After becoming a child television star playing the title character on the hit Disney series Hannah Montana, she went on to become an international pop star with such hit songs as "Party in the U.S.A." and "Wrecking Ball."
She was born Destiny Hope and was given the nickname Smiley, which evolved into Miley, while growing up on a farm in the suburbs of Nashville.
She was included on Time Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in both 2008 and 2014.
Her mother is Tish Cyrus and her father is country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. She became engaged to actor Liam Hemsworth, but the couple split in 2013. They rekindled their relationship in 2016. She also dated Patrick Schwarzenegger for about a year while she and Hemsworth were split.
She sang a duet with John Travolta for the 2008 animated film Bolt.
