There aren’t many celebrities we get to literally watch growing up and coming to terms with their identity in the public eye, and it’s no walk in the park for those that do. Between the paparazzi and social media, it’s a lot. So, it’s no small feat when an actress as cool, calm and collected as Millie Bobby Brown comes on the scene.
Having landed her first leading role in the Netflix hit Stranger Things at the age of just 11, Bobby Brown redefined expectations of what it meant to be a young female star straight out of the blocks. From honing her wary but powerful presence on screen as the troubled Eleven, to shaving off her own hair as part of the role, Bobby Brown took on physical demands even the most experienced actors would have struggled to overcome.
In the few years that have elapsed since the 17-year-old became a household name, she’s launched her beauty brand Florence by Mills and become the youngest person to be selected as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Casual. As she turns 18 ELLE UK chatted to the British actress about the lessons she’s learned from having her own brand, the beauty treatment she loves to chill out to, and why Audrey Hepburn personifies beauty for her…