I remember when all Sienna Miller was known for was her relationship with Jude Law. And how annoying it was to see her in magazines and newspapers just for her style. Jealousy runs deep

She had a few small roles in Layer Cake, Alfie (I really don’t wanna go into how gorgeous she looks in this film…) and according to IMDB she appeared in some TV shows and films I have never heard of. Then came Casanova, where she was the female lead alongside Heath Ledger. The film, directed by Lasse Hallström in 2005, was incredibly bad (who would have thought after he directed the beautiful Chocolat?). The story was told in a sort of falling-asleep-boring way and Sienna’s acting was dreadful. The make-up and hair made her look plain (I didn’t think it was possible!) so there is really no reason to watch that film at all.

She really developed in the 2006 Factory Girl. Here she plays Edie Sedgwick to Guy Pearce’s Andy Warhol. The film is debatably bad (although I personally quite enjoyed it), but Sienna is great in it. She is the perfect actress to play the skinny, confused Edie. Here Sienna really gets to show what she can do. Her character is very emotional and irrational, she is taking drugs, crying, laughing and getting the attention of entire rooms full of people. Sienna does it well. She is equally good in Interview, playing the soap actress Katya. This film, directed by Steve Buscemi (who plays the other lead role) is marvellous. Sienna appears to be playing herself (which of course she denies in interviews), being a young actress, living in the most beautiful warehouse apartment in Manhattan (I read that Sienna herself moved into a similar house in London), but is therefore great in the role. In the 2007 film Stardust she has a fairly small and bitchy role, nothing worth writing about. Although the film itself is quite sweet.

What I think is quite interesting is the clothes label twenty8twelve she launched in 2007 together with her sister Savannah (who studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins in London). Sienna has always been known for her unique style (which has been copied a lot). Oddly enough the story is quite similar to Edie Sedgwick, whose style was also iconic and who got the chance to have her own label (but did not have too much interest in it). Sienna also chose her outfit for Interview. Personally I quite like the twenty8twelve style (although, unfortunately, I can’t afford it). Their flagship store is a very small but sweet shop in Westbourne Grove (Notting Hill, London). I think it is a great opportunity for Savannah to use her sister’s fame for her own career.

As for acting, apparently Sienna Miller did a three months’ course at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City. This seems to be all the actors’ training she got, so I guess she had enough connections and endurance to get into the business. Although born in NYC, she grew up in London. She has an English accent but does the American accent really well in a few of her films.

She is stunningly beautiful, has great style, strange taste in men (what was the relationship with Rhys Ifans all about?), seems to be a really fun sort of girl and has turned out to be a good actress. I think this deserves a MovieCat Award. (I think I deserve a MovieCat Award for saying such nice things about her while I’m green with envy )