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Penelope Ann Miller

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Penelope is the middle of three daughters born to Mark Miller, best known as the father on "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (1965) and later a writer and filmmaker, who wrote A Walk in the Clouds (1995) and Bea Ammidown, who worked for Diana Vreeland as a fashion editor for "Harper's Bazaar" magazine and later a journalist for "Life" magazine. She now is a yoga instructor with a non-profit for the disabled called " The Yogability Institute". Her older sister, Marisa Miller, is also an actress and younger sister, Savannah Miller, is a social worker and a representative for Arbonne skin-care products.

At age 15, she was in a car accident when their family was going on a ski trip. This left her with a barely noticeable scar on her right cheek.

She graduated from high school in L.A. and moved to New York at 18, where she studied theater. Her big break was on Broadway, when she was cast in Neil Simon's 1985's Tony award-winning play "Biloxi Blues", opposite 'Mathew Broderick'. In 1988, she starred in Our Town (1989) (TV) with Eric Stoltz and Spalding Gray and was nominated for a Tony award for her performance as "Emily". In 1990, she moved into films.

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Penelope Ann Miller has shared the screen with some of the most notable and renowned leading men in Hollywood. This distinguished list includes Al Pacino and Sean Penn in Carlito's Way (1993) for which she received a Golden Globe nomination; Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick in The Freshman (1990); Robert De Niro and Robin Williams in Awakenings (1990); Danny DeVito and Gregory Peck in Other People's Money (1991) and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop (1990), among many others.

Miller left her native Los Angeles when she was 18 and moved to New York, where she studied acting at HB Studios under Herbert Berghof. Two years later, Miller got her big break on Broadway when she originated the role of "Daisy Hanningan" in Neil Simon's Tony Award-winning play "Biloxi Blues" opposite Matthew Broderick. Later, she would reprise her role along with Broderick in Universal's film version, directed by Mike Nichols.

Miller was named "Star of Tomorrow" by the Motion Picture Bookers Club and "Most Promising Actress" by the Chicago Film Critics Association. She received a special jury award for Best Performance at the Hollywood Film Festival for her role in the independent feature Rhapsody in Bloom (1998) (TV), and a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of "Emily" in Broadway's Tony-winning revival of "Our Town".

In 2007, Penelope starred in the Sony Pictures box office hit _Messengers, The (2000), produced by Sam Raimi, which opened #1 in the country. Penelope stars opposite Kristen Stewart, John Corbett and 'Dylan McDermott'. Most recently, she completed "FreeStyle" (2005), where she plays the mother of Corbin Bleu (High School Musical (2006) (TV)) and Madison Pettis (The Game Plan (2007)), and Saving Grace (2000) opposite Michael Biehn and 'Tatum O'Neal'. Miller's television credits include Rocky Marciano (1999) (TV) opposite Jon Favreau and George C. Scott, "The Last Don" (1997) opposite Joe Mantegna, The Mary Kay Letourneau Story (2000) (TV) for which she won critical review, and Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003) (TV) opposite James Woods.

Miller currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.

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Father is Mark Miller, best known as the father on "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (1965). Was also a writer and filmmaker (A Walk in the Clouds (1995)). Mother is Bea Ammidown.

First child, daughter Eloisa May, born on 10 December 2000 in Santa Monica (7lbs 6oz)

Dated Al Pacino.

Has acted with all three stars of the Godfather Saga (Marlon Brando in The Freshman (1990), Robert De Niro in Awakenings (1990), and Al Pacino in Carlito's Way (1993).

Was nominated for Broadway's 1989 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town."

Her older sister Marisa Miller is an actress and set decorator, and younger sister Savannah Miller is a social worker and a representative for Arbonne skin care products who lives in Washington state.

Stepdaughter of Barbara Stanger.

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