Elle Fanning

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1998-04-09 (27 years old)

Place of Birth

Conyers, Georgia, USA

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)...

Acting

2004

2006

Déjà Vu

as Abbey

2007

Reservation Road

as Emma Learner

2007

The Nines

as Noelle

2011

Super 8

as Alice Dainard

2009

Astro Boy

as Grace (voice)

2010

Somewhere

as Cleo

2005

Because of Winn-Dixie

as Sweety Pie Thomas

2010

2008

Phoebe in Wonderland

as Phoebe Lichten

2024

A Complete Unknown

as Sylvie Russo

2011

We Bought a Zoo

as Lily Miska

-

I Am Sybil

as Shirley Mason

2011

Twixt

as V.

2014

Maleficent

as Princess Aurora

2012

Ginger & Rosa

as Ginger

2014

The Boxtrolls

as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)

2014

Young Ones

as Mary Holm

2013

Likeness

as Mia

2014

Low Down

as Amy Albany

2015

Trumbo

as Nikola Trumbo

2016

Live by Night

as Loretta Figgis

2016

2016

2016

2017

Mary Shelley

as Mary Shelley

2018

Always at The Carlyle

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Ballerina

as Félicie Milliner (voice)

2017

The Beguiled

as Alicia

2001

I Am Sam

as Lucy (2 Years Old)

2003

2006

Babel

as Debbie Jones

2007

2005

P.N.O.K.

as Rebecca Bullard

2025

Sentimental Value

as Rachel Kemp

2018

Galveston

as Rocky

2019

Teen Spirit

as Violet Valenski

2019

A Rainy Day in New York

as Ashleigh Enright

2019

2012

Wide-Awake

as The Rainmaker

2019

-

The Nightingale

as Isabelle

2013

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)

2019

That Click

as Self

2011

-

The Maid of Orleans

as Rebecca Spielman

Production

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