Smells Like Teen Spirit

WITH THREE FILMS ALREADY DUE FOR RELEASE IN 2018 ALONE, A NEW AMBASSADORIAL ROLE WITH L’ORÉAL PARIS AND A 17-YEAR CAREER AT JUST 19 YEARS OF AGE, ELLE FANNING IS THE GROWN UP GIRL -NEXT-DOOR

- Maddison Glendinning

“EXCITED DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW THRILLED I AM TO BE A L’OREAL PARIS SPOKESPERSON. L’OREAL ALWAYS STRIKES THE PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN CREATIVITY AND BEAUTY,”

If there was ever a person that looked like a character from a Disney movie come to life, Elle Fanning is it. Tall, blonde and with perfect, rosy cheeked skin, the 19-year-old is practically a modern-day princess, which was realised in her role as Princess Aurora in 2014’s Maleficent. Since then, however, she’s taken on decidedly edgier and more adult roles - made all the more impactful by her ever-youthful face – namely The Neon Demon in 2016, which older sister Dakota, 23, almost walked out of because she was so scared for her sister in the scenes. “I was so moved by her as an actor,” she told press after the screening.

It’s high praise coming from Dakota, who began acting ahead of Elle and forged the path for her younger sister. Elle’s movie debut came at just two years of age as the younger version of Dakota’s character in I Am Sam. For a few years, Elle played Dakota’s doppelganger before landing her breakout role in 2011 in JJ Abrams’ sci-fi thriller Super 8. From then on Elle was a certified star.