Elle Fanning
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).
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I Am Sybil
as Shirley Mason
Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection
as Unknown
The Nightingale
as Isabelle
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Effie Trinket
Rosebush Pruning
as Martha
Margo's Got Money Troubles
as Margo
Sentimental Value
as Rachel Kemp
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
as Self
A Complete Unknown
as Sylvie Russo
The Girl from Plainville
as Michelle Carter
Paris in Love
as Self
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
as Self
The Great
as Catherine II of Russia
The Disney Family Singalong
as Self
The Roads Not Taken
as Molly
All the Bright Places
as Violet
That Click
as Self
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Princess Aurora
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
A Rainy Day in New York
as Ashleigh Enright
Camp! The Movie
as Self
Teen Spirit
as Violet Valenski
Galveston
as Rocky
I Think We're Alone Now
as Grace
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Melody
No Activity
as Madison
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Zan
Mary Shelley
as Mary Shelley
The Beguiled
as Alicia
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
as Self
20th Century Women
as Julie
Live by Night
as Loretta Figgis
3 Generations
as Ray
The Neon Demon
as Jesse
Trumbo
as Niki Trumbo
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Boxtrolls
as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Young Ones
as Mary Holm
Maleficent
as Aurora
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Low Down
as Amy Albany
Twixt: A Documentary
as Self
Likeness
as Mia
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
Leaning Towards Solace
as Sara
Wide-Awake
as The Rainmaker
Ginger & Rosa
as Ginger
We Bought a Zoo
as Lily Miska
The Rosie Show
as Self - Guest
Twixt
as V.
Super 8
as Alice Dainard
The Curve of Forgotten Things
as Girl
The Nutcracker
as Mary
Conan
as Self
Somewhere
as Cleo
Astro Boy
as Grace (voice)
First the Egg
as Unknown
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Age 7
Phoebe in Wonderland
as Phoebe Lichten
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
Dirty Sexy Money
as Unknown
Reservation Road
as Emma Learner
A Very Brave Witch
as Unknown
Day 73 with Sarah
as Sarah
The Nines
as Noelle
The Lost Room
as Anna Miller
Déjà Vu
as Abbey
Babel
as Debbie Jones
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
as Penelope
Criminal Minds
as Tracy Belle
Robot Chicken
as Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Sweety Pie Thomas
House
as Stella Dalton
CSI: NY
as Jenny Como
The Door in the Floor
as Ruth Cole
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Daddy Day Care
as Jamie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Taken
as Allie at 3 yrs
CSI: Miami
as Molly Walker
I Am Sam
as Lucy (2 Years Old)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Eden
Judging Amy
as Rochelle Cobbs
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self / Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
as Self