Sienna Miller
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Sienna Miller
Sienna Rose Miller (born December 28, 1981) is an English actress, model, and fashion designer, best known for her roles in Alfie, Factory Girl, and The Edge Of Love, now soon to appear in G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.
Prior to her professional acting career, Sienna Miller worked as a photographic model. Sienna Miller signed with Tandy Anderson, and modelled for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue, Prada and the 2003 Pirelli Calendar. Sienna Miller has also been closely associated with the style of fashion that became known as boho chic.
Sienna Miller signed a two-year contract with Pepe Jeans London; the jeans ad campaign first appeared in magazines March 2006.
In her early career, Sienna Miller performed in several amateur New York City plays including The Striker, Independence, and Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella’s Cigarettes & Chocolate.
In 2001, she made her film début with South Kensington, with Rupert Everett and Elle Macpherson. Her next projects were High Speed and The Ride (aka Joy-Rider) in 2002. In 2003, Sienna Miller had a recurring role in Simon West’s television action drama series Keen Eddie. Sienna Miller had supporting roles in the remake of the 1966 film Alfie starring Jude Law in 2004. In the same year, she made Layer Cake with Daniel Craig. In 2005, she made her professional stage début as Celia in a West End production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It alongside Helen McCrory and Dominic West. Sienna Miller understudied the lead role of Rosalind, which she played for one performance, when McCrory fell ill.
Later that year, Sienna Miller played the female lead opposite Heath Ledger in the period drama, Casanova, followed by what is known as her breakthrough role portraying 1960s socialite and Andy Warhol’s muse Edie Sedgwick in the film Factory Girl, which opened December 29, 2006. Although the film has been deemed controversial, her performance has received acclaim.
In 2007, Sienna Miller played a small role opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro in Matthew Vaughn’s fantasy epic Stardust, based on the book by Neil Gaiman of the same name. That same year, she played an American starlet to Steve Buscemi’s reporter in the film Interview, which was also directed by Buscemi and portrayed an undead bride opposite James Franco in the horror comedy Camille which has yet to receive a wide release.
In 2008, Sienna Miller appeared in the film version of writer Michael Chabon’s novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, also starring Peter Sarsgaard and filmed The Edge of Love, with friend Keira Knightley, a biopic of Dylan Thomas in which she plays his wife Caitlin and romantic interest of Knightley’s character. Hippie Hippie Shake a new Working Title production directed by Beeban Kidron also stars Cillian Murphy and is set in 1960s America. Importance, a contemporary re-working of Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance and a live-action film adaptation of the comic book and cartoon G.I. Joe are both films Sienna Miller has signed on to film in 2008.
