Biography. Childhood
Elle Fanning was born into a sports family. Her mother, Joy Arrington, played professional tennis, and her father, Steve Fanning, played baseball. Grandfather Rick (on his mother’s side) was also an athlete; he played American football. Elle has a sister, Dakota, who is four years older than her. Dakota is also an actress.
Thanks to her older sister, the younger sister began her acting career. At first, Elle played Dakota Fanning’s heroines in films at a younger age, as was the case in the TV series “Taken” and the film “I Am Sam.”
Childhood and youth
Mary Elle Fanning was born on April 9, 1998 in the tiny town of Conyers, Georgia. Her mother, Heather Joy (nee Arrington), is a professional tennis player. His father, Stephen J. Fanning, played minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals in his youth and later began working as an electronics salesman in Los Angeles. In 2020, news appeared in the media that the actress’s parents were divorcing after 27 years of marriage.
Mary Elle Fanning as a child
Fanning's other relatives are also involved in sports. His maternal grandfather is the famous American football player Rick Arrington, and his aunt Jill Arrington works as a reporter for the ESPN sports channel. And only Elle and her older sister Dakota did not go into sports, but became actresses.
Elle's blood contains many nationalities.
The actress owes her angelic appearance to her mixed blood: among her distant relatives are Germans, Irish, English and French. An equally interesting story describes the girl’s name. When choosing what to name their daughter, the parents simply could not agree: the mother suggested the name Mary, the father - El. Like her older sister (Hannah Dakota Fanning), Elle uses only her middle name for work.
The beginning of a film career
El received her first independent film role when she was four years old. It was the painting “Dad on Duty.” In 2003, the young actress appeared in the film “The Door in the Floor,” where her co-stars were Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger.
Also in 2003, the young actress made her mark in the film “Thanks to Winn Dixie,” and the following year she voiced one of the characters in the Disney version of “My Neighbor Totoro.”
In 2005, Elle Fanning starred in the film adaptation of the fairy tale "Charlotte's Web", written by Alvin White, but, as Wikipedia writes, scenes with her were ultimately not included in the final version of the film. Afterwards she took part in the filming of the film “Babylon” by Alejandro Gonzalez Inaritu, where she starred with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. The film was nominated for the main Oscar, but lost to Martin Scorsese's The Departed.
Movies
Initially, the creative biographies of the Fanning sisters turned out to be interconnected. Sean Penn noticed two talented girls at the casting for the film “I Am Sam” and invited Elle and Dakota to play the role of his hero’s daughter, only at different ages. The film was about a mentally retarded man who seeks custody of his own daughter.
Elle Fanning in The Door in the Floor
The audience received the film with delight, the leading actor of the drama was even nominated for an Oscar, and other actors received an impressive portion of fame.
The following year, Elle starred in the film Taken. In the same 2002, the little actress received her first independent role in the film “Dad on Duty.” After the premiere, critics unanimously recognized Elle Fanning as a talented actress.
In 2003, the girl appeared in the film “The Door in the Floor” in the company of Hollywood celebrities. Fanning played two roles at once - twin sisters, one of whom died. The parents of Elle's character were played by Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger. After the loss of one child, the couple were on the verge of divorce, but managed to find the strength to continue living together for the sake of their other daughter.
The same year, Elle starred in the film “Charlotte’s Web,” but during editing the footage of her participation was cut out. Within a few months, Elle played Debbie Jones in the Oscar-winning film Babylon. The roles of the girl's parents in this drama were played by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. The next time Elle Fanning met on the same work site with these Hollywood stars was in the film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” about a man who was born a very old man who began to look younger. Elle played the role of the little girl Daisy, Kate's heroine at a young age.
2006 began with the filming of the film “Nines”, then there was the film “Deja Vu”. In the same year, the girl was invited to film the serial film “The Lost Room”. In 2010, he worked in Sofia Coppola’s film “Somewhere” about the dissolute life of Hollywood artist Johnny Marco, who was found by his own daughter. The drama, in which Stephen Dorff played the main character, received an award at the Venice Festival, and Elle Fanning's fee this time was $125 thousand.
The actress was remembered by the famous director, and in 2020, Sofia again invited Elle Fanning to her project. This time the actress joined the main cast along with Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst and Nicole Kidman. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2020.
Elle Fanning's credits also include the horror film Between, created in 2011 by the legendary master Francis Ford Coppola. In the film, the young actress had the opportunity to bring to life the ghost of the murdered girl Virginia, thanks to whose appearance an investigation into a series of crimes began.
Every year Elle Fanning's career only gained momentum. By the end of the 2000s, the girl became one of the most sought-after teenage actresses. The actress starred in the films “We Bought a Zoo”, “The Nutcracker and the Rat King”. These films were seen by audiences far beyond America. Also in 2011, the girl appeared in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Super 8. Fanning played schoolgirl Alice, one of the main roles.
In 2014, Elle Fanning starred alongside Angelina Jolie in Maleficent. Elle played Princess Aurora in her youth, while the screen star played the evil fairy Maleficent. The film also became the debut for Jolie and Pitt’s daughter, Vivienne, who played the role of Aurora as a child.
Filming with Coppola
At the beginning of 2006, the young actress starred with John August in “Nines” (with Ryan Reynolds) and with Tony Scott in “Déjà Vu” (with Denzel Washington). Over time, the girl begins to get bigger and bigger roles.
So, in the film “The Protected Road” she gets the role of the daughter of the characters of Joaquin Phoenix and Jennifer Connelly. In 2007, she again starred with Cate Blanchett in David Fincher's The Strange Case of Benjamin Button.
In 2008, Elle could have played together with Dakota Fanning, but the Fanning sisters were not destined to do so, since according to the plot of the film “My Guardian Angel,” Dakota had to shave her head bald, which the actress refused.
In 2010, Sofia Coppola's film Somewhere was released; she played the 11-year-old daughter of the central character (his image was portrayed by Stephen Dorff). The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Elle also appeared in the film by Sofia Coppola's father Francis Ford called "Between".
"The Nutcracker" and "Super 8"
In 2011, Elle got one of the roles in the film “We Bought a Zoo,” which was directed by Cameron Crowe. Her filming partner turned out to be Scarlett Johansson. At the same time, the young actress was entrusted with the main role in the film “The Nutcracker and the Rat King” by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky.
Her next success was the film by J. J. Abrams “Super 8”, a fantastic film about how schoolchildren witnessed a train crash, because of which life in their town changed greatly. In 2011, Elle received the Young Hollywood Award for Best Actress of the Year.
Between 2012 and 2014, the actress played in such films as “Bombshell,” “Youth” and “Very Low.”
Three generations
Three Generations | 2020
Family drama with a great cast: Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Elle Fanning. Elle plays Ramona, she is 16 years old and lives with her mother, grandmother and her partner. Ramona is actually Ray who has realized that he is a boy and not a girl. Ray is ready to take this difficult path, but he is a minor, so parental consent is required to start a course of hormones. Ray's father has not lived with his family for a long time, and Maggie, Ray's mother, does not want to make such an important decision alone. And Ray goes to his father, whom he has not seen for 10 years.
"Maleficent" and other films
In 2014, Maleficent was released with Elle in one of the main roles, Fanning played Princess Aurora. The title sorceress in Robert Stromberg's fairy tale was played by Angelina Jolie. A year later, she appeared with Jay Roach in a biopic about Dalton Trumbo, the famous Hollywood screenwriter. Her partners in the film were comedian Louis C.K. and Helen Mirren.
For a dream
Teen Spirit | 2020
A fresh film, which is the debut film of Max Minghella. Elle Fanning plays a shy teenager who lives on the Isle of Wight with her mother. She hates school, her job and her life in general. But she has talent - a magnificent voice, which turns out to be by chance. Her talent is properly appreciated by the former opera singer Vlad. When one of the rounds of a prestigious singing competition is held in the city, Violet decides to take part, for which she needs Vlad’s help. All songs in the film were performed by Elle Fanning herself.
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2016 saw the release of five films starring Elle Fanning. Her filmography included the films “The Neon Demon”, “How to Talk to Girls at Parties”, “The Law of the Night”, “Women of the 20th Century” and the cartoon “Ballerina”.
The following year, Fanning starred in another Sofia Coppola film, The Fatal Temptation, with Colin Farrell and Kirsten Dunst working with her on the creation of the film. Also in 2017, Fanning Jr. played the role of Mary Shelley in the film Beauty for the Beast.
In October 2020, a continuation of the fairy tale about the sorceress Maleficent was released, where she again played side by side with Angelina Jolie. The film also stars Harris Dickinson and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Elle’s next project will be the film “All the Bright Places,” which will premiere in 2020.
Biography of Elle Fanning
Elle Fanning is an American model and actress, known for her roles in the films “The Neon Demon”, “Women of the 20th Century”, “The Fatal Temptation”, etc. The younger sister of actress Dakota Fanning.
Pictured: Elle Fanning
Tall (174 cm) and slender Elle Fanning has been working as a model since childhood. She has been on the cover of Japanese Vogue, Porter and Interview magazines, collaborated with the French cosmetics company L'Oréal and participated in numerous fashion shows on the catwalks of Europe, Asia and the USA.
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Little is known about Elle’s personal life; Fanning at one time dated Dylan Beck. But after a year of dating they broke up.
However, the actress was not in a free search for long; soon after the separation, the media reported that the couple had reunited, but in the summer of 2018, photos of Elle appeared in the media, showing Fanning with Max Minghella, known for his role in “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Max and El met on the set of the film “Chasing the Dream.” Minghella wrote the script for it and also directed it. Neither Max nor Elle comment on rumors regarding their personal lives.
The actress has her own Instagram account, which has 3.6 million subscribers. In it you can admire photographs of the actress, both new and old.
Surviving and Thriving After a Childhood of Fame
Child stars have always had a tendency to crash and burn, but the Fanning sisters made it all look easy. According to Dakota, surviving and thriving after a childhood of fame is not as difficult as it seems. “It always makes me laugh when people say I haven’t gone off the rails—and I have by no means gone off the rails—but you know, I’m a normal person,” she told Marie Claire. The actress defended her child star reputation as she spoke to Freddie Highmore, revealing that acting "added so much" to her childhood and gave her unforgettable experiences. “It hurts me a little when people try to somehow turn it into a negative, and I don’t like that,” she said.
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