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Elle Fanning
Born · April 9, 1998 (26 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Conyers, Georgia, USA
Bio
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.
Predator: Badlands
0.0
2025
A Complete Unknown
Sylvie Russo
10.0
2024
Always at The Carlyle
Self (archive footage)
6.9
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Melody
6.7
2018
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Zan
6.0
2017
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
7.0
2017
The Beguiled
Alicia
5.9
2017
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
self
7.8
2017
20th Century Women
Julie Miller
7.3
2016
Live by Night
Loretta Figgis
6.2
2016
Ballerina
Félicie Milliner (voice)
7.2
2016
3 Generations
Ray
6.4
2016
The Neon Demon
Jesse
6.5
2016
Trumbo
Nikola Trumbo
7.2
2015
The Boxtrolls
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
6.7
2014
Young Ones
Mary Holm
5.7
2014
Maleficent
Princess Aurora
7.1
2014
Low Down
Amy Albany
5.6
2014
First Stars I See Tonight
Girl
4.0
2014
Likeness
Mia
6.3
2013
Ginger & Rosa
Ginger
6.1
2012
We Bought a Zoo
Lily Miska
6.8
2011
Twixt
V.
5.1
2011
Super 8
Alice Dainard
6.8
2011
The Curve of Forgotten Things
Girl
6.5
2011
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
Mary
5.1
2010
Somewhere
Cleo
6.1
2010
Astro Boy
Grace (voice)
6.3
2009
First the Egg
0.0
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daisy Age 7
7.6
2008
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe Lichten
7.2
2008
Reservation Road
Emma Learner
6.5
2007
The Nines
Noelle
6.0
2007
Déjà Vu
Abbey
6.9
2006
Because of Winn-Dixie
Sweety Pie Thomas
6.3
2005
The Door in the Floor
Ruth Cole
6.1
2004
Chippendales
0.0
The Maid of Orleans
Rebecca Spielman
0.0
Rosebush Pruning
0.0
I Am Sybil
Shirley Mason
0.0
The Girl from Plainville
Michelle Carter · (8 episodes)
6.7
2022
That Click
Self
9.0
2020
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Self
8.7
2020
The Great
Catherine II of Russia · (30 episodes)
8.1
2020
The Roads Not Taken
Molly
5.5
2020
All the Bright Places
Violet
7.7
2020
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Princess Aurora
7.3
2019
A Rainy Day in New York
Ashleigh Enright
6.5
2019
Camp! The Movie
Self
4.6
2019
Teen Spirit
Violet Valenski
6.1
2019
Galveston
Rocky
6.1
2018
I Think We're Alone Now
Grace
5.8
2018
No Activity
Madison · (1 episode)
6.8
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
5.8
2014
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
0.0
2013
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
7.7
2013
Wide-Awake
The Rainmaker
5.8
2012
The Rosie Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.0
2011
Making Somewhere
Self
0.0
2011
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2010
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
0.0
2007
A Very Brave Witch
0.0
2007
Day 73 with Sarah
Sarah
6.7
2007
Babel
Debbie Jones
7.2
2006
P.N.O.K.
Rebecca Bullard
0.0
2005
Francis and the Godfather
Ali MacGraw
0.0
Sentimental Value
0.0
The Nightingale
Isabelle
0.0
Dirty Sexy Money
(1 episode)
6.2
2007
The Lost Room
Anna Miller · (3 episodes)
7.7
2006
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Penelope
5.5
2006
Criminal Minds
Tracy Belle · (2 episodes)
8.3
2005
House
Stella Dalton · (1 episode)
8.6
2004
CSI: NY
Jenny Como · (1 episode)
7.4
2004
Daddy Day Care
Jamie
5.9
2003
Taken
Allie at 3 yrs · (1 episode)
7.5
2002
CSI: Miami
Molly Walker · (1 episode)
7.7
2002
I Am Sam
Lucy (2 Years Old)
7.6
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eden · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Judging Amy
Rochelle Cobbs · (1 episode)
7.5
1999
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter · (1 episode)
7.7
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.2
1988
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo Millet · (1 episode)
0.0