Acting
Elle Fanning
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
The Nightingale
Film · 2027
Rosebush Pruning
Film · 2026
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Film · 2026
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Series · 2026
Predator: Badlands
Film · 2025
Sentimental Value
Film · 2025
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
Film · 2025
A Complete Unknown
Film · 2024
The Girl from Plainville
Series · 2022
Paris in Love
Series · 2021
All the Bright Places
Film · 2020
The Roads Not Taken
Film · 2020
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Film · 2020
The Disney Family Singalong
Film · 2020
The Great
Series · 2020
Teen Spirit
Film · 2019
A Rainy Day in New York
Film · 2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Film · 2019
Camp! The Movie
Film · 2019
That Click
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Film · 2018
Galveston
Film · 2018
I Think We're Alone Now
Film · 2018
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Film · 2017
Mary Shelley
Film · 2017
The Beguiled
Film · 2017
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
Film · 2017
No Activity
Series · 2017
Live by Night
Film · 2016
The Neon Demon
Film · 2016
20th Century Women
Film · 2016
3 Generations
Film · 2016
Ballerina
Film · 2016
Trumbo
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
Maleficent
Film · 2014
The Boxtrolls
Film · 2014
Young Ones
Film · 2014
Low Down
Film · 2014
First Stars I See Tonight
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Likeness
Film · 2013
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Film · 2013
Twixt: A Documentary
Film · 2013
Ginger & Rosa
Film · 2012
Wide-Awake
Film · 2012
Leaning Towards Solace
Film · 2012
Super 8
Film · 2011
We Bought a Zoo
Film · 2011
Twixt
Film · 2011
The Curve of Forgotten Things
Film · 2011
Making Somewhere
Film · 2011
The Rosie Show
Series · 2011
Somewhere
Film · 2010
The Nutcracker
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Astro Boy
Film · 2009
First the Egg
Film · 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Film · 2008
Phoebe in Wonderland
Film · 2008
Reservation Road
Film · 2007
The Nines
Film · 2007
Day 73 with Sarah
Film · 2007
A Very Brave Witch
Film · 2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Film · 2007
Dirty Sexy Money
Series · 2007
Déjà Vu
Film · 2006
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Film · 2006
Babel
Film · 2006
The Lost Room
Series · 2006
Because of Winn-Dixie
Film · 2005
P.N.O.K.
Film · 2005
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005
Robot Chicken
Series · 2005
The Door in the Floor
Film · 2004
House
Series · 2004
CSI: NY
Series · 2004
Daddy Day Care
Film · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
CSI: Miami
Series · 2002
Taken
Series · 2002
I Am Sam
Film · 2001
Judging Amy
Series · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Series · 1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
I Am Sybil
Film
Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses
Film
Discretion
Series
Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection
Series