Millie Bobby Brown (born February 19th, 2004[1]) is a Spanish-born British actress who had her big breakout in 2016 with her lead role in the Netflix original series Stranger Things as Eleven, receiving multiple awards, as well as two nominations at the Emmy Awards for her incredible performance.
She is the youngest person ever to be named by Time magazine on its list of the 100 most influential people of 2018[2] and also the youngest person to be appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF.[3]
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Career
Millie started her acting career after she moved from Orlando, Florida to Los Angeles, California in the year 2013. She has appeared in some popular television shows such as Grey's Anatomy and NCIS, but only played minor roles. But portraying Eleven in Stranger Things was her first major role, for which she rose to prominence at a very early age.
Her first ever film role will be in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Millie will also produce and feature in the film adaptation of the Enola Holmes Mysteries book. With that, she will become one of the youngest people in Hollywood to earn a producer credit on a feature film, which will be produced through her own company, PCMA Productions. [4] She is also set to narrate an episode of Spheres, a VR series produced by Darren Aronofsky.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Madison Russell |
| 2020 | Godzilla vs. Kong | |
| TBA | Enola Holmes | Enola Holmes |
Television
| Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Young Alice |
| 2014 | Intruders | Madison O'Donnell |
| 2014 | NCIS | Rachel Barnes |
| 2015 | Modern Family | Lizzie |
| 2015 | Grey's Anatomy | Ruby |
| 2016 | Hell's Kitchen | Millie Bobby Brown (herself) |
| 2016 | Stranger Things | Eleven |
Music Videos
| Year | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sigma featuring Birdy | "Find Me" |
| 2017 | The xx | "I Dare You" |
| 2018 | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B | "Girls Like You" |
Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film – Young Actress | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Won | |||
| Fangoria Chainsaw Award | Best TV Actress | Won | ||
| Saturn Awards | Best Younger Actor in a Television Series | Won | ||
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Actor in a Show | Won | ||
| Best Hero | Nominated | |||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Breakout TV Star | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated | ||
| Gold Derby TV Awards | Best Drama Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| Breakthrough Performer of the Year | Won | |||
| 2018 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated | |||
| Empire Awards | Best Actress in a TV Series | Nominated | ||
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite TV actress | Won | ||
| Saturn Awards | Best Younger Actor in a Television Series | Nominated | ||
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Performance in a Show | Won | ||
| Best Kiss | Nominated | |||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress | Won | ||
| Gold Derby TV Awards | Best Drama Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite TV Actress | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer TV Actress | Won | ||
| 2019 | People's Choice Awards | The Female TV Show of 2019 | Stranger Things | Pending |
External Links
- Twitter (currently deactivated)
- Second Twitter
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Trivia
- Millie and Noah Schnapp, who portrayed Will Byers, would often prank people on set while filming season one.
- Millie's kiss with Finn Wolfhard, who played Mike Wheeler in the series, was her first actual kiss as well.[6]
- Though she does like Eggos similar to her character Eleven, she has stated the number of times she had to eat them during filming made her sick.
- She was signed to the modeling company IMG at the age of 13.
- She is the ambassador of UEFA's Together #WePlayStrong campaign. [7]
- Facing harassment by some Twitter users who would edit pictures of her and add anti-LGBT captions, Millie deactivated her Twitter account, but pleaded to end online bullying after alluding to her disappearance from Twitter during her acceptance of the Best Performance award at the MTV. Her side account, created for the purpose of preventing bullying, remains active.[8]
- For the first and second seasons of Stranger Things, Millie along with her co-stars earned $20,000 and $60,000 per episode respectively. However, for the third season, the majority of the cast including Millie got a raise, with her receiving approximately $350,000 per episode.
References
- ↑ "Stranger Things Millie Bobby Brown & David Harbour Panel Phoenix Comicon Fanfest"
- ↑ Time 100: Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown becomes youngest person to be named on list
- ↑ "Millie Bobby Brown named Unicef’s youngest ever Goodwill Ambassador"INDEPENDENT. October 18, 2018.
- ↑ Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown to become Hollywood's youngest producer with movies about Sherlock's sister
- ↑ "‘Stranger Things’ Star Millie Bobby Brown to Narrate Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Spheres’"Variety
- ↑ Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- ↑ Millie Bobby Brown signs up for Together #WePlayStrong
- ↑ Bobby Brown Addresses Her Twitter Trolls At Movie & TV Awards
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