Roundabout Theatre Company announced yesterday that Sienna Miller ("American Sniper", After Miss Julie) will join the cast of Cabaret starring opposite Alan Cumming beginning February 17, 2015. Miller will take over for current star Emma Stone, whose final performance is February 15, and play "Sally Bowles" for the final six weeks of the limited engagement through March 29, 2015.
The actress will make an appearance on tonight's broadcast of NBC's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON. Other guests set to appear include
Chris Hemsworth, and musical guest Joey Bada$$.
Miller made her Broadway debut in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2009 production of After Miss Julie. She can currently be seen on the silver screen in
Clint Eastwood's American Sniper and
Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher.
Joe Masteroff,
John Kander and
Fred Ebb's Tony-winning musical
Cabaret is directed by
Sam Mendes and co-directed/choreographed by
Rob Marshall.
Miller is currently co-starring in
Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" opposite
Bradley Cooper. The film tells the true story of Navy SEAL
Chris Kyle's rise through the ranks to become the deadliest sniper in American history. Distributed by Warner Bros, the film is based on Kyle's 2012 bestselling memoir of the same name. Miller plays his wife Taya. She can also be seen in
Bennett Miller's acclaimed true-life drama "Foxcatcher," with
Steve Carell,
Channing Tatum and
Mark Ruffalo. Miller recently completed work on a
John Wells drama, set for release in October 2015, in which she is reunited with
Bradley Cooper. Her other upcoming projects include "Unfinished Business," with
Vince Vaughn; a feature film biopic about infamous Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, starring with
Johnny Depp; and "High Rise," directed by Ben Wheatley. Born in New York, Miller was educated in England and then studied drama at the
Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. She first gained the attention of critics and audiences when she played the love interest of
Daniel Craig's character in Matthew Vaughn's "Layer Cake," earning an
EMPIRE Award nomination for Best Newcomer. She has since received a number of other accolades for her film work, including an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for her role in the 2007 film "Interview," and a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 2008's "
The Edge of Love," for which she also garnered a BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award nomination. Miller's film credits also include "Factory Girl," "Casanova," and "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra," which was a huge international box office hit in 2009. Miller played the role of The Baroness, for which she was named Supporting Actress of the Year at NATO's CinemaCon. In 2013, Miller was nominated for both a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe, in the Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV movie category, for her role in the acclaimed
HBO original movie "The Girl." The film explored the relationship between
Tippi Hedren, played by Miller, and
Alfred Hitchcock (
Toby Jones), during the making of the classic "The Birds."
An accomplished stage actress, Miller made her West End debut in 2005, playing Celia in the Young Vic's production of
William Shakespeare's "As You Like It," earning praise from critics and audiences for her performance alongside
Helen McCrory and
Dominic West. In 2009, she made her Broadway bow in
Patrick Marber's adaptation of "Miss Julie" entitled "After Miss Julie," directed by
Mark Brokaw and also starring
Jonny Lee Miller. More recently, she starred in the 2011 West End revival of
Terence Rattigan's "Flare Path," at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by
Trevor Nunn. Miller has a staunch devotion to humanitarian work. As an ambassador for Global Cool, she helped change legislation in India, tackling head-on the problems of climate change. She now serves as an ambassador for the children's charity Starlight and the world relief organization International Medical Corps.
