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Elle Fanning
Actor, ProducerBorn April 9, 1998 (26 years)
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 played Empress Catherine II in the Hulu series The Great (2020–2023), 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.
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 played Empress Catherine II in the Hulu series The Great (2020–2023), 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.
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| 2025 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | A Complete Unknown · as Sylvie Russo |
| 2022 | B'Twixt Now and Sunrise · as V |
| 2022 | The Girl from Plainville (TV Series) · as Michelle Carter |
| 2020 | The Great (TV Series) · as Catherine Ii Of Russia |
| 2020 | The Roads Not Taken · as Molly |
| 2020 | All the Bright Places · as Violet |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil · as Princess Aurora |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2019 | A Rainy Day in New York · as Ashleigh Enright |
| 2018 | Teen Spirit · as Violet Valenski |
| 2018 | Galveston · as Rocky |
| 2018 | I Think We're Alone Now · as Grace |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | No Activity (US) (TV Series) · as Madison |
| 2017 | The Vanishing of Sidney Hall · as Melody |
| 2017 | Mary Shelley · as Mary Shelley |
| 2017 | The Beguiled · as Alicia |
| 2016 | 20th Century Women · as Julie |
| 2016 | Live by Night · as Loretta Figgis |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Neon Demon · as Jesse |
| 2015 | Trumbo · as Nikola Trumbo |
| 2015 | 3 Generations · as Ray |
| 2014 | The Boxtrolls · as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice) |
| 2014 | Young Ones · as Mary Holm |
| 2014 | Maleficent · as Princess Aurora |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (TV Series) · as Daughter (segment "first Stars I See Tonight") |
| 2013 | Likeness · as Mia |
| 2013 | Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment · as Sara (leaning Towards Solace) |
| 2012 | Wide-Awake · as The Rainmaker |
| 2012 | Ginger & Rosa · as Ginger |
| 2011 | We Bought a Zoo · as Lily Miska |
| 2011 | Twixt · as V. |
| 2011 | Super 8 · as Alice Dainard |
| 2010 | The Nutcracker: The Untold Story · as Mary |
| 2010 | Somewhere · as Cleo |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · as Daisy Age 7 |
| 2008 | Phoebe in Wonderland · as Phoebe Lichten |
| 2007 | The Nines · as Noelle |
| 2007 | Reservation Road · as Emma Learner |
| 2007 | Dirty Sexy Money (TV Series) |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | The Lost Room (TV Series) · as Anna Miller |
| 2006 | Deja Vu · as Abbey |
| 2006 | Babel · as Debbie Jones |
| 2006 | I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With · as Penelope |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Tracy Belle |
| 2005 | Because of Winn-Dixie · as Sweety Pie Thomas |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Stella Dalton |
| 2004 | CSI: NY (TV Series) · as Jenny Como |
| 2004 | The Door in the Floor · as Ruth Cole |
| 2003 | Daddy Day Care · as Jamie |
| 2002 | Taken (TV Series) · as Allie At 3 Yrs |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Molly Walker |
| 2001 | I Am Sam · as Lucy (2 Years Old) |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Eden |
| 1999 | Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Rochelle Cobbs |
| 1988 | My Neighbor Totoro · as Mei Kusakabe (2005 Disney Version) |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Mary |