Elle Fanning
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Elle Fanning

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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).

Films Featuring Elle Fanning

The Door in the Floor

20046.1

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

20087.6

Déjà Vu

20066.9

Reservation Road

20076.5

The Nines

20076.0

Super 8

20116.8

Astro Boy

20096.3

Somewhere

20106.1

Because of Winn-Dixie

20056.5

The Nutcracker

20105.0

Phoebe in Wonderland

20087.2

A Complete Unknown

20247.1

We Bought a Zoo

20116.8

Rosebush Pruning

20266.7

I Am Sybil

Twixt

20115.1

Maleficent

20147.1

Ginger & Rosa

20126.0

The Boxtrolls

20146.7

Young Ones

20145.8

Likeness

20136.1

Low Down

20145.5

First Stars I See Tonight

First Stars I See Tonight

20145.5

The Curve of Forgotten Things

20116.5

Trumbo

20157.2

Live by Night

20166.3

The Neon Demon

20166.5

20th Century Women

20167.3

3 Generations

20166.4

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

20176.0

Mary Shelley

20177.0

First the Egg

2009

Ballerina

20167.2

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

20186.7

Predator: Badlands

20257.8

The Beguiled

20175.9

Daddy Day Care

20035.9

Day 73 with Sarah

20076.7

I Am Sam

20017.6

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

20065.5

Babel

20067.2

P.N.O.K.

P.N.O.K.

2005

Sentimental Value

20257.4

Galveston

20186.1

Teen Spirit

20196.0

I Think We're Alone Now

20185.8

A Rainy Day in New York

20196.5

All the Bright Places

20207.6

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

20197.3

Wide-Awake

20125.8

The Roads Not Taken

20205.5

Camp! The Movie

20194.6

A Very Brave Witch

2007

The Nightingale

2027

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

20137.7

Penn & Teller: Try This at Home

20208.7

Twixt: A Documentary

2013

That Click

20198.8

Making Somewhere

Making Somewhere

2011

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

200710.0

On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"

20258.0

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

2026

Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy

Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy

2017

The Disney Family Singalong

20208.3

Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses

Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses