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Millie Bobby Brown at an event for Damsel (2024)

Biography

Millie Bobby Brown

Overview

  • Born
    February 19, 2004 · Marbella, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
  • Birth name
    Millie Bonnie Brown
  • Nicknames
    • Millster
    • Mills
  • Height
    5′ 3½″ (1.61 m)

Biography

  • Millie Bobby Brown is an English actress and model. She rose to prominence for her role as Eleven in the Netflix science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016), for which she earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at age 13. She is also the youngest person ever to feature on TIME 100 list.

    Millie was born in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain, the third of four children of English parents, Kelly and Robert Brown. The family moved to Bournemouth, Dorset, when Brown was around four years old, and then to Orlando, Florida, four years later. Here, Millie went to acting workshops to pass time on a Saturday, and it was there that a top Hollywood talent scout called and told Millie's parents that "she has instincts you cannot teach." She advised Millie's parents that she could "mix it with the best kids in Hollywood." They packed up and drove from Orlando to Los Angeles, and within a week, Millie was meeting with the town's top children's talent agencies. She was offered representation by all the agents that she met. Within three months of being in Hollywood, Millie was cast as young Alice in ABC's fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013), a spin-off of Once Upon a Time (2011).

    In November 2013, after just one self-taped audition, and without meeting the producers/directors, Millie was offered the role of Madison O'Donnell in BBC America paranormal drama-thriller series Intruders (2014). She then made guest appearances in the CBS police procedural drama NCIS (2003), the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009), and the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005). In 2016, Brown played Eleven in the Netflix science fiction drama series Stranger Things. Her portrayal received critical acclaim and she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with her co-stars, and won the 43rd Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. In November 2016, Brown starred in the music video for Sigma and Birdy's single "Find Me". Since November 2016, she has appeared in commercial advertisements for Citigroup. In January 2017, she made her modeling debut in Calvin Klein's By Appointment campaign. The following month, she was signed to the agency IMG Models. Brown made her feature film debut in the Godzilla sequel, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). In January 2018, Brown was cast to star and produce the film adaptation of the Enola Holmes Mysteries book.

    On 20 April, 2018, Brown became the youngest person ever to be included on Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people.

    She resides in London and Atlanta, Georgia.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Ian Burden and ahmetkozan

Family

  • Spouse
      Jake Bongiovi(May 18, 2024 - present) (1 child)
  • Children
      Adopted Child
  • Parents
      Kelly Brown
      Robert Brown
  • Relatives
      Charlie Brown(Sibling)
      Ava Brown(Sibling)
      Paige Brown(Sibling)

Trademarks

  • Short, brown hair
  • One dimple on her right cheek

Trivia

  • She is deaf in one ear.
  • (November 20, 2018) She became a Goodwill Ambassador for Unicef. With just 14 years, this made her the youngest person in history to be appointed that position.
  • Before her breakthrough role in Stranger Things (2016), her family was facing a difficult financial situation. Because of that, they were practically living with her aunt.
  • She was born in Spain (but cannot speak Spanish), however her family moved to England before she was five, and later to the USA in 2011.
  • Her favorite movie is Up (2009).

Quotes

  • I never liked sleeping in the dark. I have, like, twinkle stars around my bed, so it's not so bad.
  • [on her young acting career] I think I was quite accustomed to it. I knew what the industry was about-I knew that it was competitive. I had best friends who were in the industry, and I'm like, it's cool if you get a job, and I'm happy. Before an audition, I'm like, "Good luck," I really am. So I think that it's important just to stay humble and really not make it a competition. It's about the art and you're being a participant.
  • [on crying on scene] I had done Intruders (2014), and I had a scene where I had to cry after a traumatic scene. So it was crazy, because Glen Morgan, who wrote The X-Files (1993), came up to me and was like, "Do you have a dog? Well, that's just dropped down dead right now." [Ryder throws up her hands.] And he's like, "How do you feel about that?" And I'm just like, "Let's just roll!" And we're rolling.
  • For some reason, I like seeing people feel emotional. My dad doesn't ever cry, but watching this show, he did. I'm like, if I get that response from people, then maybe I'm making them more soft, you know? I kind of like that.
  • If you got to know her, I think she's just very caring and protective. And that's the only trait I could really relate to with my actual self. I'd probably say I'm very strong. If somebody says something horrible, I'm like, 'Okay, whatever.' With Eleven, people call her the weirdo and she really doesn't care. She's very badass and I think when I can be, I will be.

Salaries

  • Enola Holmes 2 (2022) - $10,000,000
  • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) - $3,000,000
  • Enola Holmes (2020) - $6,600,000
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) - $1,000,000
  • Stranger Things (2016) - $20,000 /episode (Season 1)

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