Inside Millie Bobby Brown's rollercoaster life, from child star to scandal-ridden teen to trad wife

Millie Bobby Brown has been on quite the rollercoaster ride - going from one of the most well known child stars on TV to becoming a trad wife who has 'no friends' and prefers to live on a farm in Georgia rather than mingle with other A-listers in Hollywood. The actress, now 20, was skyrocketed into the spotlight practically overnight after she was cast in the wildly popular Netflix show Stranger Things at only 12 years old.

The series transformed Millie into a massive sensation almost immediately, but being thrust into the pubic eye at such a young age was not easy for the star. She has been honest about the harrowing dark sides to child stardom, once revealing that she developed serious 'anxiety' and started having 'panic attacks' due to the immense pressures that come with fame. While she gained a strong legion of fans after Stranger Things debuted, Millie has also said that she was subjected to a slew of negative comments as the matured in front of millions.

Over the years, she's been criticized for everything from the way she has dressed to her behavior during interviews. She has said that the constant public scrutiny 'diminished' her and 'stripped her down,' ultimately 'stunting her growth mentally.'. Millie has also been fiercely honest about how she was 'sexualized' from a young age, resulting in immense 'pain and insecurity.'. Millie Bobby Brown was skyrocketed into the spotlight practically overnight after she was cast in the wildly popular Netflix show Stranger Things at only 12 years old.

Since then, she's had quite the rollercoaster ride journey from one of the most well known child stars to a trad wife lives on a farm in Georgia. She's seen left in 2016 and right in 2024. Now, after years of dominating headlines and swirling rumors about her personal life, Millie is enjoying a quieter life on a farm in Georgia with her husband, Jake Bongiovi. She spends her days tending to animals and is studying to be a vet, and while she doesn't want to quit acting altogether, she admitted in a recent interview with Vanity Fair that she prefers being a 'trad wife' to the razzle and dazzle of Hollywood.

As Millie speaks out about the latest chapter in her whirlwind story, FEMAIL has recapped her turbulent journey from start to finish. From her meteoric rise to fame and her scandal-ridden teenage years to what she's said about the difficulties of fame and her decision to step back, take a look at the many twists and turns that Millie has endured. Millie was born in Marbella, Spain, in February 2004, to British parents. She grew up in Bournemouth, England, until she was eight, when she and her family relocated to Orlando.

She told Allure that she turned to acting because she 'struggled with self-identity.' She said, 'Even as a young person, I always felt like I didn't quite belong in every room I was in'. Millie was born in Marbella, Spain, in February 2004, to British parents. She moved to Bournemouth, England, at age four and lived there until she was eight, when she and her family relocated to Orlando, Florida, so she could pursue her dreams of being an actress.

'It was like a bug,' she previously told Variety of her love of acting. 'I know this sounds crazy, but once I find something I want to do, nobody's stopping me. 'If I don't know how to sew, and I really had that passion to sew, that's it, I'm going to sew. That's also with acting. So here I am.'. She also told Allure that she turned to acting because she 'struggled with self-identity.'. 'I enjoyed being different people because I always struggled with self-identity and knowing who I was,' she shared.

Millie landed her first role at age nine when she had a brief appearance in the ABC series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (seen). She then had small parts in the shows Intruders, NCIS, Modern Family, and Grey's Anatomy (seen). But her big break came in 2016 when she was cast as Eleven in the Netflix show Stranger Things. It skyrocketed Millie into massive stardom practically over night. 'Even as a young person, I always felt like I didn't quite belong in every room I was in.

'I also struggle with loneliness a bit. I always felt quite alone in a crowded room, like I was just one of a kind, like nobody ever really understood me. 'So I liked [playing] characters that people understood [and] people could relate to because I felt like no one could relate to Millie.'. Millie landed her first role at age nine when she had a brief appearance in the ABC series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

She then had small parts in the shows Intruders, NCIS, Modern Family, and Grey's Anatomy. But her big break came in 2016 when she was cast as Eleven in the Netflix show Stranger Things at only 12 years old. The series, which broke viewing records on the platform and has since gone on to become a worldwide phenomenon loved by millions, skyrocketed Millie into massive stardom practically over night. Immediately, her career took off; she went on to star in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, Netflix's The Enola Holmes Mysteries (left), Enola Holmes 2, and Damsel (right).