Elle Fanning
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.
Acted in
Predator: Badlands
2025
A Complete Unknown
2024
as Sylvie Russo
The Girl from Plainville
2022
as Michelle Carter
That Click
2020
as Self
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
2020
as Self
The Great
2020
as Catherine II of Russia
The Roads Not Taken
2020
as Molly
All the Bright Places
2020
as Violet
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as Princess Aurora
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
as Ashleigh Enright
Camp! The Movie
2019
as Self
Teen Spirit
2019
as Violet Valenski
Galveston
2018
as Rocky
I Think We're Alone Now
2018
as Grace
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as Melody
No Activity
2017
as Madison
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017
as Zan
Mary Shelley
2017
as Mary Shelley
The Beguiled
2017
as Alicia
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
2017
as self
20th Century Women
2016
as Julie Miller
Live by Night
2016
as Loretta Figgis
Ballerina
2016
as Félicie Milliner (voice)
3 Generations
2016
as Ray
The Neon Demon
2016
as Jesse
Trumbo
2015
as Nikola Trumbo
The Boxtrolls
2014
as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Young Ones
2014
as Mary Holm
Maleficent
2014
as Princess Aurora
Low Down
2014
as Amy Albany
First Stars I See Tonight
2014
as Girl
Twixt: A Documentary
2013
as Self
Likeness
2013
as Mia
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
2013
as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
Wide-Awake
2012
as The Rainmaker
Ginger & Rosa
2012
as Ginger
We Bought a Zoo
2011
as Lily Miska
Twixt
2011
as V.
Super 8
2011
as Alice Dainard
Making Somewhere
2011
as Self
The Curve of Forgotten Things
2011
as Girl
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
2010
as Mary
Somewhere
2010
as Cleo
Astro Boy
2009
as Grace (voice)
First the Egg
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
as Daisy Age 7
Phoebe in Wonderland
2008
as Phoebe Lichten
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
Reservation Road
2007
as Emma Learner
A Very Brave Witch
2007
Day 73 with Sarah
2007
as Sarah
The Nines
2007
as Noelle
The Lost Room
2006
as Anna Miller
Déjà Vu
2006
as Abbey
Babel
2006
as Debbie Jones
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006
as Penelope
Criminal Minds
2005
as Tracy Belle
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
as Sweety Pie Thomas
P.N.O.K.
2005
as Rebecca Bullard
House
2004
as Stella Dalton
CSI: NY
2004
as Jenny Como
The Door in the Floor
2004
as Ruth Cole
Daddy Day Care
2003
as Jamie
Taken
2002
as Allie at 3 yrs
CSI: Miami
2002
as Molly Walker
I Am Sam
2001
as Lucy (2 Years Old)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Eden
Judging Amy
1999
as Rochelle Cobbs
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self / Presenter
Chippendales
The Maid of Orleans
as Rebecca Spielman
Rosebush Pruning
I Am Sybil
as Shirley Mason
Francis and the Godfather
as Ali MacGraw
Sentimental Value
The Nightingale
as Isabelle
Margo's Got Money Troubles
as Margo Millet