Millie Bobby Brown has revealed she’s deaf in one ear.
The Stranger Things star opened up about her health issue to Variety, explaining that she was born with partial hearing loss in one ear which slowly faded to deafness after years of tubes.
The 13-year-old starlet explained that while she can’t fully hear herself perform, she doesn’t let it hold her back, saying: ‘I just started to sing, and if I sound bad I don’t care, because I’m just doing what I love,’
Millie Bobby Brown has talked about her deafness in one ear which she says hasn’t held her back in her pursuit of her acting dream. The actress is seen on Wednesday in NYC
‘You don’t have to be good at singing. You don’t have to be good at dancing or acting. If you like to do it, if you genuinely enjoy doing it, then do it. No one should stop you.’
Her Stranger Things character Eleven doesn’t talk much but Millie said she made use of her other senses.
‘You can talk with your face,’ she explained. ‘It’s very easy for someone to say, “I’m mad. I’m sad. I’m angry.’ I have to just do it with my face.’
Strike a pose: The starlet looked chic in an embroidered skirt and jacket combo with turtleneck and boots
Red carpet style: The Netflix star wore her hair swept back in a chignon and wore a little makeup as she posed at the Sirius XM studios
The English actress discussed her love of acting and how she knew from age eight that it’s what she wanted to do.
Her parents moved her and her siblings from Bournemouth, England to Orlando, Florida so she could pursue her dream.
‘It was like a bug,’ she said, ‘I know this sounds crazy, but once I find something I want to do, nobody’s stopping me. If I don’t know how to sew, and I really had that passion to sew, that’s it, I’m going to sew. That’s also with acting. So here I am.’
Millie looked stylish during an appearance at the Sirius XM studios in New York on Wednesday as she was joined by her Stranger Things costars.
Gang’s together: Millie was joined by her Netflix costars Gaten Matarazzo, Sadie Sink, Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin for a Q&A
She wore a chic embroidered skirt and jacket two-piece over a black turtleneck and ankle boots.
Her brunette locks were swept back in an elegant chignon and she wore just a touch of makeup.
The starlet also opened up about how weird it was having so many people watch her have her first kiss while filming the Netflix hit show.
Fun work: The English starlet couldn’t stop giggling as she sat down with her pals for a chat about the second season
And she’s funny too! The actress worked her infectious personality on the room
‘Having 250 people looking at you kissing someone is like, “Whoa!”‘
The actress shares her very first kiss on camera with co-star Finn Wolfhard on season one of the sci-fi series.
And while the kiss wasn’t a first for her co-star Finn, Mille said she had some doubts about that.
‘He says I wasn’t, but I definitely think I was,’ the actress said. ‘I think he was just trying to be cool.’
Fashion maven: The actress blew a kiss at onlookers as she headed to TRL
On the move: Millie has a busy schedule with promotional duties for Stranger Things 2