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Sienna Rose Miller (born December 28, 1981) is an American-born English actress, model, and fashion designer

best known for her roles in Alfie, Factory Girl, and The Edge of Love.

Miller was born in New York City on December 28, 1981 and moved with her family to London, England when she was a year old. She attended Heathfield St Mary’s School, a boarding school in Ascot, Berkshire and later studied for a year at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City with luminaries such as Will Lee, Marc Griffin and Konima Summer, with whom she has remained close friends.

Her father Edward Miller is an American banker turned Chinese art dealer. Her South African mother, Josefina “Jo” Miller, ran Lee Strasberg’s acting academy in London and was once David Bowie’s secretary.

Prior to her professional acting career, Miller worked as a photographic model. She signed with Tandy Anderson, and modeled for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue, and posed topless in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar. Miller has also been closely associated with the style of fashion that became known as boho chic, much of which fashion followers noted was strikingly similar to the style of model Kate Moss.

Miller signed a two-year contract with Pepe Jeans London; the jeans ad campaign first appeared in magazines March 2006.

In 2007, 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, a remake of the Dutch movie with the same name. Later in 2007, she portrayed an undead bride opposite James Franco in the horror comedy Camille which did not receive a wide release and went to DVD shortly thereafter.

In 2008, 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.

Upcoming films include Hippie Hippie Shake a new Working Title production directed by Beeban Kidron also stars Cillian Murphy and is set in the 1960s. In September 2009 she will play the title role in Patrick Marber’s After Miss Julie on Broadway.

She is also attached to work on 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.

Miller was set to play Maid Marian in Ridley Scott’s upcoming film Nottingham, featuring Russell Crowe as the Sheriff of Nottingham. However, she was removed from the role before filming began.

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