Sienna Miller
Sienna Rose Diana Miller (born 28 December 1981[1]) is an American-born British[2][3][4][5] actress. Born in New York City and raised in London, she began her career as a photography model, appearing in the pages of Italian Vogue and for the 2003 Pirelli calendar. Her acting breakthrough came in the 2004 films Layer Cake and Alfie. She subsequently portrayed socialite Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl (2006) and author Caitlin Macnamara in The Edge of Love (2008), and was nominated for the 2008 BAFTA Rising Star Award. Her role as The Baroness in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) was followed by a brief sabbatical from the screen amid increased tabloid scrutiny.
Sienna Miller
28 December 1981
- United Kingdom
- United States
Actress
2000–present
2
Savannah Miller (sister)
Miller returned to prominence with her role as actress Tippi Hedren in the 2012 television film The Girl, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She has since starred in several notable films, including Foxcatcher (2014), American Sniper (2014), The Lost City of Z (2016), Live by Night (2016), and American Woman (2018), as well as the miniseries The Loudest Voice (2019) and Anatomy of a Scandal (2022).
Early life[edit]
Miller was born in New York City,[1] specifically in The Nutcracker Suite theatre,[6] and moved to London with her family when she was 18 months old. She later boarded at the Heathfield School in Ascot, Berkshire.[7] Her father, Edwin Miller, is an American dealer in Chinese art, previously a banker. Her mother, Josephine, is a British former model who was born in South Africa to British parents and was a personal assistant to David Bowie and onetime manager of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.[8]
Acting career[edit]
Early acting credits, 2001–2003[edit]
Miller's screen debut came in the romantic comedy South Kensington (2001), opposite Rupert Everett and Elle Macpherson. In 2002, she had supporting roles in High Speed and its follow-up The Ride, and guest-starred in The American Embassy and Bedtime. She had a regular role as the combative yet caring flatmate of an NYPD detective in the television drama series Keen Eddie (2003). It was Miller's first exposure to American audiences. FOX cancelled it after only seven episodes.[9]
Other endeavours[edit]
Modelling[edit]
Before her professional acting career, Miller worked as a photography model. She signed with Tandy Anderson of Select Model Management London, and modelled for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue, and posed topless in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.[54] She went on to appear on the covers of Vogue's American, British, Australian and Portuguese editions, as well as other international fashion magazines such as Nylon,[55] Marie Claire, and Porter Edit.[56]
Miller signed a two-year contract with Madrid-based denim label Pepe Jeans London. The first ad campaign appeared on magazines in March 2006 and was shot by photographer Mikael Jansson and stylist Karl Templer.[57] In February 2009, Hugo Boss Fragrances announced that she would be the new ambassador for their BOSS Orange women's perfume.[58] In March 2016, she announced as the new face of Swedish fashion chain Lindex, starring in the 1970s-inspired Sienna Hearts Lindex spring campaign.[59] Miller appeared as a guest at a Rome retro-styled dinner party in Gucci's Cruise 2020 campaign, which was directed and photographed by American film director Harmony Korine.[60]
Fashion design[edit]
In 2007, Miller, along with her sister Savannah, a fashion designer, launched a complete fashion label. Called Twenty8Twelve, it gets its name from Miller's birthdate and is financially backed by Pepe Jeans.[61] The sisters remained at the helm of the label until 2012, when they announced they were stepping down as co-creative directors.[62]
Charity[edit]
Miller is the Global Ambassador for the International Medical Corps. She travelled with them to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in April 2009 and blogged about the experience.[63] She also visited Haiti with the group after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[64] Miller also worked alongside Global Cool during their 2007 eco-friendly campaign.[65]
Miller is an ambassador for the UK branch of the Starlight Children's Foundation, which works with seriously ill children and their parents.[66] On 1 July 2007, she appeared as a speaker at the Concert for Diana held at Wembley Stadium, London to celebrate the life of Princess Diana almost 10 years after her death.[67] Proceeds from the concert went to Diana's charities as well as to charities of which her sons Princes William and Harry are patrons.[68][69]
Personal life[edit]
Relationships[edit]
On Christmas Day 2004, Miller became engaged to her Alfie co-star Jude Law.[80] On 18 July 2005, Law issued a public apology to Miller for having an affair with his children's nanny.[81] After attempting to salvage their relationship, Miller and Law separated in November 2006. Later she would reveal the pain and trauma of having an abortion both in documentary and published word, “I would love to not have to tell the fucking world that I had an abortion that I didn’t want".[82][83] In 2008, Miller had a highly publicised affair with married actor Balthazar Getty.[84] She later sued two British tabloids for publishing photos of her and Getty together.[85]
In December 2009, it was reported that Law and Miller had rekindled their relationship after starring in separate shows on Broadway in late 2009.[86] They spent Christmas 2009 in Barbados with three of Law's children.[87] They announced they had split again in February 2011.[88]
From 2011 to 2015, Miller dated and became engaged to actor Tom Sturridge, with whom she has a daughter, who was born on 7 July 2012.[89][90]
Miller started dating actor Oli Green in late 2021. In August 2023, it was announced that Miller is expecting her second child and her first with Green.[91] Their daughter was born in December 2023.[92]