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I lived the Hollywood dream aged 6 by starring in The Holiday… now I have a normal job after I was forced out of acting | The Sun
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IF you're watching TV at this time of the year, odds are at some point you'll flick onto The Holiday.
The heartwarming movie, released in 2006, stars Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz as Iris and Amanda, who swap homes and (spoiler alert!) eventually fall in love with Jack Black and Jude Law’s characters, Miles and Graham.
Jude’s character Graham has two young daughters in the film – one of whom, Sophie, is played by Miffy Englefield, who was just six years old at the time.
She went on to star in a few other TV shows, including Casualty, but stepped away from the spotlight in 2011.
Now 24 and mum to a three-year-old daughter, Frankie, Miffy, who lives in Worthing, tells us how she landed the plum role and what she's up to now.
The Holiday was Miffy’s first paid acting gig – and she and her dad couldn’t believe her luck.
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“My dad had signed me up to an agency when I was four because he noticed I was a loud-mouthed kid,” she recalls.
“We were expecting an advert here or there, maybe something on stage, and then suddenly I got The Holiday!
“It was the first role I got, so it was quite unexpected… it happened really fast.”
Although she was working very closely with Hollywood stars Jude and Cameron, back then Miffy didn’t realise quite how famous they were.
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