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Sienna Miller
Miller at the London premiere of Factory Girl
Born	Sienna Rose Miller December 28, 1981 (1981-12-28) (age 26) New York City
Occupation	Actress, fashion designer, model
Years active	2001 – present

Sienna Rose Miller (born December 28, 1981) is an English actress, model, and fashion designer, best known for her roles in Alfie, Factory Girl, and The Edge of Love and for her public relationship with actor Jude Law. Her next film appearance will be G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Modelling 2.2 Acting 2.3 Fashion design 3 Personal life 3.1 Relationships 3.2 Charity work 3.3 Criticism 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Award nominations 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Miller was born in New York City on December 28, 1981 and moved with her family to London, England when she was a year old. She attended Heathfield St Mary's School, a boarding school in Ascot, Berkshire and later studied for a year at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City with luminaries such as Will Lee, Marc Griffin and Konima Summer, with whom she has remained close friends.

Her father Edward Miller is an American banker turned Chinese art dealer. Her South African mother, Josephine "Jo" Miller, ran Lee Strasberg's acting academy in London¹ and was once David Bowie's secretary.

Her parents divorced bitterly when she was six years old, and her father later married the English interior designer Kelly Hoppen; they divorced after 15 years.²

Miller has a sister, Savannah, a fashion designer; two half-brothers, Charles and Stephen, and a former stepsister, Natasha Corrett (the daughter of Hoppen).

Career

Modelling

Prior to her professional acting career, Miller worked as a photographic model. She signed with Tandy Anderson, and modelled for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue, Prada and the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.³ Miller has also been closely associated with the style of fashion that became known as boho chic.⁴

Miller signed a two-year contract with Pepe Jeans London; the jeans ad campaign first appeared in magazines March 2006.⁵

Acting

In her early career, Miller performed in several amateur New York City plays including The Striker, Independence, and Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's Cigarettes & Chocolate.

In 2001, she made her film début with South Kensington, with Rupert Everett and Elle Macpherson. Her next projects were High Speed and The Ride (aka Joy-Rider) in 2002. In 2003, Miller had a recurring role in Simon West's television action drama series Keen Eddie. Miller had supporting roles in the remake of the 1966 film Alfie starring Jude Law in 2004. In the same year, she made Layer Cake with Daniel Craig. In 2005, she made her professional stage début as Celia in a West End production of Shakespeare's As You Like It alongside Helen McCrory and Dominic West. She understudied the lead role of Rosalind, which she played for one performance, when McCrory fell ill.

Later that year, Miller played the female lead opposite Heath Ledger in the period drama, Casanova, followed by what is known as her breakthrough role portraying 1960s socialite and Andy Warhol's muse Edie Sedgwick in the film Factory Girl, which opened December 29, 2006. Although the film has been deemed controversial, her performance has received acclaim.⁶

In 2007, Miller played a small role opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro in Matthew Vaughn's fantasy epic Stardust, based on the book by Neil Gaiman of the same name. That same year, she played an American starlet to Steve Buscemi's reporter in the film Interview, a remake of the dutch movie with the same name. Later in 2007, she portrayed an undead bride opposite James Franco in the horror comedy Camille which did not receive a wide release.

In 2008, Miller appeared in the film version of writer Michael Chabon's novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, also starring Peter Sarsgaard and filmed The Edge of Love, with friend Keira Knightley, a biopic of Dylan Thomas in which she plays his wife Caitlin. Hippie Hippie Shake a new Working Title production directed by Beeban Kidron also stars Cillian Murphy and is set in 1960s America. Importance, a contemporary re-working of Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance and a live-action film adaptation of the comic book and cartoon G.I. Joe are both films Miller has signed on to film in 2008.

Fashion design

Miller designed limited edition T-shirts or vests for the 'Little Tee Campaign' for Breast Cancer Care which donates money for breast cancer research.⁷

In 2006, it was announced that Miller would design a fashion capsule for Pepe Jeans; the project was later expanded to become a complete fashion label. Called Twenty8Twelve, it gets its name from Miller's date of birth and is financially backed by Pepe Jeans.⁸ The collection, which Miller designed with her sister Savannah, a professional fashion designer, launched in September 2007.⁹

Personal life

Relationships

Miller's relationship with her Alfie co-star Jude Law, was constantly featured in the entertainment press. On Christmas Day of 2004, they became engaged.¹⁰ On July 8, 2005, Law issued a public apology to Miller for having an affair with the nanny of his children.¹¹ Despite attempting to salvage their relationship, Miller and Law separated, reuniting, before separating finally the following November.¹²

Miller dated Welsh actor Rhys Ifans from August 2007 - June 2008. Miller said of the split, "I really thought I was very ready to settle down, but then I realized I wanted to be selfish for just a little bit longer."¹³

Shortly after splitting with Ifans, Miller began a highly publicized and criticized relationship with still-married actor Balthazar Getty,¹⁴ which resulted in media and public backlash and even the actual defacing of her London home. They are no longer together.

Charity work

She has also supported Breast Cancer Haven's Lend a Hand, Raise a Grand Appeal which asks people to raise £1,000 in one year for Breast Cancer Haven, which runs centers offering a free program for support, information and complementary therapies to anyone affected by the disease. She encouraged others to take part, saying, "The Lend a Hand, Raise a Grand appeal is your chance to support a fantastic charity. It is a chance for you to make a difference -- a little bit of effort goes a long way with this unique initiative. We are all affected by breast cancer so please, please support it". Miller is also an ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation.

Criticism

While on location in Pennsylvania, working on The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Miller made derogatory comments about the city, referring to Pittsburgh as "Shitsburgh," in an interview for Rolling Stone magazine, on news stands October 6, 2006.¹⁵ She later apologized, noting that her father grew up in Western Pennsylvania only 85 miles from the city.¹⁶

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2001	South Kensington	Sharon	as Sienna Rose
2002	The Ride	Sara
	High Speed	Savannah
2004	Layer Cake	Tammy
	Alfie	Nikki
2005	Casanova	Francesca Bruni
2006	Factory Girl	Edie Sedgwick
2007	Interview	Katya
	Camille	Camille Foster
	Stardust	Victoria
2008	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Jane Bellwether
	The Edge of Love	Caitlin MacNamara
	Hippie Hippie Shake	Louise Ferrier	post-production
2009	G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra	The Baroness	post-production
	A Woman of No Importance	Hester Worsley	pre-production
	Nottingham (rumoured)	Maid Marion	pre-production (postponed indefinitely)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2002	The American Embassy	Babe	Season 1, 1 episode
	Bedtime	Stacy	Series 2, 4 episodes
2003	Keen Eddie	Fiona Bickerton

Award nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Film or series
2003	Nominated	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Breakout Star - Female	Keen Eddie
2005	Nominated	Empire Awards	Best Newcomer	Alfie and Layer Cake
2007	Won	Environmental Media Awards	EMA Futures Award	-
2008	Nominated	BAFTA	Rising Star Award	-
	Nominated	Independent Spirit Award	Best Female Lead	Interview
	Nominated	London Critics Circle Film Awards	British Actress of the Year	Interview

References

External links

• Sienna Miller at the Internet Movie Database
• Sienna Miller at People.com
• Sienna Miller Videos at Made of Stars
• Sienna Miller Community Page at Celebuzz
• Twenty8Twelve.com Miller's fashion line website
• Sienna-Miller.org

Persondata
NAME	Miller, Sienna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Miller, Sienna Rose
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English actress
DATE OF BIRTH	December 28, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH