
Elle Fanning
Biography
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).
TV Shows(30)

Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo

The Girl from Plainville
Michelle Carter

Paris in Love
Self

The Great
Catherine II of Russia

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest

No Activity
Madison

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest

The Rosie Show
Self - Guest

Conan
Self

Dirty Sexy Money

The Lost Room
Anna Miller

Criminal Minds
Tracy Belle

Robot Chicken
Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)

House
Stella Dalton

CSI: NY
Jenny Como