Quick Facts
Born:
1998-04-09
Birthplace:
Conyers, Georgia, USA
Credits:
94 Total Roles
Elle Fanning
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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).
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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).
Description above from the Wikipedia article Elle Fanning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Maleficent
Princess Aurora
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daisy Age 7
House
Stella Dalton
Super 8
Alice Dainard
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Princess Aurora
Déjà Vu
Abbey
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eden
Babel
Debbie Jones
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Nightingale MOVIE | Isabelle |
| 2026 | The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping MOVIE | Effie Trinket |
| 2026 | Rosebush Pruning MOVIE | Martha |
| 2026 | Margo's Got Money Troubles TV | Margo Millet |
| 2025 | Predator: Badlands MOVIE | Thia / Tessa |
| 2025 | Sentimental Value MOVIE | Rachel Kemp |
| 2025 | On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" MOVIE | Self |
| 2024 | A Complete Unknown MOVIE | Sylvie Russo |
| 2022 | The Girl from Plainville TV | Michelle Carter |
| 2020 | Penn & Teller: Try This at Home MOVIE | Self |