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Millie Bobby Brown (born February 19, 2004)[1] is a Spanish-born British actress who portrays Eleven in the Netflix original series, Stranger Things.

Millie has received a range of awards and nominations. In 2018, she became the youngest person to be included in Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people.[2] She is also the youngest person to ever be appointed Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF.[3]

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. 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 was in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Millie also produced and featured in the film adaptation of the Enola Holmes Mysteries book. With that, she became one of the youngest people in Hollywood to earn a producer credit on a feature film, which was 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]

Personal life[]

On April 11, 2023, Brown posted information on her Instagram account that indicated that she was engaged to Jake Bongiovi, the son of rocker Jon Bon Jovi. In May, 2024, the couple were married.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role
2018 Spheres: Songs of Spacetime Narrator
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Madison Russell
2020 Enola Holmes Enola Holmes
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Madison Russell
2022 Enola Holmes 2 Enola Holmes
2024 Damsel Princess Elodie
2025 The Electric State Michelle

Television[]

Year Title Role
2013 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Young Alice
2014 Intruders Madison O'Donnell
NCIS Rachel Barnes
2015 Modern Family Lizzie
Grey's Anatomy Ruby
2016-present Stranger Things Eleven
2020 Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special Herself

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"
Drake "In My Feelings"
2019 Mariah Carey "Happy Anniversary, All I Want For Christmas Is 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 Gold Derby Awards Drama Supporting Actress of the Decade Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Actress Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite Female TV Star Won
Favorite Female Movie Star Godzilla: King of the Monsters Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer TV Actress Stranger Things Won
2020 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Female TV Star Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
2021 Bruin Film Society Awards Best Character Enola Holmes Nominated
Huading Award Best Global New Performer in a Motion Picture Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actress Won
Favorite Female TV Star Stranger Things Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Youth in Film - Female Enola Holmes Won
London Critics Circle Film Awards Young British/Irish Performer of the Year Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Best Youth Performance Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society Best Youth Performance Nominated
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Youth Performance Nominated
2022 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama Stranger Things Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Actress in a Streaming Series Nominated
2023 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Female TV Star (Family) Nominated
Best Movie Actress Enola Holmes Won
MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Fight Stranger Things Nominated
2024 AACTA Awards Audience Choice Favourite Actress Nominated

External Links[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Millie was one of 307 girls who auditioned for the role of Eleven.[6]
  • 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.[7]
  • Though she does like Eggos similar to her character Eleven, she has stated the number of times that eating 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.[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • 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.
  • She is deaf in her right ear, and her left ear hears only one sound. Millie once said that acting was difficult due to her struggle to hear the director, who often sits far from the set, so she has her assistant turn around to help her hear.
  • Her favorite soccer/football team is Liverpool.
  • "Runaway" is Millie's favorite Bon Jovi song, and it played in Stranger Things previously in "The Lost Sister". She likes it not only because it is a good song, but feels it was "foreshadowing" her future engagement with Jon Bon Jovi's son, Jake.[10]
  • In an interview regarding filming the final season and leaving Eleven, Brown said:
"Well, I'm really emotional, and I do attach myself to characters. I got the Eleven tattoo, so I always feel like there's gonna be a sense of her with me, and I'll always go back to her for reference. Of course, I wanna grow as an actor and as a person, but of course, that's always gonna be my home and my root to who I was and who I am."[11]
  • That same interview, Millie said playing Eleven had been "super influential" on her, saying the character "really shaped me into a woman and she really shaped me into the kind of actor I want to be."[11]

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