Millie Bobby Brown Has the Cutest Fam
Everything You Need to Know About Millie Bobby Brown's Parents
Her fam is the cutest.
By Mehera Bonner Published: Jun 28, 2019
When it comes to the whole ~child star~ thing, Millie Bobby Brown isn't following in the usual (messy) footsteps of Hollywood. Like YA legends of the past, Millie has grown up in the public eye. But unlike the Lindsays and Britneys of the world, Millie has grown up in the public eye during the age of social media, where random people online know what you're eating for breakfast and every dumb thing you post lives on the internet forever.
But Millie—who started working on Stranger Things at the age of 12 and is only just now 15—has somehow managed to skip the stereotypical child star "downward spiral" and sail gracefully through her adolescence in the spotlight without any drama. Thanks in part, we can assume, to her parents. So let's get to internet-know them, shall we?
^Me, a detective.
Millie's mom is Kelly Brown and her dad is Robert Brown, and they're a cute English couple who are super low-key. They barely appear at events with Millie, don't seem to be on social media, and honestly, I had to scrounge Getty Images to even find this pic:
Kelly and Robert (who is an estate agent, and previously had a...tooth whitening business?) also have three other kids: Millie's brother Charley and her sisters Ava and Paige.
But Millie is the only Brown kid who lives for the drama: "My other children would watch cartoons, but Mill watched musicals—Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Annie and Bugsy Malone," Robert said. "She'd belt out a tune. She was performing from day one."
P.S. Paige has kind of a big social following and often posts pics of Millie, in case you're looking for someone to follow! Which you probably aren't, so moving on!
They Gave Up Ev-er-y-thing for Millie's Career
Robert and Kelly legit sold everything they had and moved from the UK to Hollywood in order to support Millie's dreams. It was so hard that Millie says her older sister ditched them: "My older sister left. She didn't want to do it anymore. It was tears, tears, tears. We went through tough times."
Broke and exhausted, the Browns ended up having to move back to the UK and live with a relative—which is where Millie auditioned for Stranger Things. And we know how this story ends: with a buncha nosebleeds and an Emmy nomination.
They've Caused Some Drama
Robert made headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2016, when he infamously demanded cash from agents who wanted to represent Millie. Which, to be clear, is not how Hollywood works! (Actors pay their agents, not the other way around.)
After Millie became a household name thanks to Stranger Things, sources at five major agencies told The Hollywood Reporter that Robert wanted a "sizable cash payment" of around $100,000 just to sign Millie. On the one hand, "MY DUDE NO," but on the other hand, he was new to Hollywood. Give him a break!
Millie's Mom REALLY Didn't Want Her Head Shaved
Millie had to shave off all her hair to play Eleven in Stranger Things, and her mom was not having it. "My mom's like, 'No! That's not happening,'" Millie told Elle. "And I was like, 'Mom. You need to chill out; it's gonna grow back.' My mom was against it. And me and my dad were like, 'Come on. It's fine!'"
Millie's Dad Is All About Keeping Her Grounded
Millie seems extremely chill and level-headed for a 15-year-old celebrity, and Robert says he tries to keep her life as relaxed as possible. "It's important for Millie not to feel under pressure," he told the Daily Mail. "She's a kid. She has to do her homework and chores. Everything else is a bonus."
Speaking of bonuses, Stranger Things season 3 premieres on July 4, so grab a pile of hot dogs. See you in the Upside Down.
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