Millie Bobby Brown: 42 facts you (probably) didn’t know about the Stranger Things star

From Millie Bobby Brown’s net worth, age and real nationality to her growing list of movie roles, here’s everything you need to know.

1. Everything you need to know about Millie Bobby Brown

You definitely know Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from Stranger Things but how many other facts do you know about the teenage superstar? Did you know that Millie has appeared in an episode of Grey’s Anatomy? Did you know that Millie is the youngest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador? Did you know that Millie’s nationality is not actually American? No?! Well, here’s everything you need to know. What are you waiting for? [Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images]

2. How old is Millie Bobby Brown?

Millie Bobby Brown is 19 years old. Her birthday is on February 19th. She has one older brother (Charlie), one older sister (Paige) and one younger sister (Ava). She’s also the second youngest original main cast member on ‘Stranger Things’ and she’s only six months older than Noah Schnapp who plays Will Byers. [@milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

3. Who are Millie Bobby Brown’s siblings?

Millie Bobby Brown has two older siblings called Charlie and Paige and one younger sister called Ava. Millie and her sister Paige have co-produced a handful of films together – including Enola Holmes and the upcoming Netflix movie, ‘A Time Lost’. [@milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

4. What is Millie Bobby Brown’s star sign?

Millie Bobby Brown was born on the cusp of Aquarius and Pisces but she says she relates more to Pisces. [@milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

5. How tall is Millie Bobby Brown?

Millie Bobby Brown is 5ft 6 inches tall. She confirmed her height in a 2022 interview. That’s around 1.67m. [Getty]

6. Who are Millie Bobby Brown’s parents?

Millie Bobby Brown’s mum and dad are Robert (second from right) and Kelly Brown (far left). Robert and Kelly reported sold everything to move to Hollywood to help Millie become an actress. According to Millie, the family went through some tough times before she finally landed her role on Stranger Things. In fact, Millie almost gave up acting altogether. [via Instagram]

7. Is Millie Bobby Brown American? Where was Millie Bobby Brown born?

Nope! Millie Bobby Brown is actually English, but it’s a convincing accent though, right? In fact, she taught herself the perfect American accent by watching the Disney channel! [Getty]

8. Is Millie Bobby Brown Spanish?

Well, no, Millie Bobby Brown is not Spanish but she was born in Marbella where she lived for the first four years of her life. Her parents, Robert and Kelly Brown moved the family back to England and then moved to Orlando, Florida four years later. Despite living in Spain for four years, she doesn’t speak much Spanish. [Getty]

9. Where is Millie Bobby Brown from? What’s her nationality?

Despite speaking in an American accent in most of her roles, Millie Bobby Brown is actually English. She was born in Malaga, Spain to English parents, moved to Bournemouth when she was four and then moved to Florida four years later. [Mark Sagliocco/WireImage]

10. Millie Bobby Brown is UNICEF’s youngest Goodwill Ambassador

In November 2018, Millie Bobby Brown became UNICEF’s youngest Goodwill Ambassador, pledging to speak out for the millions of children whose voices are silenced across the world, empower them and make sure they know their rights. Millie is also actively involved in UNICEF’s #GoBlue campaign, for World Children’s Day. [Luiz Rampelotto/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

11. Is Millie Bobby Brown on Instagram?

Yes, she is! Millie Bobby Brown’s Instagram handle is @milliebobbybrown. Millie doesn’t post often, but when she does, you’ll find glimpses of her daily life, snaps of her and her co-stars, plenty of dog pics and all the latest updates from her beauty brand Florence By Mills. [@milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

12. Is Millie Bobby Brown on Twitter?

Millie Bobby Brown actually deleted her personal Twitter account (@milliebbrown) in June 2018 after becoming the subject of homophobic memes. She is no longer active on the social network but her other account @milliestopshate is still live and she posts inspirational quotes on there occasionally. [Getty]

13. What is Millie Bobby Brown’s Snapchat Name?

Millie Bobby Brown’s snapchat username is milliebbrown but she does not use it anymore. While Millie is mostly active on Instagram, she rarely posts on social media at all. Her team handle most of her social media presence now, as Millie has explained that she no longer has social media apps on her phone. [via Snapchat]

14. How did Millie Bobby Brown and Drake become friends?

Millie Bobby Brown went to Drake’s concert in Australia and was invited backstage by Drake after the show. After posing for pictures together, it seems like Millie and Drake are good friends and they seem to be huge fans of each other! “This moment was amazing. I was in his dressing room with his whole family. He invited me to the show,” she said. “He was having a fanboy moment, I was having a fangirl moment, and I’ll never forget it.” [@milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

15. Millie Bobby Brown previously dated Jacob Sartorius

Millie Bobby Brown and pop star Jacob Sartorius broke up in 2018. Back in December 2017, Millie and Jacob took to Instagram with pictures of the two of them together, alongside heart emojis. 7 months later, the pair posted statements on Instagram Stories saying that they had broken up but were happy and remaining friends. [@jacobsartorius via Instagram, @milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

16. Millie Bobby Brown will return for the final season of Stranger Things

Millie Bobby Brown will be returning as Eleven in Stranger Things 5. After losing the fight against Vecna in season 4, Eleven now finds herself face-to-face with the danger in Hawkins, but this time, it’s not just in the Upside Down. Fans are already speculating that Eleven might have to make a huge sacrifice in season 5 in order to save her friends, family and the world. [Netflix]

17. What other TV Shows has Millie Bobby Brown been in?

Before her breakthrough role as Eleven in Stranger Things, Millie had a main role on the BBC drama “Intruders”, she played Young Alice in “Once Upon A Time In Wonderland” and had guest appearances on “NCIS”, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Modern Family”. [BBC America]

18. What episode of Grey’s Anatomy is Millie Bobby Brown in?

Millie made a guest appearance on Grey’s Anatomy in Season 11, episode 15 called “I Feel The Earth Move” in 2015. She played the role of Ruby, a young girl whose mother falls ill after an earthquake. She spends the majority of the episode on the phone to Dr. Owen Hunt until she and her mother are safely brought to the hospital. [ABC]

19. What episode of Modern Family was Millie Bobby Brown in?

Millie had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance as Lizzie, a young girl whose bike gets stolen by Manny Delgado in “Closet? You’ll Love It”, the 17th episode of Season 6. [ABC]

20. How many awards has Millie Bobby Brown won so far?

So far, Millie has won 14 awards including one SAG Award for ‘Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series’ which she shares with her Stranger Things cast mates and two MTV Movie & TV Awards for ‘Best Actor in a Show’ and ‘Best Performance in a Show’. She also has a Teen Choice Awards for ‘Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress’ and a Kid’s Choice award for ‘Favourite TV Actress’. At time of publishing, she also has two Primetime Emmy nominations. [Getty]

21. What does young Millie Bobby Brown look like with long hair?

As we all know, Millie had to shave her hair before she took the role of Eleven in ‘Stranger Things’ and since then, she’s been steadily growing it back. In 2019, Millie added some long extensions to her hair, and wore extensions for her role as Enola Holmes in the movie of the same name. Here she is in 2014 with long hair! [Getty]

22. How much does Millie Bobby Brown get paid per episode of Stranger Things?

Despite being only 18 years old, Millie is one of the highest paid cast members on Stranger Things. It’s been reported that she earns as much as Winona Ryder and sources have suggested she may earn somewhere between $300,000 and $350,000 per episode. [Noam Galai/Getty Images]

23. What is Millie Bobby Brown’s Net Worth?

Millie reportedly earns $350,000 per episode of Stranger Things. She also has an endorsement deal with Converse, Samsung Galaxy, various modelling contracts and a string of new projects, including a her own Netflix franchise Enola Holmes. She is also starting to produce films as well as act in them. According to various reports, Millie has a net worth of around $10 million. Not bad for a teenager, right? [Getty]

24. Millie Bobby Brown performs Stranger Things rap on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon

In case you don’t know, Millie can rap. During an interview with Jimmy Fallon in 2016, Millie rapped the entirety of Nicki Minaj’s verse on Kanye West’s ‘Monster’. A year later, she returned to The Tonight Show to perform a recap rap about “Stranger Things”. [Getty]

25. Millie Bobby Brown’s first kiss was with her co-star Finn Wolfhard on Stranger Things

In season one, Eleven and Mike’s friendship turns romantic after they kiss each other. For Millie, it was her first kiss. ever! “It was, like, my first kiss, so it was kind of weird. But then, like, when I’d done it, I thought, ‘Wow. It makes sense for the storyline,” Millie later said about the smooch. [@milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

26. Are Millie Bobby Brown and Natalie Portman related?

While they’re NOT related, we’re pretty sure Millie Bobby Brown is Natalie Portman’s doppelgänger. The internet discovered that the pair look spookily alike in almost every single picture. Funnily enough, Millie wants to play a younger version of Princess Leia, and considering Natalie played Leia’s mother Padmé Amidala in Star Wars, it seems like the perfect casting! [JB Lacroix/WireImage, Ke.Mazur/WireImage]

27. What movies has Millie Bobby Brown been in?

In 2019, Millie can be seen in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. She’ll also appear in the sequel to that film at some point, called Godzilla vs. Kong. She’s also starring in, and producing, her own movie series called ‘Enola Holmes’ based on Sherlock’s little sister. The first Enola Holmes movie dropped in 2020, with the second set to be released in 2022. [Getty]

28. Who does Millie Bobby Brown play in Godzilla: King of the Monsters?

Millie stars as Madison Russell in 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters alongside Vera Farmiga, Kyle Chandler, O’Shea Jackson and Charles Dance to name a few. Like her parents, 12-year-old Madison is academically gifted in science but she’d rather live a normal life. In the film, she is kidnapped alongside her mother (Farmiga) and has a connection to Mothra. [Warner Bros. Pictures]

29. Millie Bobby Brown plays Enola Holmes in Netflix’s film series

Millie Bobby Brown’s latest big role is as Sherlock Holmes’ little sister Enola Holmes. Not only does she star in the franchise, she also produced the film with her family’s production company PCMA Productions. Millie did all her own stunts in the film, and as a producer, had a say in how the film looked and who was in the cast. Enola Holmes 2 is set to return in 2022, with Millie back in business as our fave mystery solving queen. [Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images]

30. What music videos has Millie Bobby Brown been in?

So far, Millie Bobby Brown has been in two music videos; Sigma ft. Birdy’s ‘Find You’, The xx’s ‘I Dare You’ and Maroon 5’s ‘Girls Like You’ [3Beat]

31. Millie Bobby Brown and Maddie Ziegler are good friends

Millie Bobby Brown’s always been a fan of Maddie, but they became friends after Millie got to meet Maddie backstage. And when Maddie first met Millie, she hadn’t even seen Stranger Things! America’s Got Talent star Grace Vanderwaal was also part of Millie and Maddie’s friendship group. The pair haven’t shared any photos together on social media in a while. [Getty]

32. Millie Bobby Brown’s launched makeup and skincare line Florence by Mills in 2019

In 2019, Millie Bobby Brown launched a vegan makeup and skincare line called Florence by Mills. The brand is named after Millie’s great-grandmother, in case ya didn’t know. The collection is sold at Boots in the UK and at Ulta Beauty in the US. [David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Beach House Group]

33. Is Millie Bobby Brown deaf in one ear?

Speaking on Studio10 in Australia back in 2017, Millie opened up about her partial hearing loss, saying: “At a young age, I’ve always had bad ears and never really could hear anyone. But filming ‘Stranger Things’ was hard because I would have to have ADs or PAs near me to say action because they’d have to say it really loud or make a sign so I could watch them, because I would never be able to hear them.” [Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images]

34. Millie Bobby Brown’s dog Winnie is a therapy dog

In 2020, just after her 16th birthday, Millie Bobby Brown adopted a puppy called Winnie The Pooh. In an interview with Miley Cyrus, Millie revealed that Winnie is actually a therapy dog. Millie explained that she persuaded her parents into letting her get a dog that was small enough for travel, so she could be comforted when she experiences anxiety or panic attacks. [@milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

35. How many dogs does Millie Bobby Brown have?

Millie Bobby Brown and her family have six dogs in total. There’s Winnie, Millie’s own puppy. There’s Nora, a mini cavapoo who lives in London. There’s Leo, a mini goldendoodle. And there’s Luna, a tiny fluffy black puppy. The family also own two English mastiffs called Reggie and Ronnie. Their 11-year-old English Mastiff, Dolly, passed away in 2020. [@milliebobbybrown via Instagram]

36. Millie Bobby Brown is set to star in Netflix’s The Girls I’ve Been

Millie Bobby Brown will star as Nora O’Malley, a bisexual con artist, in a film adaptation of Tess Sharpe’s novel. Nora is “a con artist who must use her powers of persuasion and impersonation to free herself, her girlfriend & ex-boyfriend from a bank hostage situation.” The film will be released on Netflix. [PA Images]

37. Millie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge became best friends on Enola Holmes

Millie Bobby Brown stars alongside Louis in Enola Holmes, and they became fast friends soon after their first screen test together. Speaking about their professional relationship, Louis told Miss Vogue: “She has a great way of making you feel completely at home, and like you’ve known each other for ages. I was very, very grateful for that when acting alongside her, and there was this chemistry that had been developed off-screen that we could bring on screen. I loved it.” [via Instagram]

38. What does Millie Bobby Brown do as a producer?

As well as her acting career, Millie Bobby Brown now produces films alongside her sister Paige, under her family’s production company PCMA Productions. In her role as a producer, Millie had a hand in behind-the-scenes aspects like casting and pre-production. Coming up next, Millie will be working on ‘A Time Lost’ and ‘The Girls I’ve Been’. [PA Images]

39. Millie Bobby Brown auditioned for Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones

Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Millie Bobby Brown said that her rejection from Game of Thrones almost made her want to quit acting: “I then auditioned for Game of Thrones and I got a ‘no’ for that. Then that’s kind of when I was like, ‘Oh, this is really difficult,’ because I guess I really wanted that role.” Back in 2019, Millie confirmed that it was the role of Lyanna Mormont that she didn’t get. The role went to Bella Ramsey. [PA Images, HBO]

40. Does Millie Bobby Brown have tattoos?

Millie Bobby Brown often sports a ‘011’ tattoo on her wrist while filming Stranger Things, as her character Eleven has one in the show. And she recently got the tattoo permanently inked on her wrist. Millie also has the name of her grandmother ‘Ruth’ inked on her ribcage and some flowers on her back. Millie has also been spotted with a dinosaur on her arm, another tattoo on her left shoulder and one on her ribcage, but those were just temporary tattoos. [Noah Schnapp via TikTok]

41. What is Millie Bobby Brown’s TikTok username?

Millie Bobby Brown used to post on TikTok under the username @milliebobbybrown. Back in November 2020, she deleted her account following troll comments. While she deleted her own public account, she’s appeared on Noah Schnapp’s TikTok in a couple of videos. Millie also posted a new TikTok video on Instagram in March 2021 with her new username censored out, so it looks like she’s just sharing her videos privately for the time being. Her new username is not known. [via TikTok]

42. Are Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi dating?

Millie Bobby Brown made it Instagram official with boyfriend Jake Bongiovi in November 2021. The pair had been spotted out and about throughout 2021, and confirmed their relationship on Instagram with an adorable photo of them hugging each other while on the London Eye. The pair made their red carpet debut at the BAFTAs in 2022, and arrived as a couple for the Stranger Things 4 premiere too. They confirmed their engagement in April 2023. [via Instagram]

43. Where does Millie Bobby Brown go to college?

In a 2022 profile with Allure, Millie revealed that she has enrolled in Purdue University. While the university is located in Indiana (shout out to Hawkins!), Millie is actually an online student. She is studying human services, a program in which “you learn about the system and how to help young people.” [Getty]

44. Is Millie Bobby Brown engaged to Jake Bongiovi?

In April 2023, Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi shared that they had just got engaged with a set of adorable Instagram photos. Showing off her ring, Millie captioned the photo with lyrics from Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’: “I’ve loved you three summers now, honey, I want ’em all”. Jake captioned his photos: “Forever”. [Alamy]