Acting
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).
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
Criminal Minds
2005 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
House
2004 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
Conan
2010 · TV
CSI: Miami
2002 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
CSI: NY
2004 · TV
Robot Chicken
2005 · TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV
Predator: Badlands
2025 · Movie
Judging Amy
1999 · TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · TV
The Oscars
1953 · TV
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV
Margo's Got Money Troubles
2026 · TV
The Great
2020 · TV
Sentimental Value
2025 · Movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Movie
Maleficent
2014 · Movie
A Complete Unknown
2024 · Movie
Déjà Vu
2006 · Movie
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 · Movie
No Activity
2017 · TV
Dirty Sexy Money
2007 · TV
Taken
2002 · TV
Ballerina
2016 · Movie
Babel
2006 · Movie
Super 8
2011 · Movie
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026 · Movie
The Boxtrolls
2014 · Movie
We Bought a Zoo
2011 · Movie
The Lost Room
2006 · TV
I Am Sam
2001 · Movie
Astro Boy
2009 · Movie
The Neon Demon
2016 · Movie
Rosebush Pruning
2026 · Movie
Daddy Day Care
2003 · Movie
The Rosie Show
2011 · TV
All the Bright Places
2020 · Movie
Live by Night
2016 · Movie
Paris in Love
2021 · TV
20th Century Women
2016 · Movie
The Beguiled
2017 · Movie
The Girl from Plainville
2022 · TV
Teen Spirit
2019 · Movie
Wide-Awake
2012 · Movie
The Door in the Floor
2004 · Movie
The Nightingale
2027 · Movie
The Nines
2007 · Movie
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017 · Movie
Trumbo
2015 · Movie
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · Movie
Galveston
2018 · Movie
I Think We're Alone Now
2018 · Movie
The Nutcracker
2010 · Movie
The Disney Family Singalong
2020 · Movie
Mary Shelley
2017 · Movie
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005 · Movie
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
2013 · Movie
Somewhere
2010 · Movie
Ginger & Rosa
2012 · Movie
Reservation Road
2007 · Movie
Twixt
2011 · Movie
Phoebe in Wonderland
2008 · Movie
The Roads Not Taken
2020 · Movie
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006 · Movie
3 Generations
2016 · Movie
Young Ones
2014 · Movie
Likeness
2013 · Movie
Low Down
2014 · Movie
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007 · Movie
That Click
2019 · Movie
Twixt: A Documentary
2013 · Movie
A Very Brave Witch
2007 · Movie
Day 73 with Sarah
2007 · Movie
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
2025 · Movie
Camp! The Movie
2019 · Movie
First the Egg
2009 · Movie
The Curve of Forgotten Things
2011 · Movie
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
2020 · Movie
I Am Sybil
· Movie
A Rainy Day in New York
2019 · Movie
