Article: The misfit She might appear to enjoy a charmed life - daughter of an acclaimed playwright, wife of Daniel Day-Lewis. But Rebecca Miller's stories and films revel in female characters who are awkward, unsentimental and incredibly driven. Interview by Liz Hoggard. Portrait by Gautier Deblonde

WHEN DANIEL Day-Lewis dedicated his Best Actor Bafta to his wife, Rebecca Miller - "the best sport I ever met in my life" - a fortnight ago, the TV camera alighted on an ethereal-looking woman in the audience, fighting back tears. You could be forgiven for not recognising her, so low has the couple's profile been since their 1996 marriage. Not for much longer, however. This month sees the UK release of Miller's feature film Personal Velocity, and given that it won the 2002 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, it seems certain that she is in for some serious media attention.

It's remarkable that Miller has avoided the limelight for so long, given that she is the stuff of ...

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