Actress Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning
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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.
Place of birth
Conyers, Georgia, USA Conyers, Georgia, USA
Date of birth
9th April 1998
Movies that starred Elle Fanning (19 in total)
All the Bright Places poster

All the Bright Places [2020]

Violet Markey
That Click poster

That Click [2020]

Self
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil poster

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil [2019]

Princess Aurora
I Think We're Alone Now poster

I Think We're Alone Now [2018]

Grace
The Beguiled poster

The Beguiled [2017]

Alicia
Mary Shelley poster

Mary Shelley [2017]

Mary Shelley
Ballerina poster

Ballerina [2016]

Félicie Milliner (voice)
Live by Night poster

Live by Night [2016]

Loretta Figgis
Maleficent poster

Maleficent [2014]

Princess Aurora
The Boxtrolls poster

The Boxtrolls [2014]

Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Low Down poster

Low Down [2014]

Amy Albany
Young Ones poster

Young Ones [2014]

Mary Holm
Super 8 poster

Super 8 [2011]

Alice Dainard
We Bought a Zoo poster

We Bought a Zoo [2011]

Lily Miska
The Nines poster

The Nines [2007]

Noelle
Reservation Road poster

Reservation Road [2007]

Emma Learner
Babel poster

Babel [2006]

Debbie Jones
Because of Winn-Dixie poster

Because of Winn-Dixie [2005]

Sweety Pie Thomas
The Door in the Floor poster

The Door in the Floor [2004]

Ruth Cole
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