Miley Cyrus was a pop idol.
Miley Cyrus . After playing minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish in her childhood , she became a teen idol starring as the character Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana in 2006 . Cyrus ' independently-released fifth studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz ( 2015 ) deviated from her traditional pop style for more psychedelic experimentation . Miley Stewart . Miley is a normal teenage girl who , as her alter ego Hannah Montana , secretly leads a double life as a world-famous pop star .