18 Fascinating Facts About Millie Bobby Brown

3. When she was 8 years old, the Browns packed up and went to Orlando, Fla., after Millie became determined to pursue acting. She enrolled in performing arts classes, booked some commercials (including a geographically friendly Disney World spot) and a talent scout who saw the child at a showcase advised that it would be a good idea to get Millie out to Los Angeles.

Millie got her first IMDb credit at 9, a two-episode arc as “Young Alice” in the short-lived Once Upon a Time spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland on ABC. In fact, she was so good in one episode, they wrote another one featuring the character expressly to bring her back.

“It was like a bug,” a 13-year-old Brown told Variety. “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.”