Elle Fanning

Acting · Born 1998-04-09 in Conyers, Georgia, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Door in the Floor as Ruth Cole
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Age 7
• Déjà Vu as Abbey
• Reservation Road as Emma Learner
• The Nines as Noelle
• Super 8 as Alice Dainard
• Astro Boy as Grace (voice)
• Somewhere as Cleo
• Because of Winn-Dixie as Sweety Pie Thomas
• The Nutcracker as Mary