Millie Bobby Brown

**Millie Bobby Brown** is a British actress, model and producer. At the age of twelve, she gained notability for her role as Jane "Eleven" Ives in the first season of the Netflix science fiction horror drama series *Stranger Things* (2016–present), which has been renewed for four seasons. For her portrayal as Eleven she has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017 and 2018 and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in 2017 and 2018. Along with the main cast of *Stranger Things*, she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2017.

Brown made her big screen debut with a lead role in the monster film *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), a character she reprised in the sequel *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021). She also starred in and produced the Netflix mystery film *Enola Holmes* (2020).

In 2018, Brown was featured in the *Time* 100 list of the world's most influential people. That year she was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, the youngest person selected for this position.

## Early and personal life

Brown was born in Marbella, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, the third of four children of English parents, Kelly and Robert Brown. She has British citizenship through her parents. She was born with partial hearing in one ear, and gradually lost all hearing in that ear over several years.

Brown's family moved the United Kingdom when she was four, and then to Orlando, Florida when she was eight.

As of October 2017, Brown divides her time between London and Atlanta.

## Acting career

### **2013—2014: Early roles and career beginnings**

In 2013, Brown made her acting debut as a guest star in the ABC fantasy drama series *Once Upon a Time in Wonderland*, a spin-off of *Once Upon a Time*, portraying the role of Young Alice. In 2014, she had a starring role in the BBC America paranormal drama-thriller series *Intruders* as Madison O'Donnell. She made guest appearances in the CBS police procedural drama *NCIS*, the ABC sitcom *Modern Family*, and the ABC medical drama series *Grey's Anatomy*.

### **2016—present: *Stranger Things* and breakthrough**

In 2016, Brown was cast to play Eleven ('El') in the Netflix science fiction horror series *Stranger Things*. She received critical praise 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. For her role as Eleven in the second season of *Stranger Things*, she received her second nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award in 2018.

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 modelling debut in Calvin Klein's "By Appointment" campaign. The following month, she was signed to the agency IMG Models. She appeared in the campaign of the Italian brand *Moncler* in the summer of 2018.

In January 2018, Brown was cast to star in and produce the film adaptation of *The Enola Holmes Mysteries*. She was also chosen to voice in Darren Aronofsky's virtual reality experience *Spheres: Songs of Spacetime*. On 20 April 2018, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by *Time* magazine, becoming the youngest person to be included in the list. On 20 November 2018, it was announced that she had become the youngest person ever to be appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

In November 2018, EA Games announced that Brown collaborated with *The Sims 4* programmers to feature in the Sims 4 Positivity Challenge.She was named by *Time* magazine as one of the most influential teens of 2017 and of 2018. In 2018, *The Hollywood Reporter* ranked Brown as among Hollywood's top thirty stars under age eighteen.

Brown made her feature film debut in 2019, in *Godzilla: King of the Monsters*, the sequel to the 2014 film *Godzilla*. She reprised her role in the next sequel, *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021).

In March 2019, she became the ambassador of UEFA's Together #WePlayStrong campaign. That same month, it was announced Brown will be starring in the film adaptation of *The Thing About Jellyfish* by Ali Benjamin as Suzy.

### **Upcoming projects**

On July 28, 2020, it was announced that she would star in and produce through her PCMA Productions a suspense film titled *The Girls I’ve Been*. Brown will also star and executive produce fantasy film *Damsel* for Netflix, under the direction of Spanish filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo based on a screenplay by Dan Mazeau. In December 2020, it was announced that the Russo brothers will direct an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel *The Electric State* for Universal Pictures with Brown set to star as the lead. That December, it was reported that Netflix offered her a first look deal that included multiple projects.

## Trivia

* Auditioned for the role of 10-year-old Michelle in The Boss (2016).
* Huge fan of Nicki Minaj. Even rapped Nicki Minaj's verse from Kanye West's song "Monster" during her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014).
* On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015), Stephen Colbert asked Millie what she is most afraid of, and she stated that her biggest fears are sharks, darkness, and bungalows.
* Her favorite movie is Up (2009).
* She is a supporter of Liverpool F.C.
* Auditioned for the role of X-23 in Logan (2017).
* Fans have noted that Brown bears a resemblance to a young Carrie Fisher, and various online petitions have been started to have Brown star as a young Princess Leia if such a movie ever began production. She has yet to comment on the comparisons. In October 2018, she went as Princess Leia for Halloween, in the iconic white costume and with bun hairstyle.
* One dimple on her right cheek
* She stars opposite Finn Wolfhard and Noah Schnapp on Stranger Things.
* When not acting, she's trained as a boxer. She guest-starred in episodes of Modern Family and Grey's Anatomy in 2015. She was featured in the music video for "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and she has performed Cardi B's part of the song at some of the band's shows. In 2019, she announced the release of her makeup and skin-care brand Florence by Mills.
* She was featured in a couple of episodes of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as Young Alice. She was born with partial hearing loss in one ear and gradually lost all hearing in that ear. In 2015, she almost quit acting after not being cast as Lyanna Mormont on Game of Thrones.
* She was born in Marbella, Spain, but her family moved to Bournemouth before she was five. She moved to Orlando, Florida in 2011. She has a brother named Charlie and sisters named Paige and Ava. She was in a relationship with Jacob Sartorius from late 2017 to mid-2018, then dated Romeo Beckham. In late 2019, she began dating rugby player Joseph Robinson, but the two split up 10 months later.
* Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for her role as Eleven in Stranger Things (2016), but lost to Thandie Newton from Westworld (2016).
* Her mother selects all of her outfits to make sure that she is dressed appropriately for her age.
* 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.
* (November 20, 2018) She became a Goodwill Ambassador for Unicef. Being 14 years old, this makes her the youngest person in history to be appointed the position.
* Cannot speak Spanish though she was born in Spain.
* Despite the media controversy over their age difference, she defends being close friends with Drake and considers him a career mentor.
* When she went to apply for her driving permit at age 15, she was told by a DMV official to take a seat as she was number 11 on the waiting list (interview The Late Late Show with James Corden: Lily James/Millie Bobby Brown/Little Mix (2019)).