Popsugar Celebrity Celebrity Evolutions Elle Fanning Through the Years Pictures Watch Elle Fanning Grow Up Right Before Your Eyes With Her Hollywood Evolution 21 May 2020 by Kelsie Gibson Image Source: Getty / George Pimentel Elle Fanning has quite literally grown up in the spotlight. The 22-year-old first started acting when she was a young child and has blossomed into a Hollywood starlet right before our eyes. In 2001, she made her film debut in I Am Sam when she played a younger version of her sister, Dakota Fanning's, character, and she has racked up a number of notable roles ever since. In addition to playing Princess Aurora in the Maleficent films, she recently gained critical acclaim for her role in Netflix's All the Bright Places and on Hulu's The Great. While a lot has changed over the years, two things that have remained are her sweet smile and undeniable talent. See her incredible Hollywood evolution ahead. 2002 Image Source: Getty / Frederick M. Brown 1 / 41 2003 Image Source: Getty / Jim Smeal 2 / 41 2004 Image Source: Getty / Gregg DeGuire 3 / 41 2005 Image Source: Getty / Steve Granitz 4 / 41 2007 Image Source: Getty / George Pimentel 5 / 41 2008 Image Source: Getty / Matthew Simmons 6 / 41 2009 Image Source: Getty / Alberto E. Rodriguez 7 / 41 2009 Image Source: Getty / Jon Kopaloff 8 / 41 2010 Image Source: Getty / Fotos International 9 / 41 2010 Image Source: Getty / Pascal Le Segretain 10 / 41 2010 Image Source: Getty / Jon Kopaloff 11 / 41 2011 Image Source: Getty / Jon Kopaloff 12 / 41 2011 Image Source: Getty / Jamie McCarthy 13 / 41 2011 Image Source: Getty / Jon Kopaloff 14 / 41 2012 Image Source: Getty / Jason Merritt/TERM 15 / 41 2012 Image Source: Getty / Frazer Harrison 16 / 41 2012 Image Source: Getty / Mike Marsland 17 / 41 2013 Image Source: Getty / Tommaso Boddi 18 / 41 2013 Image Source: Getty / Jason Merritt 19 / 41 2013 Image Source: Getty / Rabbani and Solimene Photography 20 / 41 2014 Image Source: Getty / Dave M. Benett 21 / 41 2014 Image Source: Getty / Jonathan Leibson 22 / 41 2014 Image Source: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris 23 / 41 2015 Image Source: Getty / Gregg DeGuire 24 / 41 2015 Image Source: Getty / Amanda Edwards 25 / 41 2015 Image Source: Getty / Alberto E. Rodriguez 26 / 41 2016 Image Source: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris 27 / 41 2016 Image Source: Getty / Alex B. Huckle 28 / 41 2016 Image Source: Getty / David M. Benett 29 / 41 2017 Image Source: Getty / Alberto E. Rodriguez 30 / 41 2017 Image Source: Getty / George Pimentel 31 / 41 2017 Image Source: Getty / Stephane Cardinale - Corbis 32 / 41 2018 Image Source: Getty / Jamie McCarthy 33 / 41 2018 Image Source: Getty / Joe Scarnici 34 / 41 2018 Image Source: Getty / Pierre Suu 35 / 41 2019 Image Source: Getty / Neilson Barnard 36 / 41 2019 Image Source: Getty / Daniele Venturelli 37 / 41 2019 Image Source: Getty / Matt Winkelmeyer 38 / 41 2020 Image Source: Getty / Rachel Murray 39 / 41 2020 Image Source: Getty / Stephane Cardinale - Corbis 40 / 41 2020 Image Source: Getty / Rachel Murray 41 / 41 Celebrity EvolutionsElle FanningRed Carpet