Miller was born in Los Angeles, California, to Beatrice (née Ammidown), a costume designer, publicist, and journalist, and Mark Miller, a television actor and producer. Her mother was the goddaughter of businessman Aristotle Onassis and an editor of Harper's Bazaar.[2] She has two sisters: older, Marisa Miller, who is also a film actress, and younger, Savannah Miller, a social worker.
Miller graduated from high school in Los Angeles and attended Menlo College in Atherton, California for two years from 1981 to 1983, then moved to New York City to study theatre at HB Studio.[3]
Career
Her Broadway theatre break came in 1985 when she was cast in the lead (opposite Matthew Broderick) in the Neil Simon play Biloxi Blues. (She also starred with Broderick in the 1988 film version of that play).
She played a role in one episode ("Death and the Lady") of the television series Miami Vice (which aired on October 16, 1987), and accepted several other small roles in film and television work. She then returned to Broadway in a revival of Our Town; her portrayal of Emily garnered her a Tony award nomination. She then appeared as Pee-wee Herman's (Paul Reubens) fiancée, Winnie Johnston, in the 1988 release of Big Top Pee-wee. She played a supporting role in 1989's Dead Bang, a cop thriller starring Don Johnson.
After a recurring role on the ABC soap opera Mistresses, Miller was cast in 2015 as a regular in the first season of ABC's drama series American Crime.[4]
In October 2020, Miller was cast as First LadyNancy Reagan in Reagan, a biographical film based on the life of President Ronald Reagan.[5]Reagan was theatrically released in the United States on August 30, 2024.[6]
Personal life
In 1994, Miller married actor Will Arnett. They divorced in 1995.[7]
Miller married James Huggins in 2000, and they have two daughters: Eloisa May and Maria Adela.[8] On March 14, 2012, Miller filed for legal separation from Huggins after 12 years of marriage.[9] On June 15, 2012, Miller withdrew her request for separation.[10]
