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Elle Fanning
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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 …
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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).
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Elle Fanning's Filmography
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The Nightingale
as Isabelle
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Effie Trinket
Rosebush Pruning
as Martha
Predator: Badlands
as Thia / Tessa
Sentimental Value
as Rachel Kemp
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
as Self
A Complete Unknown
as Sylvie Russo
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
as Self
The Disney Family Singalong
as Self
The Roads Not Taken
as Molly
All the Bright Places
as Violet
That Click
as Self
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Princess Aurora
A Rainy Day in New York
as Ashleigh Enright
Camp! The Movie
as Self
Teen Spirit
as Violet Valenski
Galveston
as Rocky
I Think We're Alone Now
as Grace
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Melody
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Zan
Mary Shelley
as Mary Shelley
The Beguiled
as Alicia
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
as Self
20th Century Women
as Julie
Live by Night
as Loretta Figgis
Ballerina
as Felicie (voice)
3 Generations
as Ray
The Neon Demon
as Jesse
Trumbo
as Niki Trumbo
The Boxtrolls
as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Young Ones
as Mary Holm
Maleficent
as Aurora
Low Down
as Amy Albany
No Poster
First Stars I See Tonight
as Girl
Twixt: A Documentary
as Self
Likeness
as Mia
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
Leaning Towards Solace
as Sara
Wide-Awake
as The Rainmaker
Ginger & Rosa
as Ginger
We Bought a Zoo
as Lily Miska
Twixt
as V.
Super 8
as Alice Dainard
No Poster
Making Somewhere
as Self
The Curve of Forgotten Things
as Girl
The Nutcracker
as Mary
Somewhere
as Cleo
Astro Boy
as Grace (voice)
First the Egg
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Age 7
Phoebe in Wonderland
as Phoebe Lichten
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
Reservation Road
as Emma Learner
A Very Brave Witch
Day 73 with Sarah
as Sarah
The Nines
as Noelle
Déjà Vu
as Abbey
Babel
as Debbie Jones
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
as Penelope
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Sweety Pie Thomas
No Poster
P.N.O.K.
as Rebecca Bullard
The Door in the Floor
as Ruth Cole
Daddy Day Care
as Jamie
I Am Sam
as Lucy (2 Years Old)
No Poster
Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses
I Am Sybil
as Shirley Mason