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Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Birthday: 1998-04-09 | Place of Birth: Conyers, Georgia, USA

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), Phoebe in Wonderland (2008), and Somewhere (2010). Her breakthrough came in 2011 with her starring role in J. J. Abrams' science-fiction film Super 8, for which she received critical praise and earned a Spotlight Award at the Hollywood Film Festival. Fanning 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). She also 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 2020, she began portraying Empress Catherine II in the Hulu series The Great, for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and won the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. In 2019, aged 21, Fanning became the youngest person to serve as a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Girl from Plainville

as    Michelle Carter

2020
A Rainy Day in New York

as    Ashleigh Enright

2020
The Great

as    Catherine II of Russia

2020
The Roads Not Taken

as    Molly

2020
All the Bright Places

as    Violet

2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

as    Princess Aurora

2019
Teen Spirit

as    Violet Valenski

2018
I Think We're Alone Now

as    Grace

2018
Mary Shelley

as    Mary Shelley

2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

as    Melody

2018
Galveston

as    Rocky

2018
2017
The Beguiled

as    Alicia

2017
Ballerina

as    Félicie Milliner (voice)

2017
3 Generations

as    Ray

2016
The Neon Demon

as    Jesse

2016
20th Century Women

as    Julie Miller

2016
Live by Night

as    Loretta Figgis

2015
Trumbo

as    Nikola Trumbo

2014
Low Down

as    Amy Albany

2014
First Stars I See Tonight

as    Girl

2014
Young Ones

as    Mary Holm

2014
Maleficent

as    Princess Aurora

2014
The Boxtrolls

as    Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)

2013
Ginger & Rosa

as    Ginger

2013
Likeness

as    Mia

2011
Super 8

as    Alice Dainard

2011
We Bought a Zoo

as    Lily Miska

2011
Twixt

as    V.

2010
Somewhere

as    Cleo