Portrait of Elle Fanning

Acting

Elle Fanning

Career

Active from 2004 to 2027, busiest in 2014 and 2016 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sentimental Value
Sentimental Value
GoodWatch score84/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    2026 · Nominated · 98th Academy Awards

    Sentimental Value

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

12

The characters Elle Fanning played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Elle Fanning Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    2.7, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    4.0, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4
  • Violence
    3.4, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 8
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Emotional Resonance 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Coming-of-Age Drama 4
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Emotional Catharsis 3
  • Magical Realism 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Father-Daughter Relationship 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection
Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection

TV show

Discretion
Discretion

TV show · as Lenny

I Am Sybil
I Am Sybil

as Shirley Mason

2020s

11 titles · average score 68
The Nightingale
The Nightingale (2027)

as Isabelle

Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo's Got Money Troubles (2026)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Margo

Rosebush Pruning
Rosebush Pruning (2026)
GoodWatch score 40

as Martha

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026)

as Effie Trinket

Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

as Thia / Tessa

Sentimental Value
Sentimental Value (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

as Rachel Kemp

A Complete Unknown
A Complete Unknown (2024)
GoodWatch score 75

as Sylvie Russo

The Girl from Plainville
The Girl from Plainville (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Michelle Carter

The Great
The Great (2020)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Catherine II of Russia

All the Bright Places
All the Bright Places (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Violet

The Roads Not Taken
The Roads Not Taken (2020)
GoodWatch score 43

as Molly

2010s

32 titles · average score 58
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
GoodWatch score 56

as Princess Aurora

Teen Spirit
Teen Spirit (2019)
GoodWatch score 61

as Violet Valenski

Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley (2017)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mary Shelley

How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

as Zan

The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon (2016)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jesse

Ballerina
Ballerina (2016)
GoodWatch score 60

as Felicie (voice)

Live by Night
Live by Night (2016)
GoodWatch score 49

as Loretta Figgis

20th Century Women
20th Century Women (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

as Julie

Maleficent
Maleficent (2014)
GoodWatch score 62

as Aurora

The Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)

Super 8
Super 8 (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

as Alice Dainard

Somewhere
Somewhere (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

as Cleo

2000s

22 titles · average score 64
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
GoodWatch score 65

as Phoebe Lichten

Reservation Road
Reservation Road (2007)
GoodWatch score 52

as Emma Learner

The Nines
The Nines (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as Noelle

Day 73 with Sarah
Day 73 with Sarah (2007)
GoodWatch score 59

as Sarah

The Lost Room
The Lost Room (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Anna Miller

Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Tracy Belle

Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
GoodWatch score 59

as Sweety Pie Thomas

Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Sarah Williams / Logan's Friend #2 / Nerd's Wife (voice)

House
House (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Stella Dalton

The Door in the Floor
The Door in the Floor (2004)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ruth Cole

CSI: NY
CSI: NY (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Jenny Como

CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami (2002)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Molly Walker

1990s

2 titles · average score 74
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Eden

Judging Amy
Judging Amy (1999)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Rochelle Cobbs