Sienna Miller Biography:

Right or wrong, British actress Sienna Miller became tabloid gossip at the age of just 21 after a supporting role in the dull feature film “Alfie” (2004) starring Jude Law and Susan Sarandon also won her the Jude's romantic heart off screen. Miller was immediately shot into the scorching limelight for all the wrong reasons, none of which had anything to do with her movie roles and talents. The tabloids were swift to cut apart the young performers romance with her older movie star boyfriend. 

A change happened when Jude Law was caught cheating with his nanny, putting Miller into a position she could have never seen - that of victim. With public compassion strongly on her side, Miller went on to give skilled performances in such films as “Layer Cake” (2005) and “Factory Girl” with Hayden Christensen (2006) – showing she was more than a hot sexy celebrity and victimized woman.

Sienna Rose Miller was born in New York City, NY on Dec. 28, 1981 after her mother went into labor while watching a live performance of “The Nutcracker” in New York City. Her father, Ed Miller, was a successful American banker and her bohemian South African mother, Jo, ran the Lee Strasberg Drama School in London. Miller lived in an artistic and active family unit in London with her mother and older sister Savannah after her parents’ divorce when she was seven. By the age of eight, Sienna moved to Heathfield, a rich and elite all girls boarding school. 

An friendly and playful child, she always dreamed of being famous on the movie screen. She also fought off the solitude of being away from home by making lots of friends and playing schoolgirl high jinks. Not concerned with her humility or the humid English air, Miller was known to streak nude around the lacrosse field, a habit for being naked that would never leave her. After she graduated from Heathfield, Miller took her thespian dreams to the next level, studying acting in New York, where she also appeared in numerous theatrical projects.

In 2002, Miller returned to England to make her television acting debut on the short lived “Keen Eddie” (Fox 2002-03) playing, Fiona, a woman living with an NYPD cop who becomes a private detective on the search for a drug dealer in England. “Keen Eddie” may have been short lived, but Miller was on the verge of a landmark year. In 2004, she co-starred with the impending James Bond, Daniel Craig, in the sexy British gangster feature, “Layer Cake,” playing the anonymous drug dealers romantic love interest.

But before “Layer Cake” was even released, Miller’s next movie “Alfie” (2004) an adaptation of the 1966 film about a man who is required to face his bad deeds as his life slowly falls apart was released. Critics were tough on the film, but the real story was not the film; it was the on set love and romance between Miller and Jude Law, the 31 year old star of the movie. Law was famous worldwide and just emerging from a divorce from actress Sadie Frost, the mother of his three children. Despite the bad timing, Law was instantly obsessed with Miller and the two wasted no time in becoming an item, much to the pleasure of the international tabloid press.

From the start, the tabloid media seemed apprehensive about the young actress landing the sexy Hollywood super star. The couples every move was known, in particular by the British press, where the couple was the most famous. Miller and Law were engaged on Christmas day, 2004. To the public it seemed like Miller was living the dream of falling in love with a Hollywood sexy celebrity who loved her, until August of 2005, when Jude Law admitted to cheating on Miller with his kids nanny. 

The heartbroken actress found herself entangled in the “Nannygate” humiliation almost overnight. Not surprisingly, Miller ended the engagement. The analysis of Miller and Law only got worse, and for a while Miller had the worlds support. What followed was a reunion with Law, followed by another break-up, followed by another reconciliation. The couple finally split for good in December of 2006.

If Miller thought the end of her romance with Jude Law would refocus the attention on her career, she was misguided. After the breakup, Miller’s private love life continued to eclipse her fairly small acting resume. The tabloid press called her a rabid party girl just out for the sex, connecting her with every man who crossed her path, especially co-stars. On the bright side, they praised her personal style, naming her a fashionista. Miller continued to deny rumors of endless affairs and spending huge amounts of time trolling pubs and clubs for men and sex. According to Miller, she led a tranquil, everyday life. However, the relentless paparazzi often documented just the opposite.

In 2005, Sienna Miller was hired for a starring role opposite Australian actor, Heath Ledger, in “Casanova” portraying Francesca; an liberated woman who wins Casanova’s (Heath Ledger) heart despite fending off his advances. The following year, Miller got her chance to finally silence the talk of her critics with her lead role in the Edie Sedgwick biopic “Factory Girl.” The movies reviews were both good and bad, but Miller astounded many critics, who praised the young actress for her inspiring role of Sedgwick. Though she gave a strong performance, Miller accidentally diverted the attention of “Factory Girl” by creating a much louder rumor on another matter.

While waiting for the release of “Factory Girl,” Miller was sent to Pittsburgh to film “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.” While not a fan of the city, Miller gave her opinion to a reporter from a magazine, calling the city “Shitsburgh.” Needless to say, local residents of this Pennsylvania city were not pleased. The shit hit the fan for Miller, who was told to return to England if she had nothing nice to say. Miller went into damage control, apologizing through her public relations and press representatives for disrespecting the city, as the films producers executed massive damage control with its angry citizens. 

In Miller’s defense, however, anyone who had ever read her press interviews knew that she was not one to speak carefully like most celebrities. She usually seemed to cry out with whatever came into her head, making her a scrumptiously free spirit, outward, and sometimes offensive, much to the shock of the press and media.

Despite the flurry of negative tabloid press, Miller continued to be a wanted actress. In 2007, she had a small role in the fantasy feature “Stardust” opposite Robert De Niro, Claire Danes and Michelle Pfeiffer. Next Miller starred as a dim soap opera actress being interviewed by a sarcastic journalist (Steve Buscemi) in the independent feature “Interview” (2007) also written and directed by Buscemi. Tabloid newspapers enthusiastically waited for reports of temper tantrums and diva tantrums from the stage of Miller’s next production, the Dylan Thomas movie “The Edge of Love.” 

Sadly for the tabloids and press watchers everywhere, Miller and her co-star Keira Knightley became best friends. With no fights or yelling and screaming to report between the two sexy super stars, gossip reporters moved onto more sensual discussion about the explicit and graphic homosexual and lesbian sex scenes. After getting so much attention for her personal life; Sienna Miller decided to add designer to her list of accomplishments. In 2006, she joined with her fashion designer sister, Savannah Miller, to launch the clothing line "Twenty8Twelve".

• Also Credited As:
  Sienna Rose Miller
• Born:
  on 12/28/1981 in New York, New York
• Job Titles:
  Actress, Model

Family

• Father: Ed Miller.
• Half-brother: Charles.
• Half-brother: Stephen.
• Mother: Jo Miller. South African; ran London's Lee Strasberg drama school
• Sister: Savannah Miller.
• Step-mother: Kelly Hoppen. Married to Ed Miller 1989-2000
• Step-sister: Natasha Corrett. Mother, Kelly Hoppen

Significant Others

• Companion: Hayden Christensen. Met while filming "Factory Girl" (2006) and casually dated for a few months; no longer together
• Companion: Jamie Burke. Seen kissing on Saturday Feb. 3, 2007; no longer together
• Companion: Jude Law. Met while filming "Alfie" (2004) in the fall of 2003; became engaged on Christmas Day 2005; split August 2005, after Jude publicly acknowledged that he cheated with his children's nanny; relationship was on-again off-again in 2006; announced split in November 2006, blaming "fundamental differences" for the end of their three year relationship
• Companion: Rhys Ifans. Began dating in 2007

Education

• Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York, NY, drama, 2000
• Heathfield School, Berkshire, England

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