I’m off ! Sienna quits ‘cliquey’ London for U.S.
STOP all the clocks, hang your flags at half-mast: actress Sienna Miller is quitting Britain. Jude Law’s former fiancee, who has been a stalwart of London’s social scene for more than ten years, is emigrating, as she claims the capital has become too ‘cliquey’ and uninspiring.
The 34-year-old is moving to New York with her daughter Marlowe, four. Earlier this week, Sienna’s sister, Savannah, posted online this picture of her at JFK airport with her copious luggage.
Sienna broke off her engagement to Marlowe’s actor father, Tom Sturridge, last year — and it’s not clear if he will be moving to America, too.
‘London feels cliquey and sometimes a little bit like swimming through mud,’ explained Sienna.
‘I feel like people come to New York to do something. I kind of dine out on that energy.
‘Everyone is here because they’re like: “I have something to say, something to do and I’m going to do it.” ’
She added for good measure: ‘I find New York, at the moment, a little bit more inspiring.’
Sienna was a London party girl before being cast as one of Jude Law’s lovers in the 2004 remake of classic Michael Caine film Alfie.
Romance blossomed off-screen and the pair became one of the capital’s most talked about couples and were soon engaged.
However, Sienna also had a ‘brief affair’ with James Bond star Daniel Craig after playing his lover in gangster film Layer Cake. Her relationship with Jude went horribly wrong in 2005 when he was discovered to have been sleeping with his children’s nanny. Law made a public apology to Sienna, but they broke off their engagement.
Miller’s love life became yet more tangled when she embarked on an affair with the married actor Balthazar Getty.
The grandson of philanthropist Sir Paul Getty later returned to his wife, fashion designer Rosetta Millington, with whom he has four children. ‘Rosetta is understanding enough and spiritual enough to let us try,’ he said. ‘I loved and missed my family too much not to make it work.’
Happily, Sienna looked thrilled to arrive in New York, judging by the picture of her smiling perched on top of a brown guitar case.
Wearing a sleeveless cream top and grey trousers, the actress posed in front of three trolleys full of luggage, including a Louis Vuitton duffle bag. ‘It’s official,’ wrote fashion designer Savannah. ‘She’s a New Yorker.’
Lock up your husbands!