Teenage superstar Miley Cyrus is the daughter of country musician Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife Leticia. She was born on 23rd November 1992 with the name Destiny Cyrus, but was given the nickname Miley by her friends because she was always smiling. Since then it's stuck, and Miley prefers it to her real name!
Miley began acting from an early age, starring in her dad's show "Doc" from the age of nine and in "Big Fish" starring Ewan McGregor and directed by legendary director Tim Burton.
At age twelve Miley auditioned for two roles on Disney's new teen sitcom Hannah Montana - trying out for the part of Hannah Montana and also as her best friend. But Disney casting directors thought she was "too young and too small" to be able to handle the role.
But Miley was detirmined to land one of the parts and begged the Disney executives to re-consider casting her. After some discussion, the executives decided to overcome their previous concerns and cast Miley in the lead role of Hannah Montana. They even cast Miley's real dad Billy Ray as her dad in the show too!
In the Hannah Montana TV show, Miley plays Miley Stewart, who has a secret double life as an international popstar called Hannah Montana. She keeps this a secret from everyone except her family and closest friends.
The Hannah Montana show on the Disney Channel has allowed Miley to rise from a Hollywood nobody to an international celebrity in only three years! Since starring in the show, Miley has starred in the TV movie "The Emporer's New School" and her first major role was as the voice of Penny in Disney's huge new animation "Bolt." She also had a cameo appearance in "High School Musical 2."
Miley Cyrus also starred in the recent Hannah Montana concert-movie "The Best Of Both Worlds" with the Jonas Brothers and she also performs as Hannah Montana at live events all around the world.
For the future, Miley has lots of acting projects under development. Some include a movie-length Hannah Montana film (based on the show's characters not the music) and a sequel to the 70s movie "Adventures in Babysitting" which is due out in 2010 starring another teen star Raven-Symone!
The future is bright for Miley Cyrus, who is keen to shake off the teen starlet image she gained from Hannah Montana and focus on more serious acting and music projects. - 15634
Miley began acting from an early age, starring in her dad's show "Doc" from the age of nine and in "Big Fish" starring Ewan McGregor and directed by legendary director Tim Burton.
At age twelve Miley auditioned for two roles on Disney's new teen sitcom Hannah Montana - trying out for the part of Hannah Montana and also as her best friend. But Disney casting directors thought she was "too young and too small" to be able to handle the role.
But Miley was detirmined to land one of the parts and begged the Disney executives to re-consider casting her. After some discussion, the executives decided to overcome their previous concerns and cast Miley in the lead role of Hannah Montana. They even cast Miley's real dad Billy Ray as her dad in the show too!
In the Hannah Montana TV show, Miley plays Miley Stewart, who has a secret double life as an international popstar called Hannah Montana. She keeps this a secret from everyone except her family and closest friends.
The Hannah Montana show on the Disney Channel has allowed Miley to rise from a Hollywood nobody to an international celebrity in only three years! Since starring in the show, Miley has starred in the TV movie "The Emporer's New School" and her first major role was as the voice of Penny in Disney's huge new animation "Bolt." She also had a cameo appearance in "High School Musical 2."
Miley Cyrus also starred in the recent Hannah Montana concert-movie "The Best Of Both Worlds" with the Jonas Brothers and she also performs as Hannah Montana at live events all around the world.
For the future, Miley has lots of acting projects under development. Some include a movie-length Hannah Montana film (based on the show's characters not the music) and a sequel to the 70s movie "Adventures in Babysitting" which is due out in 2010 starring another teen star Raven-Symone!
The future is bright for Miley Cyrus, who is keen to shake off the teen starlet image she gained from Hannah Montana and focus on more serious acting and music projects. - 15634
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