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Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Actor and producer · Born April 9, 1998 (28) · Conyers, Georgia, USA

Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · Golden Globe nominee · 3 other major award bodies

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).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 9, 1998 (28)
From
Conyers, Georgia, USA
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
57 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 8% in 30 days

What are Elle Fanning's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
33%
Bonds
23%
Morality
13%
Survival
12%
Society
9%
Power
7%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief11 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 39 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 11 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 11

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 20 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 21 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 18

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 21 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

25 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 25 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 25
Ally
5 of 25
Herald
3 of 25
Shapeshifter
3 of 25
Show the 25 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
30
Tense
21
Contemplative
19
Hopeful
13
Warm
8
Other
38

How their films linger

Bittersweet21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet29
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Elle Fanning's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 49 of their 57 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Elle Fanning's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

74 credits, 57 with a MovieCove page; 23 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Nightingale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer · as Isabelle

  • The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Effie Trinket

  • Rosebush Pruning(2026)

    as Martha

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Margo's Got Money Troubles(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Margo

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Predator: Badlands(2025)

    as Thia / Tessa

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg?(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Sentimental Value(2025)

    as Rachel Kemp

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Complete Unknown(2024)

    as Sylvie Russo

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Girl from Plainville(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Michelle Carter

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • The Great(2020)

    Show 30 episodes · Executive Producer · as Catherine II of Russia

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Roads Not Taken(2020)

    as Molly

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • All the Bright Places(2020)

    Producer · as Violet

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil(2019)

    as Princess Aurora

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • A Rainy Day in New York(2019)

    as Ashleigh Enright

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Teen Spirit(2018)

    Songs · as Violet Valenski

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Galveston(2018)

    as Rocky

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • I Think We're Alone Now(2018)

    as Grace

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Vanishing of Sidney Hall(2017)

    as Melody

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • No Activity(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Madison

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • How to Talk to Girls at Parties(2017)

    Songs · as Zan

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Mary Shelley(2017)

    Songs · as Mary Shelley

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Beguiled(2017)

    as Alicia

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • 20th Century Women(2016)

    as Julie

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Live by Night(2016)

    as Loretta Figgis

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Leap!(2016)

    as Felicie (voice)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • 3 Generations(2015)

    Songs · as Ray

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Neon Demon(2016)

    as Jesse

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Trumbo(2015)

    as Niki Trumbo

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Boxtrolls(2014)

    as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Young Ones(2014)

    as Mary Holm

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Maleficent(2014)

    as Aurora

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Low Down(2014)

    as Amy Albany

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • First Stars I See Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Girl

  • Likeness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Mia

  • Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Sara (Leaning Towards Solace)

  • Wide-Awake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as The Rainmaker

  • Ginger & Rosa(2012)

    as Ginger

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • We Bought a Zoo(2011)

    as Lily Miska

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Twixt(2011)

    as V.

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Super 8(2011)

    as Alice Dainard

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Curve of Forgotten Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Girl

  • The Nutcracker: The Untold Story(2010)

    Songs · as Mary

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Somewhere(2010)

    as Cleo

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Astro Boy(2009)

    as Grace (voice)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • First the Egg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)

    as Daisy Age 7

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Phoebe in Wonderland(2008)

    Songs · as Phoebe Lichten

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Dirty Sexy Money(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Reservation Road(2007)

    Songs · as Emma Learner

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • A Very Brave Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Day 73 with Sarah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Sarah

  • The Nines(2007)

    as Noelle

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Lost Room(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · as Anna Miller

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Deja Vu(2006)

    as Abbey

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Babel(2006)

    as Debbie Jones

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With(2006)

    as Penelope

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tracy Belle

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Robot Chicken(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Because of Winn-Dixie(2005)

    Songs · as Sweety Pie Thomas

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • P.N.O.K. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Rebecca Bullard

  • House(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Stella Dalton

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • CSI: NY(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Jenny Como

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Door in the Floor(2004)

    as Ruth Cole

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Daddy Day Care(2003)

    as Jamie

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Taken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Allie at 3 yrs

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Molly Walker

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • I Am Sam(2001)

    as Lucy (2 Years Old)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Eden

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Rochelle Cobbs

  • Discretion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer · as Lenny

  • I Am Sybil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Shirley Mason

  • Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 74 titles, 68 of them dated from 1999 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Maleficent (2014)

$760M worldwide

Highest rated

Sentimental Value (2025)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Rosebush Pruning (2026)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19992026

Peak 2017 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 34 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting71 of 74: 57 only acting, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndProducing9 of 74: 3 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdOther crew8 of 74: 0 only other crew, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rd

74 titles, 14 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s24 · 24 acting · 3 crew2010s31 · 31 acting · 5 crew2020s11 · 9 acting · 6 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 28% of 43 roles
03081318

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

19 major nominations and no wins, 2011–2026.

  1. 2026
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
  2. 2025
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  3. 2024
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
  4. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Comedy Series
  5. 2021
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series
  6. 2016
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  7. 2013
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Young Actor/Actress
  8. 2012
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Young Actor/Actress
Show 1 earlier year
  1. 2011
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Young Actor/Actress

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Elle Fanning's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 43; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Midcredits score across 57 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 57 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (2010)

80th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Sentimental Value (2025)

Midcredits 97th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 37 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Elle Fanning's work okay for kids?

Across up to 36 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore31 titles15–69 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity36 titles6–70 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity28 titles11–65 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs29 titles9–62 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense31 titles15–70 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Elle Fanning work with?

People who share at least 2 of Elle Fanning's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nicole Kidman shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles