Elle Fanning
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eden
1999
Series
Criminal Minds
Tracy Belle
2005
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
House
Stella Dalton
2004
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
CSI: Miami
Molly Walker
2002
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
The Great
Catherine II of Russia
2020
Series
CSI: NY
Jenny Como
2004
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Robot Chicken
Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)
2005
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Film
Predator: Badlands
Thia / Tessa
2025
Series
Judging Amy
Rochelle Cobbs
1999
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo
2026
Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter
1992
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Film
A Complete Unknown
Sylvie Russo
2024
Film
Sentimental Value
Rachel Kemp
2025
Series
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
The Boxtrolls
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
Film
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Princess Aurora
2019
Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daisy Age 7
2008
Film
Maleficent
Aurora
2014
Film
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Effie Trinket
2026
Film
We Bought a Zoo
Lily Miska
2011
Film
Déjà Vu
Abbey
2006
Series
Taken
Allie at 3 yrs
2002
Series
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
Film
Ballerina
Felicie (voice)
2016
Film
Super 8
Alice Dainard
2011
Series
No Activity
Madison
2017
Series
The Lost Room
Anna Miller
2006
Film
Live by Night
Loretta Figgis
2016
Film
The Neon Demon
Jesse
2016
Film
Babel
Debbie Jones
2006
Film
I Am Sam
Lucy (2 Years Old)
2001
Film
Daddy Day Care
Jamie
2003
Film
Rosebush Pruning
Martha
2026
Film
Astro Boy
Grace (voice)
2009
Film
The Beguiled
Alicia
2017
Film
20th Century Women
Julie
2016
Film
All the Bright Places
Violet
2020
Film
Teen Spirit
Violet Valenski
2019
Series
The Girl from Plainville
Michelle Carter
2022
Series
Paris in Love
Self
2021
Film
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
2017
Film
Trumbo
Niki Trumbo
2015
Series
The Rosie Show
Self - Guest
2011
Film
I Think We're Alone Now
Grace
2018
Film
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Zan
2017
Film
The Door in the Floor
Ruth Cole
2004
Film
Reservation Road
Emma Learner
2007
Film
Because of Winn-Dixie
Sweety Pie Thomas
2005
Film
The Nightingale
Isabelle
2027
Film
The Nutcracker
Mary
2010
Film
Young Ones
Mary Holm
2014
Film
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Melody
2018
Film
The Roads Not Taken
Molly
2020
Discretion
Lenny
Film
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
2013
Film
3 Generations
Ray
2016
Film
The Nines
Noelle
2007
Film
Wide-Awake
The Rainmaker
2012
Film
Galveston
Rocky
2018
Film
Ginger & Rosa
Ginger
2012
Film
Somewhere
Cleo
2010
Film
Twixt
V.
2011
Film
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe Lichten
2008
Film
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
2020
Film
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
2007
Film
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Penelope
2006
Film
Low Down
Amy Albany
2014
Film
Camp! The Movie
Self
2019
Film
Likeness
Mia
2013
Film
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
Self
2025
Film
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
2013
Film
That Click
Self
2019
P.N.O.K.
Rebecca Bullard
2005
Film
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Self
2020
Film
Day 73 with Sarah
Sarah
2007
Film
The Curve of Forgotten Things
Girl
2011
Film
I Am Sybil
Shirley Mason
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
Self
2017
Film
A Very Brave Witch
2007
First Stars I See Tonight
Girl
2014
Film
First the Egg
2009
Making Somewhere
Self
2011
Film
A Rainy Day in New York
Ashleigh Enright
2019
Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses