Rebecca Miller

Rebecca Miller is married to the famous English actor Daniel Day-Lewis. She has two children with him, and a step-son from Lewis’ previous relationship.

Rebecca Augusta Miller was born on September 15th, 1962, in Roxbury, Connecticut, in the United States. Her father was the well-known playwright Arthur Miller, and her mother was Inge Morath, a professional photographer. Her father was Jewish, while her mother was Protestant.

Though she mostly practiced Catholicism while growing up, she had stopped identifying as a Christian by the time she finished her college. Starting from her childhood, she was interested in sculpting and was trained by veteran sculptors such as Philip Grausman.

She did her schooling from Choate Rosemary Hall, and later attended Yale University, where she studied painting and literature. During this time, she became an acquaintance of Naomi Wolf, a future author, who was her roommate. After her graduation she exhibited her paintings and sculptures in a few galleries. She also studied film for some time at ‘The New School’ in New York.

Mentored by Arnold S. Eagle, an American photographer and cinematographer, Rebecca Miller initially made non-verbal films. She used to display them along with her artwork.

Her acting career began in 1988, when she was cast in an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play ‘The Cherry Orchard’. During this time, she made up her mind to become an independent filmmaker. Her first work on TV was in the miniseries ‘The Murder of Mary Phagan’, which aired on NBC the same year.

She played a supporting role in the 1991 film ‘Regarding Henry’. Directed by Mike Nichols, the film was about a lawyer struggling to regain his memory after he survives a shooting. The film received mostly negative reviews. It was also a commercial failure.

The same year, Miller directed a short film named ‘Florence’. Her brilliant work in the short film gained the notice of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati and she was invited to direct a revival of ‘After the Fall’, a play by Arthur Miller. She directed another play ‘The Bluebird Special Came Through Here’ the same year.

She directed her first significant film ‘Angela’ in 1995. The film won a few awards. However, a review of the film by ‘The New York Times’ described the plot as quite disturbing.

‘Consenting Adults’ is a 1992 crime thriller film where Rebecca Miller played a supporting role. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film was about the composer Richard Parker, who faces a lot of trouble after he becomes friends with a con artist. The film starred Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller, and E.G. Marshall. The film became a commercial success, but was met with negative reviews. In 2001, it was adapted into a Hindi film named ‘Ajnabee’.

Miller directed the 2005 drama film ‘The Ballad of Jack and Rose’. The film starred actors Camilla Belle, Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener, Ryan McDonald and Paul Dano. The film was about the lives of an environmentalist and his daughter living in an isolated island and the complicated relationship dynamics between them.

’Maggie’s Plan’, a 2015 a romantic comedy drama, was written, directed, and co-produced by Rebecca Miller. The film was about a woman Maggie Harden, who decides to start a family. The cast included Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hakwe, Bill Hader, Travis Fimmel, and Maya Rudolf. The film was met with positive reviews from critics.