At the tender age of three Elle Fanning debuted in her first film I Am Sam, going on to act in not one but two films by Sofia Coppola – Somewhere and The Beguiled, two films by Sally Potter – Ginger and Rosa and the soon to be released The Roads Not Taken, Mike Mills’ 20th Century Women, and so many more that we love (oh, Mary Shelley…) Next she will star alongside her sister Dakota in The Nightingale directed by Melanie Laurent. Premiering May 15 on Hulu, she stars as Catherine the Great in The Great, which she also produces. Here she shares some of her favourite films, books and comforts for these weeks at home.

Find Elle’s recomendations here.

Elle was photographed while she was out in Santa Monica yesterday, May 9. You can find the latest candids in the gallery!

Jimmy Kimmel recruited a number of stars to celebrate Mother’s Day by sharing text messages sent by their moms. Watch Elle reading a text from Joy around 1:15:

Elle Fanning has spent most of her 12-year career making movies. Now, at 22, she’s jumping into television, starring as Catherine the Great in Hulu’s 10-part satirical comedy series “The Great,” which debuts on May 15. Written by “The Favourite” scribe Tony McNamara, the show follows Catherine’s rise to power, from her arranged marriage to Peter III (Nicholas Hoult) to becoming empress of Russia in 1762 after having her husband assassinated.

“I didn’t know much about her. I knew the she-had-sex-with-a-horse propaganda,” Fanning says. “That’s what I knew about her, which is extremely sad. But I came to learn that she’s this kind of feminist icon, and she brought enlightenment to Russia and brought female education and art and science, and really did amazing things. She invented the roller coaster as well. She’s quite fun.”

What have you been doing during quarantine?

I’ve been with my sister [Dakota Fanning] and my mom and my grandmother cooking and baking a lot. My sister has been doing paint by numbers, and also this kind of bedazzling thing. Everyone’s embroidering. We’re getting creative. I’m doing a jigsaw puzzle of the “Top Gun” movie poster.

Sony Pictures has set Dec. 22, 2021, as the release date for the World War II drama “The Nightingale” starring sisters Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning.

Melanie Laurent directed the adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s bestseller, which centers on two sisters struggling to survive in the French resistance during the Nazi occupation of France. Dana Stevens wrote the screenplay adaptation, and Elizabeth Cantillon produced through The Cantillon Company.

The sisters are set to appear together on screen for the very first time in the project, but the film has not yet been shot. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Sony had planned to release “The Nightingale” on Dec. 25, 2020.

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Elle was seen out in Los Angeles on the 26th (with Dakota) and the 28th by herself. Images in high quality are in the gallery:

The first promotional images for ‘The Great‘ were released! Check the new posters in our gallery:

New portraits by Chris Chapman of Elle for the 2017 Toronto Film Festival were released, check them below:

Elle is the May cover of Glamour Russia, check the images bellow: