Biography of Miley Cyrus
Destiny Hope Cyrus popularly known by the name Miley Cyrus is an American actress and singer. She gained popularity from the role of Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart that she played in the Television Serial Hannah Montana. She was born on November 23, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. She is the daughter of famous country singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus and Finley Tish Cyrus. She began her schooling from Heritage Elementary High School, the school of Williamson County Schools. In 2001 Miley along with her family moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and began to take home schooling from a private tutor and began to concentrate on acting. She began to take acting lessons from the Armstrong Acting Studios. Soon after joining the Armstrong Acting Studio, Miley at the age of 9 debut her acting career from her father’s starring Television Serial Doc. She played a recurring role of a cute little girl Kylie in Doc.
Miley got her first acting break in movies in 2003, when she got the role in adventure fantasy movie Big Fish. She played the role of an eight years old young girl Ruthie in her debut movie. In 2005 Miley got the lead role in the Disney Channel’s situation comedy drama Hannah Montana which was aired on Disney channel from March 24, 2006 to January 16, 2011. She was picturised with her father in Hannah Montana. She played the role of double life character of Hannah Montana (or Miley Stewart) in the serial. Her work in Hannah Montana gained popularity for her and made a huge fan following. Miley was awarded with several awards for her such a great performance in Hannah Montana. She was warded with ‘Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actress (2008)’, ‘Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Actress: Comedy (2007, 2008,2009), Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Female Lead in a Comedy Series (2008, 2009).
After the success of Hannah Montana Television series, she was casted in Hannah Montana: The Movie which was picturised in 2009 reprising the role of Hannah Montana / Miley Stewart. She was awarded with ‘Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Hissy Fit’ and ‘Choice Movie Actress: Music/Dance’ for her amazing performance in Hannah Montana: The Movie. In 2010 she appeared in the role of Veronica Ronnie Miller a defiant young girl in movie ‘The Last Song’. Her performance in The Last Song helped her to bag ‘Teen Icon Awards Iconic Movie Actress’ and ‘Nickelodeon Australian Kids’ Choice Awards Fave Movie Star’. She was also awarded with Nickelodeon Australian Kids’ Choice Awards Fave Kiss and Teen Icon Awards Iconic Couple which she shared with the co-star Liam Hemsworth. The last movie in which she has appeared so far is Justin Bieber: Never Say Never the documentary film released on February 11, 2011.
Miley Cyrus debut her career as singer in 2007 from her first music album named ‘Meet Miley Cyrus’. This album comprises of ten songs and mostly all of them also being written by Miley herself. This Album was on the top of Billiard 200 list with 326,000 album copies being sold in first week of its release. Miley’s second music album Breakout released on July 22, 2008 repeated the history of Meet Miley Cyrus and was too listed on the top of Billiard 200 list week after its release. ‘Can’t Be Tamed’ the third music album of Miley released on June 18, 2010 was on the third position on the Billiard 200 list after the first week of its release.
Miley Cyrus was on 13th position in Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 list of 2010. In 2009 Forbes ranked her 29 in Celebrity 100 list. She was awarded with ‘Kids’ Choice Awards Favorite Female Singer’ and ‘Teen Choice Awards Choice Music: Female Artist’ in 2008. In Teen’s Vogue Magazine she was ranked 2nd in the the List of Teen Best Dressed in April 2009. She was ranked 3rd in September 2008, 7th in November 2008 in Teen Vogue Ten Best Dressed List.
Filmography
1 Big Fish (2003) as Ruthie
2 High School Musical 2 (2007)
3 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008)
4 Bolt (2008) as Penny
5 Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) as Hannah Montana (or Miley Stewart)
6 The Last Song (2010) as Ronnie Miller
7 Sex and the City 2 (2010)
8 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
Television Series
1 Doc (2001-2003) as Kylie
2 Hannah Montana (2006-2011) as Hannah Montana (or Miley Stewart)
3 The Suite Life on Deck (2009) as Hannah Montana (or Miley Stewart)
4 Saturday Night Live (2011)