Millie Bobby Brown: 23 Facts You (Probably) Didn't Know About The Star Of "Stranger Things"
You definitely know Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from Stranger Things but how many other facts do you know about the teenage superstar? From her net worth and her height to her boyfriend and her best friend, here's everything you need to know.
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1. How old is Millie Bobby Brown?
Millie is 13 years old. She was born in 2004 and her birthday is on February 19th. She has one older brother, one older sister and one younger sister. She's also the second youngest cast member on "Stranger Things" and she's only six months older than Noah Schnapp who plays Will Byers.
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2. Is Millie Bobby brown dating Jacob Sartorius?
Not that it’s any of our business but it looks like Millie and Jacob are indeed an item. The pair had been leaving comments on each other’s Instagram accounts for a while and Millie seemed to confirm the dating rumours after posting a selfie of the two of them together on New Year’s Eve with some heart emojis. She has also been recently spotted in the front row of his gigs.
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3. Is Millie Bobby Brown on Instagram?
Yes, she is! Her Instagram handle is @milliebobbybrown.
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4. Is Millie Bobby Brown on Twitter?
Yep, she's on Twitter too! And you can find her at @milliebbrown
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5. What is Millie Bobby Brown's Snapchat Name?
Millie's snapchat username is milliebbrown but she rarely uses it anymore. You’re more likely to find her posting Instagram stories.
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6. Is Millie Bobby Brown American?
Despite Eleven having an American accent, Millie Bobby Brown is actually English! Convincing accent though, right? In fact, she taught herself the perfect American accent by watching the Disney channel!
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7. Millie might be English but she was actually born in Spain.
Yep, Millie was born in Marbella, Spain where she lived for the first four years of her life. Her parents, Robert and Kelly Brown moved the family back to England and then moved to Orlando, Florida four years later. Despite living in Spain for four years, she doesn't speak much spanish.
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8. Who are Millie Bobby Brown’s parents?
Millie’s mum and dad are Robert and Kelly Brown. Robert and Kelly reported sold everything to move to Hollywood to help Millie become an actress. According to Millie, the family went through some tough times before she finally landed her role on Stranger Things. In fact, Millie almost gave up acting altogether!
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9. How did Millie Bobby Brown and Drake become friends?
Millie went to Drake's concert in Australia and was invited backstage by Drake after the show. After posing for pictures together, it seems like Millie and Drake are good friends and they seem to be huge fans of each other! “This moment was amazing. I was in his dressing room with his whole family. He invited me to the show,” she said. “He was having a fanboy moment, I was having a fangirl moment, and I’ll never forget it.”
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10. Stranger Things was NOT Millie's first on-screen role.
While she may have been fairly new on the scene for most of us, Millie had done a fair bit of acting before her huge role as Eleven in Stranger Things. She had a main role on the BBC drama "Intruders", played Young Alice in "Once Upon A Time In Wonderland" and had guest appearances on "NCIS", "Grey's Anatomy" and "Modern Family".
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11. What episode of "Grey's Anatomy" is Millie Bobby Brown in?
Millie made a guest appearance on Grey's Anatomy in Season 11, episode 15 called "I Feel The Earth Move" in 2015. She played the role of Ruby, a young girl whose mother falls ill after an earthquake. She spends the majority of the episode on the phone to Owen until she and her mother are safely brought to the hospital.
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12. What episode of "Modern Family" was Millie Bobby Brown in?
Millie had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance as Lizzie, a young girl whose bike gets stolen by Manny Delgado in "Closet? You'll Love It", the 17th episode of Season 6.
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13. How many awards has Millie Bobby Brown won so far?
So far, Millie has won five awards including one SAG Award for 'Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series' which she shares with her Stranger Things cast mates and her own MTV Movie & TV Award for 'Best Actor in a Show'. She has been nominated a total of 15 times including one Emmy nomination. YES GIRL!
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14. Before she shaved her entire head, Millie had amazing long curly locks!
As we all know, Millie had to shave her hair before she took the role of Eleven in "Stranger Things" and she's currently in the process of growing it back. Here she is in 2014 with long hair!
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15. What is Millie Bobby Brown's Net Worth?
Millie reportedly earns $30,000 per episode of "Stranger Things". She also has an endorsement deal with Converse, various modelling contracts and a string of new projects, including a huge new franchise, in the pipeline. She is also starting to produce films as well as act in them. According to various reports, Millie has a net worth of around $3 million. Not bad for a teenager, right?
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16. How tall is Millie Bobby Brown?
Millie is about 1.6m tall... that's around 5ft 3in.
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17. Millie once performed a rap about "Stranger Things" on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.
In case you don't know, Millie can rap. During an interview with Jimmy Fallon in 2016, Millie rapped the entirety of Nicki Minaj's verse on Kanye West's 'Monster'. A year later, she returned to The Tonight Show to perform a recap rap about "Stranger Things".
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18. Millie's first kiss was with her co-star Finn Wolfhard on "Stranger Things"
In season one, Eleven and Mike's friendship turns romantic after they kiss each other. For Millie, it was her first kiss... ever! "It was, like, my first kiss, so it was kind of weird. But then, like, when I'd done it, I thought, 'Wow. It makes sense for the storyline," Millie later said about the smooch.
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19. Will Millie Bobby Brown ever play a young Princess Leia?
The internet has been VERY vocal about the possibility of Millie starring in a Star Wars prequel about young Princess Leia thanks to her uncanny resemblance of a young Carrie Fisher. Millie herself has also spoken out about playing Leia. At an Emerald City Comic Con Q&A, Millie was asked what her dream role would be: “Princess Leia. I love Carrie Fisher and it would be amazing to carry on her legacy.”
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20. Are Millie Bobby Brown and Natalie Portman related?
While they're NOT related, we're pretty sure Millie Bobby Brown is Natalie Portman's younger twin. The internet discovered that the pair look spookily alike in almost every single picture which is also crazy because Natalie played Princess Leia's mother, Queen Amidala, in Star Wars. It's meant to be!
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21. What music videos has Millie Bobby Brown been in?
So far, Millie has been in two music videos; Sigma ft. Birdy's 'Find You' and The xx's 'I Dare You'.
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22. Millie Bobby Brown's next big role will be in a HUGE new movie franchise.
Millie Bobby Brown's next big role will be as Sherlock Holmes' sister in 'The Enola Holmes Mysteries'. She will not only star in the franchise, she is also set to produce the film with PCMA Productions. (Does that mean she's Hollywood's youngest producer? Ever?) Millie is also set to star in "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" in 2019.
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23. Millie Bobby Brown's best friend is Maddie Ziegler.
Millie's always been a fan of Maddie, but they became friends after Millie got to meet Maddie backstage. And when Maddie first met Millie, she hadn't even seen Stranger Things! America's Got Talent star Grace Vanderwaal is also part of Millie and Maddie's BFF squad.
