Millie Bobby Brown unrecognisable on 18th birthday

Millie Bobby Brown was totally unrecognisable from her role in Stranger Things as she celebrated her 18th birthday on the weekend.

Actor Millie Bobby Brown celebrated her 18th birthday on Saturday with a throwback party theme.

The Stranger Things star shared a snap with her boyfriend, Jake Bongiovi, which showed the pair rocking looks inspired by Barbie and Ken.

“Hey Ken!” she wrote on Instagram.

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Millie celebrates her 18th with boyfriend Jake Bongiovi.

The couple also channelled a little medieval romance for good measure, with Brown wearing an embroidered corset over a lacy white mini dress, complete with a platinum blonde wig.

Bongiovi – who is the son of rocker Jon Bon Jovi – wore a brown floral shirt.

“Ur rly pretty,” he wrote on Brown’s post, while some of her other famous pals also jumped into the comments section.

A new look for a big birthday.

“Birthday girl,” her Stranger Things scene partner Noah Schnapp wrote, while Paris Hilton commented, “Loves it.”

Brown and Bongiovi, 19, were first linked last year when they were spotted holding hands. He later shared a photo with the actress, captioning it, “bff

They made their romance official in November 2021 when they posed for a snap on the London Eye, and celebrated Christmas together the following month.

Brown’s TV dad, actor David Harbour, recently revealed he was worried that fame could have a negative impact on his young Stranger Things co-star.

Millie shot to fame at a young age as the mysterious Eleven in Stranger Things.

“Millie and I have always had sort of a special relationship because I knew her when she was so young. I knew her before any of this big fame hit,” Harbour, 46, said of Brown on podcast That Scene with Dan Patrick last August.

“I have a real protective feeling for her. I have a real, like, worry,” he said. “I worry about her and the fame and all that she has to struggle with.”

Brown was just 12 when the hit Netflix show premiered in 2016, and she’s already faced multiple controversies, from her unconventional friendship with rapper Drake to allegations about a past relationship with TikTok star Hunter “Echo” Ecimovic.

All dressed up for her 18th.

On a 2019 red carpet. Picture: Getty

She’s also been open about the struggles of being scrutinised and sexualised at such a young age.

“There are moments I get frustrated from the inaccuracy, inappropriate comments, sexualisation, and unnecessary insults that ultimately have resulted in pain and insecurity for me,” she wrote on Instagram in February 2020 on her 16th birthday.

“But not ever will I be defeated. I’ll continue doing what I love and spreading the message in order to make change.”

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission

Originally published as Millie Bobby Brown unrecognisable on 18th birthday