Cast & creator
Elle Fanning
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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).
Also known as: Mary Elle Fanning , Эль Фэннинг
78
film credits
41
television credits
101
1953–2027 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (119)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eden
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Criminal Minds
Tracy Belle
2005
Conan
Self
2010
House
Stella Dalton
2004
CSI: Miami
Molly Walker
2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
CSI: NY
Jenny Como
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Robot Chicken
Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)
2005
Judging Amy
Rochelle Cobbs
1999
Rosebush Pruning
Martha
2026
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Predator: Badlands
Thia / Tessa
2025
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter
1992
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953The Oscars
Self
1953
The Great
Catherine II of Russia
2020The Great
Executive Producer
2020
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo
2026Margo's Got Money Troubles
Executive Producer
2026
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daisy Age 7
2008
No Activity
Madison
2017
A Complete Unknown
Sylvie Russo
2024
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Effie Trinket
2026
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
The Boxtrolls
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
Taken
Allie at 3 yrs
2002
Maleficent
Aurora
2014
The Lost Room
Anna Miller
2006
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Princess Aurora
2019
We Bought a Zoo
Lily Miska
2011
Ballerina
Felicie (voice)
2016
Live by Night
Loretta Figgis
2016
Sentimental Value
Rachel Kemp
2025
The Beguiled
Alicia
2017
Super 8
Alice Dainard
2011
The Neon Demon
Jesse
2016
Déjà Vu
Abbey
2006
I Am Sam
Lucy (2 Years Old)
2001
20th Century Women
Julie
2016
Babel
Debbie Jones
2006
Astro Boy
Grace (voice)
2009
Daddy Day Care
Jamie
2003
All the Bright Places
Violet
2020All the Bright Places
Producer
2020
The Girl from Plainville
Michelle Carter
2022The Girl from Plainville
Executive Producer
2022
Teen Spirit
Violet Valenski
2019Teen Spirit
Songs
2019
The Rosie Show
Self - Guest
2011
Paris in Love
Self
2021
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
2017Mary Shelley
Songs
2017
Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection
Trumbo
Niki Trumbo
2015
The Nutcracker
Mary
2010The Nutcracker
Songs
2010
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Zan
2017How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Songs
2017
Because of Winn-Dixie
Sweety Pie Thomas
2005Because of Winn-Dixie
Songs
2005
Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg?
Executive Producer
2025
Somewhere
Cleo
2010
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Melody
2018Discretion
Lenny
Discretion
Executive Producer
The Nines
Noelle
2007
I Think We're Alone Now
Grace
2018
Ginger & Rosa
Ginger
2012
The Door in the Floor
Ruth Cole
2004
Young Ones
Mary Holm
2014
Twixt
V.
2011
Reservation Road
Emma Learner
2007Reservation Road
Songs
2007
3 Generations
Ray
20163 Generations
Songs
2016
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe Lichten
2008Phoebe in Wonderland
Songs
2008Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series
Executive Producer
The Nightingale
Isabelle
2027The Nightingale
Producer
2027
Galveston
Rocky
2018
The Roads Not Taken
Molly
2020
Wide-Awake
The Rainmaker
2012
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Penelope
2006
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
2020
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer
Executive Producer
2024
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)
2013
Low Down
Amy Albany
2014
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
2007
The Maid of Orleans
Rebecca Spielman
The Maid of Orleans
Producer
Day 73 with Sarah
Sarah
2007
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
Self
2025
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Self
2020
Likeness
Mia
2013
Camp! The Movie
Self
2019First Stars I See Tonight
Girl
2014
Elle Fanning's Fan Fantasy
Self
2017
That Click
Self
2019
A Very Brave Witch
2007
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
2013P.N.O.K.
Rebecca Bullard
2005Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses
The Curve of Forgotten Things
Girl
2011
I Am Sybil
Shirley Mason
Leaning Towards Solace
Sara
2012Making Somewhere
Self
2011
First the Egg
2009
A Rainy Day in New York
Ashleigh Enright
2019