1998-04-09 Conyers, Georgia, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elle Fanning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Effie Trinket | 2026-11-18 |
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Predator: Badlands | Thia | 2025-11-05 |
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Affeksjonsverdi | Rachel Kemp | 2025-08-20 |
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On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" | Self | 2025-01-05 |
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A Complete Unknown | Sylvie Russo | 2024-12-18 |
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Penn & Teller: Try This at Home | Self | 2020-05-18 |
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The Roads Not Taken | Molly | 2020-03-13 |
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All the Bright Places | Violet | 2020-02-28 |
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Camp! The Movie | Self | 2019-05-09 |
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A Rainy Day in New York | Ashleigh Enright | 2019-07-26 |
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That Click | Self | 2019-12-30 |
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Teen Spirit | Violet Valenski | 2019-04-12 |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Princess Aurora | 2019-10-16 |
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Always at The Carlyle | Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-11 |
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Melody | 2018-03-02 |
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I Think We're Alone Now | Grace | 2018-09-14 |
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Galveston | Rocky | 2018-10-10 |
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Mary Shelley | Mary Shelley | 2017-08-06 |
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties | Zan | 2017-10-06 |
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The Beguiled | Alicia | 2017-06-23 |
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The Neon Demon | Jesse | 2016-05-31 |
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20th Century Women | Julie | 2016-12-28 |
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Ballerina | Félicie Milliner (voice) | 2016-12-14 |
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3 Generations | Ray | 2016-10-27 |
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Live by Night | Loretta Figgis | 2016-12-25 |
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Trumbo | Nikola Trumbo | 2015-10-27 |
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Low Down | Amy Albany | 2014-01-19 |
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Maleficent | Princess Aurora | 2014-05-28 |
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The Boxtrolls | Winnie Portley-Rind (voice) | 2014-09-10 |
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Young Ones | Mary Holm | 2014-06-28 |
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First Stars I See Tonight | Girl | 2014-01-05 |
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Likeness | Mia | 2013-04-19 |
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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment | Sara (Leaning Towards Solace) | 2013-03-05 |
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Twixt: A Documentary | Self | 2013-07-23 |
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Ginger & Rosa | Ginger | 2012-10-18 |
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Wide-Awake | The Rainmaker | 2012-12-07 |
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Making Somewhere | Self | 2011-04-19 |
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We Bought a Zoo | Lily Miska | 2011-12-08 |
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Twixt | V. | 2011-09-10 |
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Super 8 | Alice Dainard | 2011-06-08 |
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The Curve of Forgotten Things | Girl | 2011-02-08 |
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The Nutcracker | Mary | 2010-11-24 |
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Somewhere | Cleo | 2010-09-03 |
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First the Egg | 2009-01-01 | |
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Astro Boy | Grace (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
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Phoebe in Wonderland | Phoebe Lichten | 2008-02-07 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Daisy Age 7 | 2008-12-25 |
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The Nines | Noelle | 2007-01-21 |
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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes | Self | 2007-09-30 |
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Reservation Road | Emma Learner | 2007-09-13 |
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A Very Brave Witch | 2007-06-01 | |
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Day 73 with Sarah | Sarah | 2007-03-09 |
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Déjà Vu | Abbey | 2006-11-22 |
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Babel | Debbie Jones | 2006-10-26 |
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I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With | Penelope | 2006-04-28 |
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Because of Winn-Dixie | Sweety Pie Thomas | 2005-02-18 |
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P.N.O.K. | Rebecca Bullard | 2005-01-01 |
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The Door in the Floor | Ruth Cole | 2004-07-18 |
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Daddy Day Care | Jamie | 2003-05-09 |
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I Am Sam | Lucy (2 Years Old) | 2001-12-28 |
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The Maid of Orleans | Rebecca Spielman | |
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The Nightingale | Isabelle | |
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I Am Sybil | Shirley Mason | |
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