Natalia Dyer

Natalia Danielle Dyer (born January 13, 1995) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–present). She has also appeared in the Peacock comedy thriller series Based on a True Story (2023) and in the films Yes, God, Yes (2019), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) and Things Heard & Seen (2021).

Natalia Dyer
Dyer in 2017
Born	Natalia Danielle Dyer (1995-01-13) January 13, 1995 (age 30) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Partner	Charlie Heaton (2016–present)

Early life

Natalia Danielle Dyer^[1] was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 13, 1995.^[a][2][3][4] She has two sisters.^[5] She started acting in community theater as a child,^[6] and made her professional screen acting debut in Hannah Montana: The Movie, which was filmed locally in 2008.^[7] She graduated from the Nashville School of the Arts,^[8] then moved to New York City and enrolled at New York University, studying at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study.^[9]

Career

Dyer began her professional career during her early teenage years, taking part in projects produced in and around her home in Tennessee; her first screen role was as Clarissa Granger in Hannah Montana: The Movie in 2009. During this time, she had small roles in the films The Greening of Whitney Brown and Blue Like Jazz before starring in the small independent films Don't Let Me Go and After Darkness; both films were released the following years.

At age 16, she filmed the indie film I Believe in Unicorns, which was her first major role.^[10][11] The film premiered three years later at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival.^[12][13][14]

Dyer's breakthrough role was as Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things.^[15] Dyer has also starred in independent films, most notably the dramedy film Yes, God, Yes (2019) in which she stars as Alice, a Catholic school girl exploring sexuality. Among her more notable credits are supporting roles in the horror films Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) and Things Heard & Seen (2021).^[16][17] She starred in the 2023 horror film All Fun and Games opposite Asa Butterfield.^[18]

Personal life

Since 2016, Dyer has been in a relationship with English actor Charlie Heaton, with whom she co-stars in Stranger Things.^[19]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Clarissa Granger
2010	Too Sunny for Santa	Janie	Short film[20]
2011	The Greening of Whitney Brown	Lily
2012	Blue Like Jazz	Grace
2013	Don't Let Me Go	Banshee
2014	After Darkness	Clara Beaty
	I Believe in Unicorns	Davina
	The City at Night	Adeline	Short film
2015	Till Dark	Lucy	Short film
2016	Long Nights Short Mornings	Marie
2017	Yes, God, Yes	Alice	Short film
2018	Mountain Rest	Clara
	After Her	Hailey	Short film
2019	Velvet Buzzsaw	Coco
	Yes, God, Yes	Alice
	The Nearest Human Being[21]	Monique
	Tuscaloosa	Virginia
2021	United States vs. Reality Winner	Reality Winner (voice)
	Things Heard & Seen	Willis Howell
2023	Chestnut	Annie
	All Fun and Games	Billie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016–present	Stranger Things	Nancy Wheeler	Main role
2023	Based on a True Story	Chloe Lake	Main role (season 1)

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	The Postman's Dreams 2	Herself	Episode: "The Elevator"[22]
2020	Acting for a Cause	Jane Eyre	Episode: "Jane Eyre"[23]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2018	"Wild Love"	James Bay	[24]

Theater

Selected credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2004	To Kill a Mockingbird	Scout	Tennessee Performing Arts Center	[1]
2009	Titanic	Stewardess / Third Class Passenger	Looby Theater	[6]
2016	The Intriguing Engagements of Frances and Meg Cheatham, Ladies Of Society	Meg	Teatro La Tea (FringeNYC)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film — Teen Actress	Stranger Things	Nominated	[25]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Won	[26]
2018				Nominated	[27]
2020				Nominated	[28]

Notes

1. Some sources mistakenly give her birth year as 1997, but this is contradicted by the balance of evidence, including statements by Dyer herself.^[2]