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).
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The Nightingale | Isabelle | 2027-02-11 |
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Effie Trinket | 2026-11-18 |
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Rosebush Pruning | Martha | 2026-02-14 |
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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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Predator: Badlands | Thia / Tessa | 2025-11-05 |
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A Complete Unknown | Sylvie Russo | 2024-12-25 |
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All the Bright Places | Violet | 2020-02-28 |
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The Roads Not Taken | Molly | 2020-03-13 |
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Penn & Teller: Try This at Home | Self | 2020-05-18 |
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The Disney Family Singalong | Self | 2020-04-16 |
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A Rainy Day in New York | Ashleigh Enright | 2019-07-26 |
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Camp! The Movie | Self | 2019-05-09 |
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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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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Melody | 2018-03-02 |
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Galveston | Rocky | 2018-10-10 |
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I Think We're Alone Now | Grace | 2018-09-14 |
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Mary Shelley | Mary Shelley | 2017-08-06 |
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The Beguiled | Alicia | 2017-06-23 |
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties | Zan | 2017-10-06 |
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Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy | Self | 2017-05-29 |
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20th Century Women | Julie | 2016-12-28 |
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The Neon Demon | Jesse | 2016-06-08 |
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3 Generations | Ray | 2016-10-27 |
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Ballerina | Félicie Milliner (voice) | 2016-12-14 |
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Live by Night | Loretta Figgis | 2016-12-25 |
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Trumbo | Niki Trumbo | 2015-10-27 |
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First Stars I See Tonight | Girl | 2014-01-05 |
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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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Maleficent | Princess Aurora | 2014-05-28 |
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Low Down | Amy Albany | 2014-01-19 |
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Twixt: A Documentary | Self | 2013-07-23 |
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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment | Sara (Leaning Towards Solace) | 2013-03-05 |
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Likeness | Mia | 2013-04-19 |
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Wide-Awake | The Rainmaker | 2012-12-07 |
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Ginger & Rosa | Ginger | 2012-10-18 |
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Super 8 | Alice Dainard | 2011-06-09 |
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The Curve of Forgotten Things | Girl | 2011-02-08 |
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Twixt | V. | 2011-09-10 |
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We Bought a Zoo | Lily Miska | 2011-11-26 |
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Making Somewhere | Self | 2011-04-19 |
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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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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Daisy Age 7 | 2008-12-25 |
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Phoebe in Wonderland | Phoebe Lichten | 2008-02-07 |
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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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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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Déjà Vu | Abbey | 2006-11-22 |
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P.N.O.K. | Rebecca Bullard | 2005-01-01 |
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Because of Winn-Dixie | Sweety Pie Thomas | 2005-02-18 |
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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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I Am Sybil | Shirley Mason |
