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Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, Mills began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in the British crime drama film Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for Disney's Pollyanna (1960) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress in 1961. During her early career, she appeared in six films for Walt Disney, including her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in the Disney film The Parent Trap (1961). Her performance in Whistle Down the Wind (a 1961 adaptation of the novel written by her mother) saw Mills nominated for BAFTA Award for Best British Actress.
Hayley Mills is an acclaimed English actress born into a theatrical family who achieved international fame as a child star in British and Disney films during the 1960s.
She is best known for her star-making dual role in The Parent Trap, her performance in Pollyanna, and her BAFTA-winning work in Tiger Bay.
She starred in six films for Walt Disney during her early career, becoming one of the studio's most popular juvenile leads.