Illustrated portrait of Elle FanningFLM.RED

ELLE
FANNING

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From child performer to The Great

Elle Fanning is an American actor known for Super 8, The Neon Demon and The Great.

Conyers, Georgia, USA

A career across film and television

Elle Fanning began acting as a child. Her early films included Babel and Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, followed by a prominent role in J. J. Abrams's Super 8.

She played Aurora in Maleficent and appeared in The Neon Demon, which screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. She returned to Cannes in The Beguiled.

On television, Fanning played Catherine in the satirical series The Great. The performance earned her an Emmy nomination for lead actress in a comedy series.

The films below are those available on FLM.RED and do not represent her complete filmography.

Selected performances

2011

Super 8

Film role

2014

Maleficent

Aurora

2016

The Neon Demon

Cannes competition

2022

The Great

Emmy nomination

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.