List of Elle Fanning performances

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Fanning at the Berlinale in 2020

Elle Fanning is an American actress known for her roles on stage and screen. She started her career as a child actor in 2001 before transitioning to mature leading roles. She has acted across genres ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to Independent dramas.

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Fanning made her film debut in the child custody drama I Am Sam (2001), before taking roles in the family comedy Daddy Day Care (2003), the family comedy-drama Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), the psychological drama Babel (2006), and the fantasy romance drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). She was able to transition into leading roles acting in the Sofia Coppola drama Somewhere (2010), the J.J. Abrams science-fiction thriller Super 8 (2011) and the Sally Potter the coming-of-age drama Ginger & Rosa (2012). She then gained a wider audience portraying Princess Aurora in the Walt Disney Studio fantasy film Maleficent (2014) and its sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).

She has focused her career on independent films such as the historical drama Trumbo (2015), the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016), the coming-of-age dramedy 20th Century Women (2016), the science-fiction romance How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), the Southern Gothic thriller The Beguiled (2017), the gangster drama Live by Night (2019), the musical drama Teen Spirit (2018), the romantic comedy A Rainy Day in New York (2019), and the teen romance All the Bright Places (2020), the later of which she also served as a producer. She portrayed Mary Shelley in the period drama Mary Shelley (2017), and Sylvie Russo in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown (2024).

On television, she portrayed Catherine the Great in the FX on Hulu satirical period dramedy The Great (2020–2023) and Michelle Carter in the Hulu crime miniseries The Girl from Plainville (2022). She also acted in the supernatural miniseries The Lost Room (2006). On stage, she made her Broadway playing a hippie in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins family drama play Appropriate (2023) and portrayed the character Tomorrow in the video-game Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (2025).

Acting credits

Film

Key
†Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2001 I Am Sam Young Lucy Dawson
2003 Daddy Day Care Jamie
2004 The Door in the Floor Ruth Cole
2005 Because of Winn-Dixie Sweetie Pie Thomas
My Neighbor Totoro Mei KusakabeVoice; English dub
P.N.O.K.Rebecca BullardShort film [1]
2006 Déjà Vu Abbey
Babel Debbie Jones
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With Penelope
2007Day 73 with SarahSarahShort film [2]
The Nines Noelle
Reservation Road Emma Learner
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Daisy Fuller (Age 7)
Phoebe in Wonderland Phoebe Lichten
2009 Astro Boy GraceVoice
2010 The Nutcracker in 3D Mary
Somewhere Cleo
2011The Curve of Forgotten ThingsGirlShort film [3]
Super 8 Alice Dainard
Twixt V
We Bought a Zoo Lily Miska
2012 Ginger & Rosa Ginger [4]
Leaning Toward SolaceSaraShort film [5]
2013LikenessMiaShort film
2014 Young Ones Mary Holms
Low Down Amy-Jo Albany
Maleficent Princess Aurora [6]
The Boxtrolls WinnieVoice
2015 Trumbo Nikola Trumbo
3 Generations Ray
2016 The Neon Demon Jesse
20th Century Women Julie Hamlin
Ballerina [a] Félicie Le BrasVoice [7]
Live by Night Loretta Figgis
2017 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Melody Jameson
How to Talk to Girls at Parties Zan
The Beguiled Alicia
Mary Shelley Mary Shelley
2018 I Think We're Alone Now Grace
Galveston Rocky
Teen Spirit Violet
2019 A Rainy Day in New York Ashleigh Enright
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Princess Aurora
2020 The Roads Not Taken Molly
All the Bright Places Violet MarkeyAlso producer
2024 A Complete Unknown Sylvie Russo [8]
2025 Sentimental Value Rachel Kemp [9]
Predator: Badlands †ThiaCompleted [10] [11]
Tessa
2026 The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping † Effie Trinket Filming
TBA Rosebush Pruning †TBAPost-Production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Taken Allie Keys (Age 3)Episode: "Charlie and Lisa"
2003 Judging Amy Rochelle CobbsEpisode: "Maxine Interrupted"
CSI: Miami Molly WalkerEpisode: "Death Grip"
2004 CSI: NY Jenny ComoEpisode: "Officer Blue"
2006 House, M.D. Stella DaltonEpisode: "Need to Know"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit EdenEpisode: "Cage"
The Lost Room Anna Miller3 episodes; mini series
2006–2007 Criminal Minds Tracy Belle2 episodes
2007 Dirty Sexy Money Kiki GeorgeEpisode: "Pilot"
2014 HitRecord on TV DaughterEpisode: "RE: The Number One”
2020 The Disney Family Singalong HerselfTelevision special
2020–2023 The Great Catherine the Great Lead role; 30 episodes [12] and also executive producer
2021 Robot Chicken Sarah, Logan's Friend, Nerd's WifeVoice; episode: “May Cause the Need for Speed”
2022 The Girl from Plainville Michelle Carter Lead role; also executive producer
2024 Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer —Executive producer
2025 Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? —Executive producer [13]
TBA Margo's Got Money Troubles Margo MilletUpcoming miniseries, also executive producer

Theatre

YearTitleRolePlaywrightVenueRef.
2023 Appropriate River Rayner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Hayes Theater, Broadway [14]

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)RoleNotesRef.
2016"Good Morning" Grouplove [15] [16]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2025 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach TomorrowVoice and likeness [17] [18] [19]

Notes

  1. ↑ The film was released in the United States under the title Leap.

References

  1. ↑ "P.N.O.K." Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jason Buchanan (2014). "Day 73 With Sarah (2007)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Carr, Melissa (February 4, 2011). "Elle Fanning Stars in Rodarte's Short Film". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ Potter, Sally. "Ginger & Rosa". Sally Potter. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  5. ↑ "the valtari mystery film experiment". sigur-ros.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  6. ↑ Prinzivalli, Fallon. "Angelina Jolie's 'Maleficent' To Hit Theaters In 2014". MTV. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  7. ↑ Busch, Anita (December 23, 2016). "TWC Takes 'Leap!' With Elle Fanning Animated Picture". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ Grobar, Matt (May 15, 2023). "Elle Fanning Joins Timothée Chalamet In Searchlight Pictures' A Complete Unknown". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (August 15, 2024). "Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas & Elle Fanning Join Renate Reinsve In Joachim Trier & Neon's 'Sentimental Value'; Filming Underway With Nordisk Film & BBC Film Among New Backers". Deadline. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  10. ↑ Hamman, Cody (August 27, 2024). "Predator: Badlands details revealed by casting call". JoBlo.com . Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  11. ↑ Fanning, Elle (September 10, 2025). "A world of pain - 10 Sep 2025 - SFX Magazine". SFX Magazine . Retrieved September 10, 2025. What was your most outlandish or "pinch me" moment?" Fanning: "There's a few that I'm like, "Oh, God, I can't necessarily say" because I also play two characters, which I've said, it's out there, but I haven't talked about the second character. I can't really talk about her personality-wise, but there's Thia and there's also Tessa and she, you can probably gather, is a synth as well. There challenge was balancing those two characters and finding that harmony and their differences because they're very different.
  12. ↑ Otterson, Joe (February 11, 2019). "Hulu Orders Revenge Drama 'Reprisal,' Elle Fanning-Led 'The Great' to Series". Variety. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  13. ↑ White, Peter (July 10, 2025). "As Ellen Greenberg's Parents Vie To Reopen Case Of Her Suspicious Death, ABC News Studios, Elle & Dakota Fanning & Blackfin Investigate For Hulu". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Elle Fanning Making Broadway Debut in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Appropriate'". Variety . October 20, 2023. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Youtube". YouTube . November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Grouplove premiere 'Good Morning' video featuring Elle Fanning". Entertainment Weekly . November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  17. ↑ Romano, Sal (October 7, 2022). "Elle Fanning to appear in next game by Kojima Productions". Gematsu. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  18. ↑ McWhertor, Michael (January 31, 2024). "Death Stranding 2: On the Beach? Hell yes, they're really calling it that". Polygon. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  19. ↑ Tassi, Paul (September 29, 2024). "Death Stranding 2's Photo Mode Must Be Seen To Be Believed". Forbes . Retrieved September 29, 2024.
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