• Millie Bobby has just turned 21
  • She shot to fame as Eleven on Stranger Things
  • Here are the most iconic moments of her young career
Millie Bobby Brown
Millie Bobby Brown just turned 21

Millie Bobby Brown just turned 21! Don’t you feel ancient? Wasn’t it just yesterday the Stranger Things star shot to fame as a pre-teen on the Netflix smash hit?

However, her legacy has not just been contained to the fictional Indiana town of Hawkins. Alongside her co-stars such as Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder and David Harbour, she has gone from strength to strength.

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Professionally, she has made great strides with various films like Enola Holmes and The Electric State. Brown even added a book titled Nineteen Steps to her achievements.

Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things
Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Stranger Things

We thought it would be the perfect time to look back at the most iconic moments from her career so far.

Her friendship with Mariah Carey

Brown making pals with the icon Mariah Carey has been great interview fodder for the pair. They even teased a potential collab.

When Millie Bobby Brown channelled Frozen with Sadie Sink

While knocking about on set, she teamed up with her Stranger Things co-star Sadie Sink – who plays Max – to pay homage to the modern Disney classic, Frozen.

With Brown playing Elsa and Sink taking on Anna, they filled their downtime by doing their own version of the iconic castle scene.

When she said she wanted to play Britney Spears in a biopic

When asked by Drew Barrymore on her self-titled talk show, Brown revealed that she wanted to play Britney Spears because she could relate to much of her story.

“Just growing up in the public eye watching her videos, watching interviews of how when she was younger. I mean, same thing with you,” Brown told the fellow former child star.

“I see the scramble for words [in her interviews], and I don’t know her, but when I look at pictures of her, I feel like I could tell her story in the right way and hers only.”

One is in the works – with Spears’ blessing and Jon M. Chu in the director’s chair – so she might get her wish.

When Millie Bobbie Brown outlined her Spice Girls’ dreams

Proving one is “never too young for girl power,” Brown has gone on record many times to express her love for the Spice Girls. They might have broken up years before she was born, but pop culture is forever.

One of the times was during a 2019 appearance on James Corden’s The Late Late Show with Lily James.

Her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Brown isn’t just about palling around with her Hollywood pals as she is a dedicated UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Issues close to her heart include access to education and bullying, to name a few.

When Sabrina Carpenter arrested Millie Bobby Brown at one of her shows

Pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter’s Short’N’ Sweet tour went viral many times for many reasons. One of them was the many ‘arrests’ at the shows like when Marcello Hernandez’ SNL character Domingo was taken away in handcuffs.

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Complete with a reference to her Netflix show, Brown also felt the law’s wrath

“Millie, I’ve never fallen in love at a concert before, but stranger things have happened,” Carpenter said in October last year.

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