Elle Fanning
58 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 9, 1998 (age 28)
- Place of birth
- Conyers, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- Mary Elle Fanning · Эль Фэннинг
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).
Known for
Elle Fanning: movies and TV shows
Acting (73)
- Upcoming The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Effie Trinket
- Upcoming The Nightingale
as Isabelle
- Upcoming I Am Sybil
as Shirley Mason
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 Rosebush Pruning
as Martha
- 2026
- 2025 Predator: Badlands
as Thia / Tessa
- 2025 Sentimental Value
as Rachel Kemp
- 2024 A Complete Unknown
as Sylvie Russo
- 2022
- 2020
- 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 Teen Spirit
as Violet Valenski
- 2018 Galveston
as Rocky
- 2018 I Think We're Alone Now
as Grace
- 2018 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Melody
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017 Mary Shelley
as Mary Shelley
- 2017 The Beguiled
as Alicia
- 2016 20th Century Women
as Julie
- 2016 Live by Night
as Loretta Figgis
- 2016 Ballerina
as Felicie (voice)
- 2016 3 Generations
as Ray
- 2016 The Neon Demon
as Jesse
- 2015 Trumbo
as Niki Trumbo
- 2014 The Boxtrolls
as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
- 2014 Young Ones
as Mary Holm
- 2014 Maleficent
as Aurora
- 2014 Low Down
as Amy Albany
- 2014 First Stars I See Tonight
as Girl
- 2013 Likeness
as Mia
- 2013 Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
- 2012 Leaning Towards Solace
as Sara
- 2012 Wide-Awake
as The Rainmaker
- 2012 Ginger & Rosa
as Ginger
- 2011 We Bought a Zoo
as Lily Miska
- 2011 Twixt
as V.
- 2011 Super 8
as Alice Dainard
- 2011 The Curve of Forgotten Things
as Girl
- 2010 The Nutcracker
as Mary
- 2010 Somewhere
as Cleo
- 2009 Astro Boy
as Grace (voice)
- 2009
- 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Age 7
- 2008 Phoebe in Wonderland
as Phoebe Lichten
- 2007
- 2007 Reservation Road
as Emma Learner
- 2007
- 2007 Day 73 with Sarah
as Sarah
- 2007 The Nines
as Noelle
- 2006
- 2006 Déjà Vu
as Abbey
- 2006 Babel
as Debbie Jones
- 2006 I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
as Penelope
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Because of Winn-Dixie
as Sweety Pie Thomas
- 2005 P.N.O.K.
as Rebecca Bullard
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 The Door in the Floor
as Ruth Cole
- 2003 Daddy Day Care
as Jamie
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 I Am Sam
as Lucy (2 Years Old)
- 1999
- 1999
Behind the camera (18)
- Upcoming The Nightingale
Producer
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Maid of Orleans
Producer
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2022
- 2020
- 2020 All the Bright Places
Producer
- 2019 Teen Spirit
Songs
- 2017
- 2017 Mary Shelley
Songs
- 2016 3 Generations
Songs
- 2010 The Nutcracker
Songs
- 2008 Phoebe in Wonderland
Songs
- 2007 Reservation Road
Songs
- 2005 Because of Winn-Dixie
Songs
Talk shows and appearances (23)
- 2025
- 2021 Paris in Love
1 episode
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2 episodes
- 2019
- 2017
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
6 episodes
- 2013
- 2011 The Rosie Show
1 episode
- 2011
- 2010 Conan
1 episode
- 2007
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
7 episodes
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards
1 episode
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes