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Mary Elle FanningΒ (born April 9, 1998)Β is an American actress. As a child, she made her film debut as the younger version of her sisterΒ Dakota Fanning's character in the drama filmΒ I Am SamΒ (2001). She appeared in several other films as a child actress, includingΒ Daddy Day CareΒ (2003),Β BabelΒ (2006),Β The Curious Case of Benjamin Button andΒ Phoebe in WonderlandΒ (both 2008), and the miniseriesΒ The Lost RoomΒ (2006). She then had leading roles inΒ Sofia Coppola's dramaΒ SomewhereΒ (2010) andΒ J. J. Abrams' science fiction filmΒ Super 8Β (2011).
Fanning playedΒ Princess AuroraΒ in the fantasy filmsΒ MaleficentΒ (2014) andΒ Maleficent: Mistress of EvilΒ (2019) while working inΒ independent filmsΒ such asΒ Sally Potter'sΒ Ginger & RosaΒ (2012),Β Nicolas Winding Refn'sΒ The Neon DemonΒ (2016),Β Mike Mills'Β 20th Century WomenΒ (2016), and Coppola'sΒ The BeguiledΒ (2017). From 2020 to 2023, she starred asΒ Catherine the GreatΒ in theΒ HuluΒ period satire seriesΒ The Great, for which she received nominations for aΒ Primetime Emmy AwardΒ and twoΒ Golden Globe Awards.Β She has since portrayedΒ Michelle CarterΒ in the Hulu limited seriesΒ The Girl from PlainvilleΒ (2022), made herΒ BroadwayΒ debut in the playΒ AppropriateΒ (2023), and played a character based onΒ Suze RotoloΒ in the biographical dramaΒ A Complete UnknownΒ (2024).
