Elle Fanning
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elle Fanning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Ruth Cole
The Door in the Floor
Daisy Age 7
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Abbey
Déjà Vu
Emma Learner
Reservation Road
Noelle
The Nines
Alice Dainard
Super 8
Grace (voice)
Astro Boy
Cleo
Somewhere
Sweety Pie Thomas
Because of Winn-Dixie
Mary
The Nutcracker
Phoebe Lichten
Phoebe in Wonderland
Sylvie Russo
A Complete Unknown
Lily Miska
We Bought a Zoo
Rosebush Pruning
Shirley Mason
I Am Sybil
V.
Twixt
Princess Aurora
Maleficent
Ginger
Ginger & Rosa
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
The Boxtrolls
Mary Holm
Young Ones
Mia
Likeness
Amy Albany
Low Down
Girl
First Stars I See Tonight
Girl
The Curve of Forgotten Things
Nikola Trumbo
Trumbo
Loretta Figgis
Live by Night
Jesse
The Neon Demon
Julie
20th Century Women
Ray
3 Generations
Zan
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
First the Egg
Félicie Milliner (voice)
Ballerina
Melody
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Thia / Tessa
Predator: Badlands
Alicia
The Beguiled
Penelope
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Lucy (2 Years Old)
I Am Sam
Jamie
Daddy Day Care
Debbie Jones
Babel
Sarah
Day 73 with Sarah
Rebecca Bullard
P.N.O.K.
Rachel Kemp
Affeksjonsverdi
Rocky
Galveston
Violet Valenski
Teen Spirit
Grace
I Think We're Alone Now
Ashleigh Enright
A Rainy Day in New York
Violet
All the Bright Places
Princess Aurora
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
The Rainmaker
Wide-Awake
Molly
The Roads Not Taken
Self
Camp! The Movie
A Very Brave Witch
Isabelle
The Nightingale
Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Self
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Self
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
That Click
Self
Making Somewhere
Self
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
Effie Trinket
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Self
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
Self
The Disney Family Singalong
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
64
Gender
Female
Birthday
1998-04-09
Place of Birth
Conyers, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
Mary Elle Fanning