Hollywood can hardly keep up with Millie Bobby Brown. It wasn’t until May 2024 that the Stranger Things actress married Jake Bongiovi, son of rock legend Jon Bon Jovi. As soon as the wedding crown was straightened, the next surprise followed: Millie and Jake have become parents — through adoption! “This summer we welcomed our sweet daughter,” the couple wrote on Instagram.
The hashtag: “And then there were 3,” and millions of fans went wild. But anyone who knows Millie knows this: she likes life to move a little faster than everyone else’s. In the spring, she revealed on the Smartless podcast that she really wanted to become a young mother, inspired by her own mom, who also had her first child at 21. “That was my plan before I met Jake,” the actress said. And now it has already happened.
Dreaming of a “house full of life” While other Hollywood stars wait well into their 30s to have children, Millie is already thinking about a big family: “I’m one of four, he’s one of four, we want a house full of life.” Her husband held her back with just one condition: to have children only after the wedding. But as soon as the ring was on her finger, the two kept their promise and adopted a baby girl. “For me, there’s no difference between having children and adoption,” Millie said enthusiastically.
“Our home is full of love, the door is always open.” Millie Bobby Brown is the best example of a child star who had to grow up early and had little childhood herself. She may now want to pass this on to her own children — and perhaps reclaim a bit of childhood for herself. At the age of nine, she stood in front of the camera professionally for the first time, in ABC’s fantasy series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.
This was followed by appearances in Intruders and Modern Family before she made her breakthrough with Stranger Things and changed her life forever. The life of a normal girl was left behind: at the age of eight, she moved with her parents from Bournemouth to Orlando, began taking acting lessons immediately, and soon left regular school again due to bullying. Instead, she was taught at home and on set, a solution Millie managed well.
“I liked the one-on-one learning and the flexibility,” she once said. She often worked on set during the day and then studied for school until midnight. Jake Bongiovi met her through Instagram in 2021, got engaged to her in April 2023 at just 19, and became her husband in 2024. First love, then the ring, now the baby — all in the meteoric rise of a star. Millie Bobby Brown seems determined to build her personal life with as much purpose as her career. Fans are already asking: What’s next?
