Millie Bonnie Brown Bongiovi is a British actress, producer, model, writer, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Place of Birth, Education
She was born on February 19, 2004 in the Spanish city of Marbella, in the family of British realtors Kelly and Robert Brown. He has three siblings: Paige, Charlie, and Ava.
From 2008 to 2009, the family lived in Bournemouth, Britain, where they moved after their father’s decision to open a teeth whitening business. After the closure of the project, the Browns packed up the next day and moved to Orlando, Florida, United States of America (USA).
As of August 2022, Brown studied online at Purdue University.
Career
2013 – 2017
In 2013, she made her screen debut in the ABC project Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, playing little Alice. Later she appeared in the TV series “Marine Police: Special Branch” and “Anatomy of Passion”.
In 2014, she starred in the BBC America series Locked Up, where she played the role of Madison O’Donnell.
She received the greatest recognition after working on the Netflix series “Stranger Things”, where she embodied the character Eleven. For this role, she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Best Actress in a Drama Series.
In November 2016, she starred in the Sigma video clip for the song “Find Me”, where she appeared together with the singer Birdy.
From the end of 2016 to the beginning of 2017, she worked in advertising: first she starred for Citigroup, in January 2017 she posed for Calvin Klein, and in February she signed a contract with the IMG Models agency.
In the summer of 2018, Brown joined the advertising campaign of the Italian brand Moncler and appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine.
2018 – 2024
Brown voiced the VR short Spheres: Songs of Spacetime, created by director Darren Aronofsky.
In 2018, she was included in Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she became the youngest person ever to make it to this ranking.
In particular, EA Games said that the actress collaborated with The Sims 4 team on the creation of the “Positivity Challenge” add-on, and The Hollywood Reporter included her in the list of the 30 most successful young actors in Hollywood.
In 2019, Brown starred in a feature film for the first time – in the film “Godzilla II: King of the Monsters”, which continued the 2014 film “Godzilla”.
She later starred in the film “Godzilla vs. Kong”, which was released in 2021. In the same year, she became an ambassador for the UEFA football campaign Together #WePlayStrong.
In 2019, she introduced her own cosmetic brand Florence by Mills.
A year later, she played the main role and contributed to the production of the film adaptation of The Mysteries of Enola Holmes.
In 2022, the sequel to the last tape – “Enola Holmes 2” – was released. At the same time, Brown received $ 10 million in royalties. In particular, she became a Louis Vuitton brand ambassador.
She also played the main role and became an executive producer of the science fiction film “The Maiden”, which was directed by Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and written by Dan Mazo. In the same way, she played the main role in the Russo brothers’ film “Electric State”, an adaptation of the graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag.
On September 12, 2023, Brown planned to publish the novel “Nineteen Steps”, based on the history of her family.
Awards
In 2017, Brown received a number of awards for filming in “Stranger Things”:
- at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild of America Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series;
- The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards honored her as the best TV actress;
- at the Saturn Awards she won the award for Best Actress in a Young Actor or Actress in a Television Series;
- The MTV Movie & TV Awards recognized her as the best actress that year;
- The Gold Derby TV Awards awarded the title of Breakthrough Performer of the Year.
Marital Status
From December 2017 to April 2018, Brown was in a relationship with Jacob Sartorius.
Since 2021, she has been dating Jake Bongiovi, the son of musician John Bongiovi. On April 11, 2023, they announced their engagement on Instagram, and a year later they got married.
