Sienna Miller - Actresses
Summary
"Sienna Rose Miller" (born December 28, 1981) is an American-born English (- The Times February 18th, 2006) actress, model and fashion designer.
Early life
Miller was born in New York City on December 28, 1981 and moved to England with her family as a child, where she attended the Heathfield school in Ascot, Berkshire and later studied for a year at the Lee Strasberg Institute with luminaries such as Will Lee and Koni Summer in New York City.
Her father, Edwin Miller, is an American banker turned Chinese-art dealer. Her mother, Josephine 'Jo' Miller, who is South African, ran Lee Strasberg's acting academy in Londonhttp://www.filmreference.com/film/13/Sienna-Miller.html and was once David Bowie's secretary. Her parents parted when she was six years old, and her father subsequently married the English interior designer Kelly Hoppen; they divorced after 15 years,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2007/10/05/nosplit/fthoppen105.xml and Ed Miller recently remarried for the fourth time.
Miller has a sister, Savannah, who is a fashion designer; two half-brothers, Charles and Stephen, and a former stepsister, Natasha Corrett (the daughter of Hoppen).
Career
Modeling
Prior to her professional acting career, Miller worked as a photographic model. She signed with Tandy Anderson, and modeled for Coca-Cola, Italian "Vogue", Prada and the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.
Miller signed a two-year contract with Pepe Jeans London; the jeans ad campaign first appeared in magazines March 2006.http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=31747 PEPE BAGS SIENNA, accessdate 2007-08-22
Miller posed for "Vanity Fair" magazine's 2006 'Hollywood Issue' topless and smoking a cigarette.
She appeared on the December 2004 and the February 2006 cover of "British Vogue", and will appear on the September 2007 cover of "U.S. Vogue"
Acting
In her early career, Miller performed in several New York City plays including "The Striker", "Independence", and Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's "Cigarettes & Chocolate".http://www.celebrity-link.com/c111/showcelebrity_categoryid-11186.html Sienna Miller, accessdate 2007-08-22
Miller had a recurring role in Simon West's television action drama series "Keen Eddie" (2003-4).
In 2005, Miller made her West End debut as Celia in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" alongside Tegan Hull, Dominic West and Reece Shearsmith. She played the role of Rosalind for one performance, when Hull, the actress playing the lead, fell ill.
2001: She made her film debut with "South Kensington", with Rupert Everett and Elle Macpherson.
2002: Her next projects were "High Speed" and "The Ride" (aka "Joy-Rider").
2004: Miller had supporting roles in the remake of the 1966 movie "Alfie" starring Jude Law. In the same year, she made "Layer Cake".
2005: Miller played the female lead opposite Heath Ledger in the period drama, "Casanova".
2006: She starred in "Factory Girl", a film about 1960s socialite and Andy Warhol's muse Edie Sedgwick that opened December 29, 2006. Although the film has been deemed controversial, her performance has received acclaim.http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/factory_girl/ Works opposite James Franco in the horror comedy "Camille"
2007: Stars in "Interview" directed by Steve Buscemi. Stars opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro in the fantasy epic "Stardust". Stars in the film version of writer Michael Chabon's novel, "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh", also starring Peter Sarsgaard. Works on "The Edge of Love", a biopic of Dylan Thomas in which she plays his wife Caitlin; "Hippie Hippie Shake" a new Working Title production directed by Beeban Kidron; and "Importance", a contemporary re-working of Oscar Wilde's "A Woman of No Importance".
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.http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=16912
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 Sienna Miller's date of birth and is financially backed by Pepe Jeans.http://www.fashionising.com/lifestyle/blog/title/First-look-at-Sienna-Miller's-fashion-line/entry/485/ - Fashionising 7 May, 2007 Miller designed the label's first range with her sister Savannah. The designing duo presented (pieces) from the range in May 2007. The 80-piece line premiered on July 26, 2007 in New York City. It will debut at Neiman Marcus September 8, 2007, and at Bergdorf Goodman soon.http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/parties/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=448171&itype=8488 Sienna & Savannah debut Twenty8Twelve in New York, accessdate 2007-08-22
Personal life
Relationships
Miller's relationship with Jude Law was frequently featured in the entertainment press. Christmas Day of 2004, they became engaged. However, July 18, 2005, Law issued a public apology to Miller for having an affair with Daisy Wright, the nanny of his children by his former wife (actress Sadie Frost). At the same time, Miller was rumored to be having an affair with Law's friend, Daniel Craig.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4335052.stmhttp://toronto.fashion-monitor.com/news.php/gossip/20051129Sienna_Miller Despite attempts to salvage their relationship, Miller and Law separated, then reunited briefly in 2006, before separating again. She is now said to be dating Welsh actor Rhys Ifans.http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1558340,00.html
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.
Controversy
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 newsstands October 6, 2006.http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11982641/hot_actress_sienna_miller_aims_to_leave_the_tabloids_behind She later apologized, noting that her father grew up in Western Pennsylvania only 85 miles from the city.http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,2025133,00.html
She has also proclaimed her fondness for 'magic mushrooms'. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=439873&in_page_id=1773&in_page_id=1773&expand=true#StartComments
Awards
In October 2007, Sienna was awarded an EMA Futures Award for helping to raise public awareness about the problem of global warming. (Miller Honoured at Environmental Awards) Digital Spy, 25 October 2007 She has also been nominated for an Empire Award in 2005 for her role in Alfie, and a Teen Choice Award in 2003, for Choice TV Breakout Star - Female for her performance in 'Keen Eddie'.
Credit
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