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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Movies (67)
The Nightingale
2027 · Isabelle, Producer
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026 · Effie Trinket
Rosebush Pruning
2026 · Martha
Predator: Badlands
2025 · Thia / Tessa
Sentimental Value
2025 · Rachel Kemp
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
2025 · Self
A Complete Unknown
2024 · Sylvie Russo
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
2020 · Self
The Disney Family Singalong
2020 · Self
Los caminos que no escogemos
2020 · Molly
Violet y Finch
2020 · Violet, Producer
That Click
2019 · Self
Maléfica 2: La Dueña del Mal
2019 · Princess Aurora
A Rainy Day in New York
2019 · Ashleigh Enright
Camp! The Movie
2019 · Self
Alcanzando tu sueño
2019 · Violet Valenski, Songs
Galveston
2018 · Rocky
Ahora estamos solos
2018 · Grace
La Desaparición de Sidney Hall
2018 · Melody
Cómo Enamorar a Una Chica Punk
2017 · Zan, Songs
Mary Shelley
2017 · Mary Shelley, Songs
El seductor
2017 · Alicia
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
2017 · Self
Mujeres del siglo XX
2016 · Julie
Vivir de noche
2016 · Loretta Figgis
Bailarina
2016 · Felicie (voice)
Conociendo a Ray
2016 · Ray, Songs
El demonio neón
2016 · Jesse
Trumbo: La lista negra de Hollywood
2015 · Niki Trumbo
Los Boxtrolls
2014 · Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
La Próxima Generación
2014 · Mary Holm
Maléfica
2014 · Aurora
Low Down
2014 · Amy Albany
First Stars I See Tonight
2014 · Girl
Twixt: A Documentary
2013 · Self
Likeness
2013 · Mia
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
2013 · Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
Leaning Towards Solace
2012 · Sara
Wide-Awake
2012 · The Rainmaker
Ginger & Rosa
2012 · Ginger
Un Zoológico en Casa
2011 · Lily Miska
Twixt
2011 · V.
Super 8
2011 · Alice Dainard
Making Somewhere
2011 · Self
The Curve of Forgotten Things
2011 · Girl
El Cascanueces
2010 · Mary, Songs
Somewhere
2010 · Cleo
Astro Boy
2009 · Grace (voice)
First the Egg
2009
El curioso caso de Benjamin Button
2008 · Daisy Age 7
Phoebe in Wonderland
2008 · Phoebe Lichten, Songs
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007 · Self
Camino a la redención
2007 · Emma Learner, Songs
A Very Brave Witch
2007
Day 73 with Sarah
2007 · Sarah
The Nines
2007 · Noelle
Déja vu: Cambiando el pasado
2006 · Abbey
Babel
2006 · Debbie Jones
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006 · Penelope
El Perro Sonriente
2005 · Sweety Pie Thomas, Songs
P.N.O.K.
2005 · Rebecca Bullard
Frame on the Wall: The Making of 'The Door in the Floor'
2004 · Self
The Door in the Floor
2004 · Ruth Cole
La guardería de Papá
2003 · Jamie
Mi nombre es Sam
2001 · Lucy (2 Years Old)
I Am Sybil
· Shirley Mason
Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses
· Margaret Wise Brown
TV shows (33)
Margo's Got Money Troubles
2026 · Margo, Executive Producer
Muerte en el 603: El caso de Ellen Greenberg
2025 · Executive Producer
Mastermind: La mente de un asesino
2024 · Executive Producer
The Girl from Plainville
2022 · Michelle Carter, Executive Producer
Paris in Love
2021 · Self
The Great: La Grande
2020 · Catherine II of Russia, Executive Producer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest, Self
No Activity
2017 · Madison
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
The Rosie Show
2011 · Self - Guest
Conan
2010 · Self
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
The Lost Room
2006 · Anna Miller
Mentes Criminales
2005 · Tracy Belle
Pollo Robot
2005 · Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)
Dr. House
2004 · Stella Dalton
CSI: Nueva York
2004 · Jenny Como
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self
Abducidos
2002 · Allie at 3 yrs
CSI: Miami
2002 · Molly Walker
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Eden
Judging Amy
1999 · Rochelle Cobbs
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self / Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter, Self
Discretion
· Lenny, Executive Producer
Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection
Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series
· Executive Producer