
as Self
That Click
as Self
Galveston
as Rocky
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Zan, Songs
Mary Shelley
as Mary Shelley, Songs
The Beguiled
as Alicia
Live by Night
as Loretta Figgis
The Neon Demon
as Jesse
20th Century Women
as Julie
3 Generations
as Ray, Songs
Ballerina
as Felicie (voice)
Trumbo
as Niki Trumbo
Maleficent
as Aurora
The Boxtrolls
as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Young Ones
as Mary Holm
Low Down
as Amy Albany
Likeness
as Mia
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
Ginger & Rosa
as Ginger
Wide-Awake
as The Rainmaker
Super 8
as Alice Dainard
We Bought a Zoo
as Lily Miska
Twixt
as V.
Somewhere
as Cleo
The Nutcracker
as Mary, Songs
Astro Boy
as Grace (voice)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Age 7
Phoebe in Wonderland
as Phoebe Lichten, Songs
Reservation Road
as Emma Learner, Songs
The Nines
as Noelle
Day 73 with Sarah
as Sarah
Déjà Vu
as Abbey
Babel
as Debbie Jones
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Sweety Pie Thomas, Songs
P.N.O.K.
2005
P.N.O.K.
as Rebecca Bullard
The Door in the Floor
as Ruth Cole
Daddy Day Care
as Jamie
I Am Sam
as Lucy (2 Years Old)