While it might take viewers a few minutes to place the name with the then-5-year-old girl's face, there's no mistaking the platinum blonde hair of Elle Fanning, whose first major big-screen role came opposite Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, and Steve Zahn in the 2003 comedy smash "Daddy Day Care."
By the time Fanning did the film, though, she already had ample exposure to Hollywood in the critically acclaimed family drama "I Am Sam," playing the 2-year-old version of Sam's (Sean Penn) daughter, Lucy. The casting decision was a no-brainer, though, given that the version of Lucy as a 7-year-old was played by big sister Dakota, who is four years older than Elle in real life. In perhaps a bit of foreshadowing, "I Am Sam" also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, who, 16 years later would go on to star opposite Fanning in "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil."
