Elle Fanning
Mary Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998) is an American actress. She made her film debut as the younger version of her sister Dakota Fanning's character in the drama film I Am Sam (2001). As a child actress, she appeared in several films, including Babel (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Phoebe in Wonderland (both 2008). In 2010 she starred in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010) earning her a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer nomination. In 2011 she received attention for her starring role in J. J. Abrams' science-fiction film Super 8, earning a Spotlight Award at the Hollywood Film Festival. She subsequently had leading roles in the comedy-drama film We Bought a Zoo (2011), the drama film Ginger & Rosa (2012), and as Princess Aurora in the fantasy films Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019). Following Maleficent, Fanning began working in independent cinema, collaborating with auteurs in lead and supporting roles in films such as Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon (2016), Mike Mills' 20th Century Women (2016), Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled (2017), John Cameron Mitchell's How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), Woody Allen's A Rainy Day in New York (2019), and Sally Potter's The Roads Not Taken (2020). In 2019, aged 21, she became the youngest person to serve as a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival. She plays Empress Catherine II in the Hulu series The Great (2020–present), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nomination as well as two Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In 2022 she starred as Michelle Carter in the Hulu limited series The Girl from Plainville.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Predator: Badlands as
- 2024 · A Complete Unknown as Sylvie Russo
- 2022 · The Girl from Plainville as Michelle Carter
- 2020 · That Click as Self
- 2020 · Penn & Teller: Try This at Home as Self
- 2020 · The Great as Catherine II of Russia
- 2020 · The Roads Not Taken as Molly
- 2020 · All the Bright Places as Violet
- 2019 · Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Princess Aurora
- 2019 · A Rainy Day in New York as Ashleigh Enright
- 2019 · Camp! The Movie as Self
- 2019 · Teen Spirit as Violet Valenski
- 2018 · Galveston as Rocky
- 2018 · I Think We're Alone Now as Grace
- 2018 · Always at The Carlyle as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as Melody
- 2017 · No Activity as Madison
- 2017 · How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Zan
- 2017 · Mary Shelley as Mary Shelley
- 2017 · The Beguiled as Alicia
- 2017 · Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy as self
- 2016 · 20th Century Women as Julie Miller
- 2016 · Live by Night as Loretta Figgis
- 2016 · Ballerina as Félicie Milliner (voice)
- 2016 · 3 Generations as Ray
- 2016 · The Neon Demon as Jesse
- 2015 · Trumbo as Nikola Trumbo
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Boxtrolls as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
- 2014 · Young Ones as Mary Holm
- 2014 · Maleficent as Princess Aurora
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Low Down as Amy Albany
- 2014 · First Stars I See Tonight as Girl
- 2013 · Twixt: A Documentary as Self
- 2013 · Likeness as Mia
- 2013 · Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
- 2012 · Wide-Awake as The Rainmaker
- 2012 · Ginger & Rosa as Ginger
- 2011 · We Bought a Zoo as Lily Miska
- 2011 · The Rosie Show as Self - Guest
- 2011 · Twixt as V.
- 2011 · Super 8 as Alice Dainard
- 2011 · Making Somewhere as Self
- 2011 · The Curve of Forgotten Things as Girl
- 2010 · The Nutcracker: The Untold Story as Mary
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Somewhere as Cleo
- 2009 · Astro Boy as Grace (voice)
- 2009 · First the Egg as
- 2008 · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Age 7
- 2008 · Phoebe in Wonderland as Phoebe Lichten
- 2007 · Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- 2007 · Dirty Sexy Money as
- 2007 · Reservation Road as Emma Learner
- 2007 · A Very Brave Witch as
- 2007 · Day 73 with Sarah as Sarah
- 2007 · The Nines as Noelle
- 2006 · The Lost Room as Anna Miller
- 2006 · Déjà Vu as Abbey
- 2006 · Babel as Debbie Jones
- 2006 · I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With as Penelope
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Tracy Belle
- 2005 · Because of Winn-Dixie as Sweety Pie Thomas
- 2004 · The Door in the Floor as Ruth Cole
- Future · Francis and the Godfather as Ali MacGraw
- Future · Chippendales as
- Future · The Nightingale as Isabelle
- Future · I Am Sybil as Shirley Mason
- Future · Margo's Got Money Troubles as Margo Millet
- Future · The Maid of Orleans as Rebecca Spielman
- Future · Rosebush Pruning as
- 2005 · P.N.O.K. as Rebecca Bullard
- 2004 · House as Stella Dalton
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Jenny Como
- 2003 · Daddy Day Care as Jamie
- 2002 · Taken as Allie at 3 yrs
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Molly Walker
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Lucy (2 Years Old)
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Eden
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Rochelle Cobbs
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Future · Sentimental Value as