Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning
Background information
Fullname	Mary Elle Fanning
Born	April 9, 1998 (age 27) Conyers, Georgia, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Family information
Parents	Heather Joy Fanning (mother) Steven J. Fanning (father)
Siblings	Dakota Fanning (older sister)
Other relatives	Rick Arrington † (grandfather) Jill Arrington (aunt)

Mary Elle Fanning is an American actress, who is best known for her roles as Sweetie Pie Thomas in the 2005 adaptation of Because of Winn-Dixie, Alice Dainard in the sci-fi thriller film Super 8, and Lily Miska in the Fox comedy-drama film We Bought a Zoo (both released in 2011). She is the younger sister of Dakota Fanning.

For Disney, she voiced Mei Kusakabe in the English dub of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro, and played Princess Aurora in the 2014 live-action film Maleficent and its 2019 sequel. She also portrayed Abbey in the 2006 Touchstone Pictures film Déjà Vu, Tracy Belle in the CBS/ABC TV show Criminal Minds, Kiki George in Dirty Sexy Money, Sylvie Russo in the 2024 Searchlight Pictures film A Complete Unknown, and Thia in the 2025 20th Century Studios film Predator: Badlands.

Roles

Mei Kusakabe
(My Neighbor Totoro; Disney dub)

Aurora
(Maleficent franchise)

Thia
(Predator: Badlands)

Gallery

Elle (right) with her sister, Dakota, (left) interview from My Neighbor Totoro in 2005.

Elle Fanning attending the 2012 Toronto International Film Fest.

Elle Fanning speaks at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con.

Elle Fanning visits Jimmy Kimmel Live! in June 2017.

Elle Fanning attending the 2018 Toronto International Film Fest.

Elle Fanning attending the 72nd annual Cannes Film Fest in May 2019.

Elle Fanning with Angelina Jolie promoting Maleficent: Mistress of Evil in July 2019.

Elle Fanning attending the 2019 D23 Expo.

Elle Fanning speaks at Hulu's The Great panel at the 2020 Winter TCA Tour.

Trivia

• She auditioned for the role of the young Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse before Sophie Turner was cast.

External links

• Elle Fanning on Wikipedia
• Elle Fanning on IMDb
• Elle Fanning on 𝕏
• Elle Fanning on Instagram