The Jury of Cannes 2019 welcomes, under the first ever presidence of a Latino-American filmmaker, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, four women and four men, from four continents and from seven different nationalities : Elle Fanning, Maimouna N’Diaye, Kelly Reichardt, Alice Rohrwacher, Enki Bilal, Robin Campillo, Yorgos Lanthimos & Paweł Pawlikowski. The Jury will reveal their prizes on Saturday, May 25 during the Closing Ceremony.

Elle Fanning – Actress / United States

World famous American actress Elle Fanning made her debut as a child appearing in films including Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s Babel, selected in Competition in Cannes in 2006, Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) and Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere (2010). In 2011, Fanning starred in her breakout role in J. J. Abrams’Super 8, for which she received a Spotlight Award at the Hollywood Film Festival. She has since had leading roles in We bought a Zoo (2011), Ginger & Rosa (2012), Maleficient (2014), 3 Generations (2015), 20th Century Women (2016) and Mary Shelley (2017). She came back in Competition at the Festival de Cannes in 2016 with The Neon Demon by Nicolas Winding Refn and in 2017 with The Beguiled by Sofia Coppola. Last year, she starred in Mélanie Laurent’s Galveston. She can currently be seen in Teen Spirit by director Max Minghella.

Elle was on Today yesterday to promote Leap!, and her appearance has been posted on Youtube. She talked about joining the project early on and recording the voiceovers before the film was actually drawn, which gave her more freedom. She also revealed that the production team filmed her while she recorded those, and some of the character’s mannerism and expressions were inspired by her.