Elle Fanning

About

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...

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999Criminal MindsSeries • 2005HouseSeries • 2004CSI: MiamiSeries • 2002CSI: NYSeries • 2004Robot ChickenSeries • 2005Judging AmySeries • 1999Rosebush PruningMovie • 2026Predator: BadlandsMovie • 2025Margo's Got Money TroublesSeries • 2026The GreatSeries • 2020The BoxtrollsMovie • 2014The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonMovie • 2008A Complete UnknownMovie • 2024Sentimental ValueMovie • 2025MaleficentMovie • 2014The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingMovie • 2026We Bought a ZooMovie • 2011Maleficent: Mistress of EvilMovie • 2019I Am SamMovie • 2001Dirty Sexy MoneySeries • 2007TakenSeries • 2002The BeguiledMovie • 2017No ActivitySeries • 2017