In “Black Mirror,” what is the name of the pop star character played by Miley Cyrus? The answer is Ashley O.
Ashley O appears in the episode “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too,” the third episode of Black Mirror’s fifth series. Miley Cyrus plays Ashley Ortiz, a hugely successful pop singer whose public image is bright, reassuring, and carefully controlled by her aunt and manager, Catherine. Behind that image, Ashley wants to make more personal and rebellious music.
The story follows Rachel Goggins, a teenage fan who receives Ashley Too, an interactive robotic doll modeled on the singer’s personality. The doll helps expose the difference between Ashley O’s manufactured celebrity persona and her real creative ambitions. Cyrus also performs the fictional songs “On a Roll” and “Right Where I Belong.”
Ashley O is sometimes confused with Hannah Montana because Cyrus became famous playing that Disney Channel character. Hannah Montana, however, is a separate fictional pop-star identity from the sitcom that ran from 2006 to 2011. The Black Mirror episode was released on Netflix on June 5, 2019.