Miley Cyrus was born in 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee to country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus. She began her career as a child actress on the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana in 2006, which propelled her to fame. Her debut album Meet Miley Cyrus was released in 2007 and she has since released additional albums and starred in several films, transitioning to more mature roles and music as she has grown older. She continues to work as both an actress and musician.

2. Born Destiny Hope Cyrus ; November 23, 1992. She comes from Nashville, Tennessee, to Leticia Jean "Tish" (Finley) and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Her parents named her Destiny Hope because they believed that she would accomplish great things with her life. They gave her the nickname "Smiley", which was later shortened to "Miley", because she smiled so often as a baby

3. Tish had two children from a previous relationship: Trace and Brandi. Billy Ray adopted Trace and Brandi when they were young. She has a half-brother, Christopher Cody, Billy Ray's son from a brief relationship, born the same year as Miley; he grew up with his mother in South Carolina. Tish and Billy Ray had two more children, Braison and Noah.

4. Cyrus grew up on a 500-acre (2.0 km 2 ) farm in Franklin, Tennessee, approximately an hour away from Nashville, and attended Heritage Elementary School. She was raised Christian and was baptized in a Southern Baptist church prior to moving to Hollywood in 2005. She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring.

5. 2001- 2005: Early Work In 2001, when Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada while her father filmed the television series Doc. After Billy Ray took her to see a 2001 Mirvish production of Mamma Mia! at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Miley grabbed his arm and told him:

6. At age 11, Cyrus learned about the casting for what became Hannah Montana , a Disney Channel children's television series about a school girl with a secret double life as a teen pop star. Cyrus sent in a tape auditioning for the show's best friend role, but received a call asking her to audition for the lead, "Chloe Stewart“. After sending in a new tape and flying to Hollywood for further auditions, Cyrus was told that she was too young and too small for the part. However, her persistence and ability to sing in addition to act led the show's producers to invite her back for further auditions. Cyrus eventually received the lead, renamed “Miley Stewart" after herself, at the age of twelve.

7. 2006- 2007: Hannah Montana and Meet Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana became an instant hit and propelled Cyrus to teen idol status, according to The Daily Telegraph. The series premiered on March 26, 2006 to the largest audience ever for a Disney Channel show and soon became one of the highest-rated series on basic cable, elevating Miley's wealth and fame along with it. Time magazine reports that Cyrus's "phenomenal" success is due partially to her talent and partially to "Disney learning to use its vast, multimedia holdings" and market Cyrus and Hannah Montana appropriately. Cyrus eventually became the first artist to have deals in television, film, consumer products, and music within The Walt Disney Company.

8. 2008- 2009: Breakout, transitions and film career launch After the end of the Best of Both Worlds Tour in January 2008, Walt Disney Pictures released Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, a 3D concert film of the tour, on February 1, 2008 for what was expected to be a one-week run. The film earned over $31 million at the box-office and an average of $42,000 per theater, twice the expected total, convincing Disney executives to extend the release for an indefinite run.

9. On July 22, 2008, Cyrus released her second studio album under her own name, entitled Breakout . Miley said Breakout was inspired by "what's been going on in my life in the past year.“ Cyrus co-wrote eight out of twelve songs on the album. "Songwriting is what I really want to do with my life forever, [...] I just hope this record showcases that, more than anything, I'm a writer. The album debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and its lead single, “7 things", peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.She hosted the 2008 CMT Music Awards with her father in April and the 2008 Teen Choice Awards by herself in August.

10. Cyrus provided the voice of Penny in the 2008 computer-animated film Bolt , which was released on November 21, 2008 to critical acclaim. Cyrus also co-wrote and recorded the song “I Thought I Lost You" as a duet with John Travolta for the film, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.

11. In September 2009, she participated in the charity single “Just Stand Up!" in support of the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up to Cancer and in the City of Hope Benefit Concert in support of cancer research and training programs. She also became involved in Disney’s Friends For Change, an environmentalist group, for which she recorded the charity single “Send It On" along with several other Disney Channel stars.

12. Miley had already begun transitioning to a more grown-up image in late 2008, when her representatives negotiated a deal for novelist Nicholas Sparks to write the screenplay and novel basis for a film that would serve as a star vehicle for Cyrus by introducing her to audiences older than the young fans she had gained through Hannah Montana . It was important to Cyrus that she not be type cast as a singer: "I didn't want to be a singer in another film. I don't want to do that anymore. You have no idea how many musicals show up on my door. I want to do something a little more serious”. .

13. 2010–present: Can't Be Tamed and focus on film career Her third studio album, Can ‘t Be Tamed, was released on June 21, 2010. The album's first single is the title track, “Cant Be Tamed". The single was released for sale on May 18, 2010 and entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number eight. Cyrus's costumes and dances while promoting Can't Be Tamed were also considerably more provocative than previous performances, arousing media criticism.

14. As of December 2010, Miley is set to star in two more films, LOL: Laughing Out Loud and So Undercover . In LOL , a remake of a 2008 French teen comedy, Miley plays "a daughter who is involved with all the wrong kids, doing drugs, failing school, but [whose] mother has her on this perfect pedestal" and says "[She] just fell in love with the story.” Miley's character loses her virginity, smokes cannabis, gets wasted and kisses two girlfriends on the lips. She will also star in So Undercover , an action comedy film. Cyrus will play the part of "a tough, street-smart private eye hired by the FBI to go undercover in a college sorority.” She will learn street fighting for the role. Cyrus hosted SNL on March 5, where she performed in several sketches. She also sang a brief song about her several controversies, such as the bong incident, the photo of her friend and she eating a Twizzler, and the "pole dance" on a hotel pole at the Teen Choice Awards, stating "I'm sorry that I'm not perfect.“

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