Millie Bobby Brown (born 19 February 2004) is a British actress. She gained recognition for playing Eleven in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–present), for which she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Brown has starred in the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and its sequel Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). She also starred in and produced the Netflix films Enola Holmes (2020), its 2022 sequel, and Damsel (2024).In 2018, Brown was featured in the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people, and was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, the then youngest person selected for this position.

Early life

Brown was born in Marbella, Málaga, Spain, on 19 February 2004, the third of four children born to British parents Kelly and Robert Brown. Brown was given the name "Bobby" from her father. Her father is an estate agent. She was born with partial hearing loss in her left ear and gradually lost all hearing in that ear over several years. She moved with her family back to England when she was four, settling in Bournemouth. When she was eight, the family moved to Orlando, Florida.

Career

In 2013, Brown made her acting debut as a guest star in the ABC fantasy drama series ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'', a spin-off of ''Once Upon a Time'', portraying the role of Young Alice. In 2014, she had a starring role in the BBC America paranormal drama-thriller series ''Intruders'' as Madison O'Donnell. She made guest appearances in the CBS police procedural drama ''NCIS'', the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'', and the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy''.In 2016, Brown was cast to play Eleven in the Netflix science fiction horror series ''Stranger Things''. She received critical praise for her performance and she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She then won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with her co-stars and won the 43rd Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. For her role as Eleven in the second season of ''Stranger Things'', she received her second nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award in 2018. In January 2017, she made her modelling debut in Calvin Klein's "By Appointment" campaign. The following month, she was signed to the agency IMG Models. Brown appeared in the campaign of the Italian brand Moncler in the summer of 2018. Brown has also made appearances on the cover of ''Vogue''.She was chosen to voice in the Darren Aronofsky-produced virtual reality experience ''Spheres: Songs of Spacetime''. In 2018, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by ''Time'', becoming the youngest person to be included in the list. In addition she was named by ''Time'' magazine as one of the most influential teens of 2017 and of 2018. That year, she become the youngest person ever to be appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. EA Games announced that Brown collaborated with ''The Sims 4'' programmers to feature in the Sims 4 Positivity Challenge. In 2018, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' ranked Brown as among Hollywood's top thirty stars under age eighteen.Brown made her feature film debut in 2019, in ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'', the sequel to the 2014 film ''Godzilla''. She reprised her role in the next sequel, ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' (2021). She became the ambassador of UEFA's Together #WePlayStrong campaign. In 2019, Brown launched Florence by Mills, her own beauty product line. It is available at UK pharmacy Boots, Walmart in the United States, and Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada. In 2020, Brown starred in and produced the film adaptation of ''The Enola Holmes Mysteries''.In 2022, Brown reprised her role as Enola Holmes in the sequel, ''Enola Holmes 2'' and according to ''Variety'' earned $10 million for the role, emerging as one of the year's highest paid actresses in Hollywood. Also that year, she was made an ambassador of the fashion brand Louis Vuitton. Brown released her debut novel, ''Nineteen Steps'', based on her own family history, in September 2023. The novel is described as an "epic story of love, loss and secrets."In 2024, Brown starred in and executive produced the fantasy film ''Damsel'' for Netflix, directed by Spanish filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo based on a screenplay by Dan Mazeau.She will next star in the Russo brothers's ''The Electric State'', an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel of the same name.

Acting career

In 2013, Brown made her acting debut as a guest star in the ABC fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, a spin-off of Once Upon a Time, portraying the role of Young Alice. In 2014, she had a starring role in the BBC America paranormal drama-thriller series Intruders as Madison O'Donnell. She made guest appearances in the CBS police procedural drama NCIS, the ABC sitcom Modern Family, and the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy.


In 2016, Brown was cast to play Eleven ('El') in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things. She received critical praise and she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with her co-stars and won the 43rd Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. For her role as Eleven in the second season of Stranger Things, she received her second Emmy nomination in 2018.In November 2016, Brown starred in the music video for Sigma and Birdy's single "Find Me". Since November 2016, she has appeared in commercial advertisements for Citigroup.In January 2017, she made her modelling debut in Calvin Klein's "By Appointment" campaign. The following month, she was signed to the agency IMG Models. She appeared in the campaign of the Italian brand Moncler in the summer of 2018.In January 2018, Brown was cast to star in and produce the film adaptation of The Enola Holmes Mysteries. She was also chosen to voice in Darren Aronofsky's virtual reality experience Spheres: Songs of Spacetime. On 20 April 2018, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, becoming the youngest person to be included in the list. On 20 November 2018, it was announced that she had become the youngest person ever to be appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.In November 2018, EA Games announced that Brown collaborated with The Sims 4 programmers to feature in the Sims 4 Positivity Challenge. She was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential teens of 2017 and of 2018. In 2018, The Hollywood Reporter ranked Brown as among Hollywood's top thirty stars under age eighteen.Brown made her feature film debut in 2019, in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the sequel to the 2014 film Godzilla. She reprised her role in the next sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).In March 2019, she became the ambassador of UEFA's Together #WePlayStrong campaign. That same month, it was announced Brown will be starring in the film adaptation of The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin as Suzy.On July 28, 2020, it was announced that she would star in and produce through her PCMA Productions a suspense film titled The Girls I’ve Been. Brown will also star and executive produce fantasy film Damsel for Netflix, under the direction of Spanish filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo based on a screenplay by Dan Mazeau. In December 2020, it was announced that the Russo brothers will direct an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel The Electric State for Universal Pictures with Brown set to star as the lead. That December, it was reported that Netflix offered her a first look deal that included multiple projects.

2013–2017: Early roles and Stranger Things

In 2013, Brown made her acting debut as a guest star in the ABC fantasy drama series ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'', a spin-off of ''Once Upon a Time'', portraying the role of Young Alice. In 2014, she had a starring role in the BBC America paranormal drama-thriller series ''Intruders'' as Madison O'Donnell. She made guest appearances in the CBS police procedural drama ''NCIS'', the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'', and the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy''.In 2016, Brown was cast to play Eleven in the Netflix science fiction horror series ''Stranger Things''. She received critical praise for her performance and she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She then won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with her co-stars and won the 43rd Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. For her role as Eleven in the second season of ''Stranger Things'', she received her second nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award in 2018. In January 2017, she made her modelling debut in Calvin Klein's "By Appointment" campaign. The following month, she was signed to the agency IMG Models. Brown appeared in the campaign of the Italian brand Moncler in the summer of 2018. Brown has also made appearances on the cover of ''Vogue''.

2018–present

She was chosen to voice in the Darren Aronofsky-produced virtual reality experience ''Spheres: Songs of Spacetime''. In 2018, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by ''Time'', becoming the youngest person to be included in the list. In addition she was named by ''Time'' magazine as one of the most influential teens of 2017 and of 2018. That year, she become the youngest person ever to be appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. EA Games announced that Brown collaborated with ''The Sims 4'' programmers to feature in the Sims 4 Positivity Challenge. In 2018, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' ranked Brown as among Hollywood's top thirty stars under age eighteen.Brown made her feature film debut in 2019, in ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'', the sequel to the 2014 film ''Godzilla''. She reprised her role in the next sequel, ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' (2021). She became the ambassador of UEFA's Together #WePlayStrong campaign. In 2019, Brown launched Florence by Mills, her own beauty product line. It is available at UK pharmacy Boots, Walmart in the United States, and Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada. In 2020, Brown starred in and produced the film adaptation of ''The Enola Holmes Mysteries''.In 2022, Brown reprised her role as Enola Holmes in the sequel, ''Enola Holmes 2'' and according to ''Variety'' earned $10 million for the role, emerging as one of the year's highest paid actresses in Hollywood. Also that year, she was made an ambassador of the fashion brand Louis Vuitton. Brown released her debut novel, ''Nineteen Steps'', based on her own family history, in September 2023. The novel is described as an "epic story of love, loss and secrets."In 2024, Brown starred in and executive produced the fantasy film ''Damsel'' for Netflix, directed by Spanish filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo based on a screenplay by Dan Mazeau.She will next star in the Russo brothers's ''The Electric State'', an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel of the same name.

Personal life

Brown came into the public eye at age 12 after being cast in ''Stranger Things''. At age 14, homophobic quotes, falsely attributed to Brown, circulated on social media in meme form, which Brown stated was one of the reasons she eventually quit Twitter. In addition to online bullying, she has also faced social media users and articles sexualizing her. In response, Brown captioned a 2020 Instagram post on her 16th birthday with the comment "There are moments I get frustrated from the inaccuracy, inappropriate comments, sexualization, and unnecessary insults that ultimately have resulted in pain and insecurity for me." After Brown turned 18 in February 2022, her social media profiles began to be flooded by sexually explicit material from users.Since 2021, Brown has been in a relationship with actor Jake Bongiovi. In April 2023, Brown announced their engagement.As of August 2022, she is an online student at Purdue University in Indiana, studying health and human services.Brown has a total of ten pets: four dogs, two cats, two tortoises named Becky and David, a rabbit named Eeyore and a donkey named Bernard. Her dogs include a poodle named Winnie, a Golden retriever named Marley, a mongrel named Pepperoni and a Cavapoo named Luna. She had an English Mastiff named Dolly who died in 2020. She frequently posts photos of fostered cats and dogs on social media to help them get adopted. In May 2023, Brown announced a long term pet apparel and accessories agreement with Kanine Group subsidiary, Kanine Pets World Limited, in a deal negotiated by Brown's global licensing partner IMG.