How Miley Cyrus Became So Famous So Quickly!
Friday, March 13th, 2009Teenage 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 when she was only nine years old when she starred in her dad’s TV show “Doc” and then later in the Ewan McGregor movie “Big Fish” directed by Tim Burton.
At the age of 12 Miley auditioned for two roles on Disney’s new show Hannah Montana - both for the lead role of Hannah Montana and also as the lead character’s best friend. But Disney casting directors thought she was too young and too small for the role.
Miley had her heart set on appearing in the show and begged the Disney executives for another shot. In the end, the executives decided to ignore their previous concerns and cast Miley in the lead role. They even cast Miley’s real dad Billy Ray as her on-screen dad!
In the show, Miley stars as Miley Stewart, who has a secret life as international pop princess Hannah Montana. Only her family and two best friends know about Miley’s secret double life!
Because of the Hannah Montana show, Miley Cyrus has risen from almost nobody to international stardom in just three years. Since starring in the Disney TV show, Miley has also starred in Disney Channel’s TV movie “The Emporer’s New School” and provided the voice of Penny in Disney’s major new animated movie “Bolt.” She also had a brief appearance in “High School Musical 2.”
Since beginning the show, Miley has also starred in the recent Hannah Montana concert-movie “The Best Of Both Worlds” and performs as Hannah Montana at huge live concert 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!
Now that she has starred in Hannah Montana for a few years Miley is keen to shake off her teen starlet image. Only the future will tell whether she’ll be able to focus on more serious acting and music projects!
