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Elle Fanning

Actor, Producer
Born 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 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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • A Rainy Day in New York
  • The Lost Room
  • Leap!
  • Mary Shelley
  • Young Ones
  • 3 Generations
  • Low Down
Known For
  • Super 8
  • Maleficent
  • The Neon Demon
  • The Great
  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
  • All the Bright Places
  • Live by Night
  • A Rainy Day in New York
  • Leap!
  • Somewhere
  • We Bought a Zoo
  • Trumbo
  • The Boxtrolls
  • Mary Shelley
  • The Beguiled
  • How to Talk to Girls at Parties
  • 20th Century Women
  • Ginger & Rosa
  • Teen Spirit
  • The Nines
  • The Girl from Plainville
  • Reservation Road
  • Galveston
  • Phoebe in Wonderland

Filmography

2024
A Complete Unknown · as Sylvie Russo
2022
2022
The Girl from Plainville (TV Series) · as Michelle Carter
2020
The Great (TV Series) · as Catherine Ii Of Russia
2020
2020
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil · as Princess Aurora
2019
A Rainy Day in New York · as Ashleigh Enright
2018
Teen Spirit · as Violet Valenski
2018
Galveston · as Rocky
2018
2017
2017
No Activity (US) (TV Series) · as Madison
2017
2017
Mary Shelley · as Mary Shelley
2017
The Beguiled · as Alicia
2016
20th Century Women · as Julie Miller
2016
Live by Night · as Loretta Figgis
2016
Leap! · as Félicie Milliner (voice)
2016
The Neon Demon · as Jesse
2015
Trumbo · as Nikola Trumbo
2015
2014
The Boxtrolls · as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
Young Ones · as Mary Holm
2014
Maleficent · as Princess Aurora
2014
Low Down · as Amy Albany
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
2010
Somewhere · as Cleo
2009
Astro Boy · as Grace (voice)
2009
2008
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
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 Logan's Friend #2
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

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