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Elle Fanning
Elle Fanning’s screen credits include Aurora in Maleficent and Winnie Portley-Rind (voice) in The Boxtrolls.
Born April 9, 1998 Conyers, Georgia, USA4 movies on MoviHero
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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). …
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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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- 2026Rosebush PruningMartha
- 2025Predator: BadlandsThia / Tessa
- 2025Sentimental ValueRachel Kemp
- 2025On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"Self
- 2024A Complete UnknownSylvie Russo
- 2020Penn & Teller: Try This at HomeSelf
- 2020The Disney Family SingalongSelf
- 2020The Roads Not TakenMolly
- 2020All the Bright PlacesProducer · Violet
- 2019That ClickSelf
- 2019Maleficent: Mistress of EvilPrincess Aurora
- 2019A Rainy Day in New YorkAshleigh Enright
- 2019Camp! The MovieSelf
- 2019Teen SpiritViolet Valenski
- 2018GalvestonRocky
- 2018I Think We're Alone NowGrace
- 2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallMelody
- 2017How to Talk to Girls at PartiesZan
- 2017Mary ShelleyMary Shelley
- 2017The BeguiledAlicia
- 2017Elle Fanning's Fan FantasySelf
- 201620th Century WomenJulie
- 2016Live by NightLoretta Figgis
- 2016BallerinaFelicie (voice)
- 20163 GenerationsRay
- 2016The Neon DemonJesse
- 2015TrumboNiki Trumbo
- 2014Young OnesMary Holm
- 2014Low DownAmy Albany
- 2014First Stars I See TonightGirl
- 2013Twixt: A DocumentarySelf
- 2013LikenessMia
- 2013Sigur Rós: Valtari Film ExperimentSara (Leaning Towards Solace)
- 2012Leaning Towards SolaceSara
- 2012Wide-AwakeThe Rainmaker
- 2012Ginger & RosaGinger
- 2011We Bought a ZooLily Miska
- 2011TwixtV.
- 2011Super 8Alice Dainard
- 2011Making SomewhereSelf
- 2011The Curve of Forgotten ThingsGirl
- 2010The NutcrackerMary
- 2010SomewhereCleo
- 2009Astro BoyGrace (voice)
- 2009First the EggActor
- 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDaisy Age 7
- 2008Phoebe in WonderlandPhoebe Lichten
- 2007Common Ground: Under Construction NotesSelf
- 2007Reservation RoadEmma Learner
- 2007A Very Brave WitchActor
- 2007Day 73 with SarahSarah
- 2007The NinesNoelle
- 2006Déjà VuAbbey
- 2006BabelDebbie Jones
- 2006I Want Someone to Eat Cheese WithPenelope
- 2005Because of Winn-DixieSweety Pie Thomas
- 2005P.N.O.K.Rebecca Bullard
- 2004The Door in the FloorRuth Cole
- 2003Daddy Day CareJamie
- 2001I Am SamLucy (2 Years Old)
- I Am SybilShirley Mason
- Moonsong: A Life In Seven VersesActor
- The Maid of OrleansProducer
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