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Elle Fanning vamps it up in plunging black gown at About Ray premiere with her trouser-clad co-stars Susan Sarandon and Naomi Watts

Published: 17:56 EST, 12 September 2015 | Updated: 20:06 EST, 12 September 2015

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Elle Fanning vamped it up in plunging b&w high-low gown at the Toronto International Film Festival's world premiere of About Ray on Saturday.

The 17-year-old ingénue - whose stylist is Samantha McMillen - flashed her mega-watt smile to her Canadian fans as she made her way inside the Princess of Wales Theatre.

It was a very different look for the effervescent blonde, who rocked edgy red eye-liner and no lipstick with her side-parted flaxen locks.

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Dramatic entrance: Elle Fanning vamped it up in plunging b&w high-low gown at the Toronto International Film Festival's world premiere of About Ray on Saturday

Not-so-typical teen: The 17-year-old ingénue - whose stylist is Samantha McMillen - flashed her mega-watt smile to her Canadian fans as she made her way inside the Princess of Wales Theatre

Red-rimmed eyes: It was a very different look for the effervescent blonde, who rocked edgy scarlet eye-liner and no lipstick with her side-parted flaxen locks

Elle - born Mary - play a transgender teen called Ray in the indie dramedy, in which he must track down his estranged father to get legal consent for gender reassignment.

The timely tale - hitting US theaters September 18 - also stars Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon, and Tate Donovan.

'I definitely knew it would be a huge challenge to do – I definitely have never done anything like that before. I have a lot of transgender friends who go to my school and have made a transition over the summer,' Fanning told Entertainment Weekly in Toronto.

'I knew it would be a huge challenge': Elle - born Mary - play a transgender teen called Ray in the indie dramedy, in which he must track down his estranged father to get legal consent for gender reassignment

'I definitely have never done anything like that before': The timely tale - hitting US theaters September 18 - also stars Naomi Watts (L), Susan Sarandon (R), and Tate Donovan

Fanning told EW in Toronto: 'Reading this story and how current it seems. It's not just about a transgender teen, it's about family and how everyone is dealing with it. I just love Ray, and I love his story' (pictured November 14)

'Reading this story and how current it seems. It's not just about a transgender teen, it's about family and how everyone is dealing with it. I just love Ray, and I love his story.'

The Boxtrolls blonde was joined on the red carpet by her affectionate onscreen mother and grandmother, Naomi and Susan.

And while Elle went with a dark and feminine look, Watts and Sarandon went the other direction in bold lapels, a pink pantsuit, and a white jumpsuit.

Group hug! The Boxtrolls blonde was joined on the red carpet by her affectionate onscreen mother and grandmother, Naomi and Susan

Menswear inspired: And while Elle went with a dark and feminine look, Watts and Sarandon went the other direction in bold lapels, a pink pantsuit, and a white jumpsuit

'They spoke very openly and that was really important to me': The two-time Oscar nominee - who turns 47 later this month - talked to mothers of transgender teens to better play single mother Maggie

The Insurgent star told EW: 'Some of the lines in the film are actually taken from their stories. Because when you hear something that says so much and connects with truth it's so valuable'

The two-time Oscar nominee - who turns 47 later this month - talked to mothers of transgender teens to better play single mother Maggie.

'They spoke very openly and that was really important to me, and some of the lines in the film are actually taken from their stories,' the Insurgent star told EW.

'Because when you hear something that says so much and connects with truth it's so valuable, because you want to represent with the most responsibility and truth as you can.'

Susan can relate: And the 68-year-old Oscar winner - who plays lesbian grandmother Dolly - has a 23-year-old son Miles Robbins (2-L) who wears dresses while performing with his band Powpow

The Burning Man enthusiast told People in June: 'I think the more crayons you have in your box to color outside the lines, the more exciting it is'

And the 68-year-old Oscar winner - who plays lesbian grandmother Dolly - has a 23-year-old son Miles (with ex-partner Tim Robbins) who wears dresses while performing with his band Powpow.

'I think the more crayons you have in your box to color outside the lines, the more exciting it is,' the Burning Man enthusiast told People in June.

Both Naomi and Elle have other films - Demolition and Trumbo respectively - premiering at the same festival.

Busy blondes: Both Naomi and Elle have other films - Demolition and Trumbo respectively - premiering at the same festival

Jam-packed Saturday: The Maleficent starlet will have to do a quick change before the world premiere of the 1940s-set biopic at the Elgin/Winter Garden Theatres Visa Screening Room

Helping darling daddy write: In it, Fanning plays Nikola the daughter of the blacklisted Communist screenwriter James Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston, R)

Drinks with Dalton: Trumbo also features Helen Mirren (L), Diane Lane, John Goodman, and Louis C.K., and it will hit US theaters November 6 and UK theaters January 22

The Maleficent starlet will have to do a quick change before the world premiere of the 1940s-set biopic at the Elgin/Winter Garden Theatres Visa Screening Room.

In it, Fanning plays Nikola the daughter of the blacklisted Communist screenwriter James Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston).

Trumbo also features Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, John Goodman, and Louis C.K., and it will hit US theaters November 6 and UK theaters January 22.

Not seen with the Georgia-born beauty on Saturday was her rumoured new beau Zalman Band, the son of horror director Charles Band.

Still an item? Not seen with the Georgia-born beauty on Saturday was her rumoured new beau Zalman Band, the son of horror director Charles Band (pictured July 26)