Elle Fanning Net Worth And Biography

Mary Elle Fanning is an American Actress who made her film debut as the younger self of her sister, Dakota Fanning’s character in I Am Sam (2001). As a child actress, she appeared in several films and won a Critics’ Movie Award for Best Young Performer nomination. In 2011, she gained attention following her starring role in J.J Abrams’ science-fiction film, Super 8, earning a Spotlight Award at the Hollywood Film Festival. As earlier stated, she is a sister to Dakota Fanning, a renowned American actress likewise. RNN details Elle Fanning’s net worth, biography, and career with the help of information gathered from Celebritynetworth and Wikipedia.

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Biography

Elle Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia on the 9th of April 1998. Her mother is Heather Joy and her father is Steven J. Fanning. As earlier severally stated, Dakota Fanning is Elle Fanning’s sister and they are both American actresses and brought up together in the Southern Baptist denomination.

Early Career

Elle Fanning started acting before the age of three. She began her acting career with playing the younger version of her older sister’s character in Taken and I Am Sam. In 2002, when Elle Fanning was 4, she won her first role independent of her sister in Daddy Day Care. Come 2004, she was cast as Ruth in The Door in the Floor. Her emerging acting skill impressed the director of the movie and used only her for the role she played instead of the initial plan to use identical twins for the intense shooting schedule.

Late 2003, Elle Fanning appeared in Because of Winn-Dixie playing the role of Sweetie Pie Thomas. In 2004, she did voice work in the English-dubbed version of Miyazaki’s animated film, My Neighbour Totoro, playing the role of Mei, opposite her sister Dakota who voiced Satsuki; Mei’s older sister. In the same year, she filmed I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.

Then in early 2005, Elle Fanning filmed scenes in Charlotte’s Web as the future granddaughter of Fern Arable played by her sister, Dakota Fanning. But the scenes didn’t make the final cut. Mid-2005, she played Debbie in the film Babel. In 2006, Elle Fanning filmed scenes in both The Nines and Déjà Vu. And in the same year, she filmed The Lost Room, a TV miniseries. She also appeared in an episode of Criminal Minds, playing the supporting role of Tracy in “The Boogeyman”. And before the end of the year, she had already started booking lead roles.

Breakthrough Role

In Super 8 (2011), Elle Fanning was cast by J.J. Abrams. In early 2007, Elle Fanning reunited with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in a small part in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as the younger version of Blanchett’s character. And in the same year, she filmed the title role, Phoebe of Phoebe in Wonderland; the movie was released in March 2009.

Elle Fanning appeared in The Nutcracker in 3D taking the role of Mary. In March 2008, she alongside her sister were scheduled to star in My Sister’s Keeper but they finally opted out of the project on discovering that Dakota Fanning would have to shave her head playing her role. They were then replaced by Abigail Bresilin and Sofia Vassilieva.

In April 2009, Variety reported that Elle Fanning would be starring in Somewhere, a film that tells the story of a bad-boy who is forced to re-evaluate his life when his daughter (Elle Fanning’s character) arrives unexpectedly. The film was released during the 2010 awards season and it took the Golden Lion at its first film festival which was the 67th Venice Film Festival.

In late 2010, Elle Fanning began working on the 2011 film, Twixt. She played the role of a young ghost, V. Then in 2011, she starred in J.J. Abram’s film, Super 8 as Alice Dainard. The Telegraph cited her as one of the film’s best aspects and she received a Spotlight Award at the Hollywood Film Festival. In December 2011, Elle Fanning appeared in We Bought a Zoo playing Lily, a 13-year old girl. Then September 2012, she starred as Ginger alongside Alice Englert (who played Rosa) in Ginger & Rosa. Elle Fanning received widespread acclaim for her performance.

International Recognition

Elle Fanning starred alongside Angelina Jolie in the 2014 Walt Disney film, Maleficent. Angelina Jolie played the title character, Maleficent while Elle Fanning played Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty. The same year, she appeared in Western Young Ones and starred in Low Down.

In 2015, she co-starred in Trumbo as Dalton Trumbo’s (played by Bryan Cranston) daughter, Nikola. She also starred in 3 Generations (which was formerly known as About Ray), alongside Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon, playing the role of a young transgender man.

In 2016, she appeared as Jesse in The Neon Demon directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the same year and it was released on June 24, 2016 but performed poorly at the box office. Also in 2016, she appeared in Mike Mill’s 20th Century Women, opposite Greta Gerwig and Annettw Bening. The film had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 8, 2016, and it began a limited release on December 28,2016. She then co-starred in Ben Affleck’s Prohibition-era drama, Live By Night, released on the 25th of December, 2016.

In 2017, Elle Fanning appeared in The Vanishing of Sidney Hall which premiered in January 25 at the Sundance Film Festival. Also in 2017, she appeared in How to Talk to Girls at Parties which was based on a short story by Neil Gaiman.

2018-Present

In 2018, she starred alongside Peter Dinklage in I Think We’re Alone Now directed by Reed Morano. She also starred in Galveston and Teen Spirit. Come May 2019, she was appointed as a Jury Member of the international competition in the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival, this made her the youngest Cannes junor in history. In the same year, she starred in A Rainy Day in New York.

In October 2019, Elle Fanning repeated the role of Aurora in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. And in 2020, she starred in All the Bright Places, based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer Niven, and also starred in The Roads Not Taken, directed by Sally Potter. In the same year, she starred as Catherine and executive produced the historical comedy series, The Great. Elle Fanning received critical acclaim for her role and was nominated in the 2021 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She was also nominated for the first time for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series of Movie.

In 2022, she starred in Hulu miniseries, The Girl from Plainville, playing Michelle Carter. Elle Fanning would next star in The Nightingale, based on the novel of the same name alongside her sister, Dakota, reuniting her with Laurent. And recently, she alongside her sister, Dakota Fanning started Lewellen Pictures, and it has gained a first look deal at MRC.

Elle Fanning’s Net Worth

Elle Fanning’s net worth is currently estimated at $6 million.

Notable Awards

• Young Hollywood Award for Actress of the Year,
• Spotlight Award for Hollywood Film Festival,
• Runnerup at International Cinephile Society,
• And, Phoenix Film Critics Society for Best Ensembe Acting.

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