Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), better known by her stage name Hannah Montana, is an American teen actress, singer, songwriter and author. Cyrus is known for starring as Miley Stewart "Hannah Montana" in the television series Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel.Cyrus became an overnight sensation after Hannah Montana debuted in March 2006. Following the success of the show, in October 2006, a soundtrack CD was released that included tracks from the show. As of December 2007, she worked on a movie spin-off of Hannah Montana, titled Hannah Montana: The Movie.Cyrus' solo music career began with the release of her debut album, Meet Miley Cyrus on June 23, 2007. Her sophomore album, entitled Breakout was released on July 22, 2008, which was Miley's first album that did not involve the Hannah Montana franchise.Miley Cyrus ventured into the writing world in 2008, with the release of her autobiography dubbed "Miles to Go". The memoir discusses Cyrus' relationship with her parents, her thoughts on the media, her love life, her future ambitions and milestones she still has to reach in her life. Soon afterward, she become a number one New York Times bestselling children's author.
Daughter of Tish Cyrus and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.
Siblings: Christopher Cody (older paternal half-brother), Trace Cyrus (older maternal half-brother), Brandi Cyrus (older maternal half-sister), Braison Cyrus (younger brother), and Noah Cyrus (younger sister). Brandon Cyrus is a related family member on her fathers side.
Her favorite novel is "Dont Die, My Love" by Lurlene McDaniel.
Her favorite song by her father, Billy Ray Cyrus , is "Achy Breaky Heart".
Has written over one hundred songs and some of them have been used for her show, "Hannah Montana" .
Likes to eat Chinese food.
Has a Maltipoo dog named Sophie that her parents gave to her for her 16th birthday.
Miley was on the green team for 2 summers in a row in the Disney Channel Games.
She has never taken formal singing lessons [as of June 2007].
Started auditioning for "Hannah Montana" when she was 11 years old. She originally tried out for the part of "Lilly Truscott".
Was ranked #17 on Forbes List of The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars .
Was ranked #12 on interview magazines Hollywood faces to watch "Future Stars of Tomorrow".
In January 2008, she legally changed her name from Destiny Hope Cyrus to Miley Ray Cyrus. "Ray" is for her grandfather, Ronald Ray Cyrus, whom she was very close to and "Miley" came from her childhood nickname "Smiley", which was shortened to "Miley", that was given to her because of her constant smiling as a young child.
Released a 3D concert movie of her Best of Both Worlds Tour on February 1st, 2008. It became the highest grossing Super Bowl weekend release ever.
Was ranked #22 on Entertainment Weeklys 30 Under 30 the actress list .
Was ranked #1 on TV Guides Top 10 Teen Star Countdown.
Befriended her backup dancer, Mandy Jiroux , while on tour. The two have a Youtube channel called MileyMandy, that they regularly update with new videos. Their show is called "The Miley and Mandy Show".
Mileys half-brother, Trace Cyrus , and her "Hannah Montana" co-star Mitchel Musso s brother, Mason Musso, are in the band "Metro Station".
Godmother is Dolly Parton.
Likes the bands Coldplay , Radiohead , and The Killers.
Lived in Toronto, Canada where she attended the Armstrong Acting Studio.
Was ranked #22 on Moviefones The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25.
On 25 September 2006, the Disney Channel was finally launched in South Africa. The first episode of "Hannah Montana" was broadcast on Friday, September 29, 2006, the show immediately became the channels "Flagship" show. Miley Cyrus is the most recognized Disney Channel star in South Africa with the most DVD releases of the show and 2 versions of her "Best of Both Worlds Concert" - one standard edition and one double disc extended 3-D edition. The extended 3D edition was released on Disney Blu-Ray simultaneously in August 2008.
Close friends with Demi Lovato and Ashley Tisdale.
Her favorite actresses include Angelina Jolie , Jodie Foster , and Jennifer Aniston.
Loves to ride horses.
Likes to watch the TV show "Sex and the City" .
Admirer of Meryl Streep.
Her musical influences include John Mayer , Elvis Presley , Rob Thomas , and John Lennon.
Participated in the 25th Anniversary Edition of "We Are the World" which was performed in memory of Michael Jackson as well as for relief efforts for the earthquake in Haiti.
While performing at the 02 arena in London, she changed the lyric in her song, "Party in the U.S.A.", from "And a Britney (Britney Spears ) song was On" to "And a Michael song was On". Michael being referred to Michael Jackson , who was suppose to have performed at the 02 Arena in July of 2009 but passed away before leaving to perform in London.
Her known tattoos: one under her left breast which says "Just Breathe", one on her ear which says "Love", a dream catcher on the right side of her rib cage under her arm. On her fingers she has an outline of a heart on her ring finger on her right hand, BAD on her middle finger, an equal sign on her left ring finger, a cross, a slice of watermelon, an alien emoji, "karma", a peace sign, and has a tattoo of an eye on her left index finger. On her side she has a tattoo of her late dog and "With a Little Help from my Fwends" in a chat bubble. On her wrists she has an anchor and an om symbol. On her arms she has a Theodore Roosevelt quote, VIIXCI Roman numerals, Leonardo Da Vincis rendition of anatomically correct hearts, crossed arrows, a saber tooth, a portrait of her grandma, Yoshimi, a cat, "love yer brain", and a crescent moon. On her inner lip she has the crying cat emoji. On her feet she has Rolling $tone and a sugar skull.
Voted #64 on the 2011 Maxim list "Hot 100" women.
Ranked #32 in the British version of FHM "100 Sexiest Women" List .
Ranked #89 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked #54 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Lives in Toluca Lake, California, her family bought a house there in 2007.
Fan of Britney Spears and considers Britney to be one of her idols.
Has had tachycardia since her teens.
Engaged to Liam Hemsworth [June 6, 2012].
Auditioned for the Selena Gomez s role in Ramona and Beezus .
Ended engagement to Liam Hemsworth [September 16, 2013].
(January 2007) Recording her New album.
(August 2013) U.S.A: Recording her new album called "Bangerz".
(June 2007) Currently playing "Miley Stewart" in "Hannah Montana" .
(May 2008) Filming Hannah Montana: The Movie in Franklin, Tennessee.
On Gypsy Heart Tour.
(August 2006) Currently on tour doing opening singing acts for The Cheetah Girls in concert.
Working on her new album Breakout
(September 2009) On her Wonder world Tour.
(January 2010) Finished her Wonderworld Tour.
Working on Hannah Montana: The Movie .
(February 2011) Filming for new movie, So Undercover .
Filming Season 2 of "Hannah Montana" .
(December 2009) Performing her Wonderworld Tour in the UK.
(June 2007) Promoting her new Album.
(October 2007) On her Best of Both Worlds Tour.
Release of her book, "Miley Cyrus: Miles to Go" by Miley with Hilary Liftin.
(February 2010) Recording a cover of "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. with other artists like Mariah Carey to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
(March 2007) On her first ever European Tour.
She has English, along with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of Scottish, Irish, Welsh, French, Dutch, and German, ancestry.
One of Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].
Ranked #25 on Maxims "Hot 100" of 2014 list.
Was considered for the role of Peter Pan in NBCs Peter Pan Live! .
Voted #1 on the 2013 Maxim list "Hot 100" women.
Her song "Party In The U.S.A." was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Party In The CIA". Eighteen years earlier, Yankovic parodied her fathers "Achy Breaky Heart" as "Achy Breaky Song". This makes Miley the first artist Yankovic has parodied whos also the offspring of an artist hes parodied.
Along with smoking weed regularly, she smokes nearly 2 packs of cigarettes a day and chain smokes multiple cigarettes at a time. She said that she cannot think of starting her day without a cigarette.
In 1994 appeared on Music City Tonight on television with her father.
In 2017, her birthday will have fallen on Thanksgiving 5 times in her life so far.
I like "Workaholics" (2011) a lot.
I like being the girl nobody can have.
I try to not work too many Sundays. At least on Sunday nights, I try to chill out a little bit. I call it Sunday Funday.
Music is what I breathe, what I love to do. It keeps me alive.
The only people that you really have, that I learned, are your family, because they love you no matter what.
Life is all about having a good time.
God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.
