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).
Acting
Movie
Maleficent
as Princess Aurora
2014
Movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Age 7
2008
TV
House
as Stella Dalton
2004
Movie
Super 8
as Alice Dainard
2011
Movie
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Princess Aurora
2019
Movie
Déjà Vu
as Abbey
2006
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Eden
1999
TV
Criminal Minds
as Tracy Belle
2005
Movie
Babel
as Debbie Jones
2006
Movie
The Neon Demon
as Jesse
2016
Movie
All the Bright Places
as Violet
2020
Movie
Predator: Badlands
as Thia / Tessa
2025
Movie
We Bought a Zoo
as Lily Miska
2011
Movie
I Am Sam
as Lucy (2 Years Old)
2001
Movie
A Rainy Day in New York
as Ashleigh Enright
2019
Movie
Daddy Day Care
as Jamie
2003
Movie
The Beguiled
as Alicia
2017
Movie
Ballerina
as Felicie (voice)
2016
Movie
The Boxtrolls
as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
TV
CSI: Miami
as Molly Walker
2002
Movie
Trumbo
as Niki Trumbo
2015
Movie
Astro Boy
as Grace (voice)
2009
Movie
A Complete Unknown
as Sylvie Russo
2024
Movie
Live by Night
as Loretta Figgis
2016
Crew
Movie
All the Bright Places
Producer
2020
TV
The Great
Executive Producer
2020
Movie
Mary Shelley
Songs
2017
Movie
3 Generations
Songs
2016
Movie
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Songs
2017
Movie
Reservation Road
Songs
2007
Movie
Teen Spirit
Songs
2019
Movie
Because of Winn-Dixie
Songs
2005
Movie
The Nutcracker
Songs
2010
Movie
Phoebe in Wonderland
Songs
2008
TV
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Executive Producer
2026
TV
The Girl from Plainville
Executive Producer
2022