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6 | ->''"The thing is, I get asked when I first knew I wanted to act so often, and I genuinely can't answer it. It's just... I got the bug, and that's it."'' |
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8 | Millie Bobby Brown (born February 19, 2004 in Marbella, Spain) is a British actress, model and producer. |
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10 | At a very young age, Brown met a well-respected Hollywood talent scout who informed her parents that she had "instincts that couldn't be taught". After a series of small parts on television shows beginning in 2013 -- many of them guest appearances but also including a memorably [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECrpbIu4m_Q foul-mouthed]][[note]]owed to her character being [[spoiler:possessed by a serial killer]][[/note]] starring role in ''Series/{{Intruders}}'' when she was only 10 -- she gained [[StarMakingRole worldwide fame]] for her role as Eleven in the Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/StrangerThings''. |
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12 | She has since appeared in roles of bigger prominence, including Madison Russell in ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' and ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' as well as the eponymous lead in both [[Film/EnolaHolmes film]] [[Film/EnolaHolmes2 adaptations]] of Literature/EnolaHolmes (which she also co-produced). |
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14 | In 2018, Brown was featured in the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people, and was also appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, at the time becoming the youngest-ever person selected for this position at 14 years old. |
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16 | Brown currently resides in the United States. In 2023, she announced her engagement to actor Jake Bongiovi, son of [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]], whom she had been in a relationship with for two-and-a-half years. That year she also published her first novel, titled ''Nineteen Steps''. |
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18 | No relation to Music/BobbyBrown. |
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20 | !!Filmography: |
21 | * ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' (2013): Young Alice |
22 | * ''Series/{{Intruders}}'' (2014): Madison[[spoiler:/Marcus]] |
23 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2014): Rachel Barnes |
24 | * ''Series/ModernFamily'' (2015): Lizzie |
25 | * ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' (2015): Ruby |
26 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'' (2016-): [[Characters/StrangerThingsEleven Eleven]] |
27 | * Film/MonsterVerse: Madison Russell |
28 | ** ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) |
29 | ** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' (2021) |
30 | * ''Film/EnolaHolmes'' (2020): Literature/EnolaHolmes |
31 | ** ''Film/EnolaHolmes2'' (2022) |
32 | * ''Film/{{Damsel}}'' (2024): Elodie |
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34 | !!This actress' roles include the following tropes: |
35 | |
36 | * CreepyChild: |
37 | ** Eleven, the sweet-natured yet deadly dangerous telekinetic lab experiment in ''Series/StrangerThings''. |
38 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlGuNGGfsts Madison]], the frightened girl [[DemonicPossession possessed by a serial killer]] in ''Series/{{Intruders}}''. |
39 | ** Rachel, a child sociopath who ''[[spoiler: shot her own mother in the back]]'' in an episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}''. |
40 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: {{Averted}}; her American accent for Eleven in ''Series/StrangerThings'' is spot on and aside from when she laughs has never made a mistake keeping it. It's helpful that she spends half her time in America; in fact, she's apparently so used to using an American accent that she had to relearn her British accent for her role in ''Film/EnolaHolmes''. |
41 | ** In 2024, her use of an American accent when appearing on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' led to social media comment, resulting in her saying that her accent varies depending on who is with. |
42 | * PrefersGoingBarefoot: She's done a fair few interviews and photoshoots barefoot. In one interview, when looking at a photo of her at a party with the caption "typical me: shoes come off in 5 minutes", she responded by showing she was barefoot at that moment and said "I take my shoes off. I don't like having shoes on. Shoes are not my thing." |
43 | ** She also spends much of ''Damsel'' barefoot. |
44 | * StarMakingRole: As Eleven in ''Series/StrangerThings''. Previously, Millie mostly had small roles on television on series such as ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' and ''Series/GreysAnatomy''. ''Stranger Things'' catapulted her into the national spotlight overnight, and the beginning of a film career with the major role of Madison Russell in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. |
45 | * ScreamingWoman: Screams a ''lot'' in ''Series/StrangerThings''. Subverted in that they tend to be aggressive screams, not frightened ones, generally when using Eleven's PsychicPowers to [[ScreamingWarrior hand a monster its ass]]. |
46 | ** Played pretty much straight in ''Damsel''. |
47 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
48 | ** Millie auditioned for [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Laura]] in ''Film/{{Logan}}'', ultimately losing out on the role to Creator/DafneKeen. In a double case of the trope, had she been cast as Laura, she very likely would have been unavailable to take on her StarMakingRole as Eleven on ''Series/StrangerThings''. |
49 | ** She revealed that she auditioned for the role of Lyanna Mormont in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (which went to Creator/BellaRamsey) and that she was so disheartened when she didn't get it she considered quitting acting. Luckily, she persisted and went on to be cast as Eleven in ''Stranger Things''. |
50 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: There are times when she looks as though she's in her mid-to-late-20s, when in reality, she only turned 20 in 2024. |
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