Natalia Danielle Dyer is an American actress known for her role as Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–present).

Born on January 13, 1995, in Nashville, Tennessee, she started acting in community theater during her adolescence. She made her professional screen acting debut in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Dyer graduated from the performing arts high school Nashville School of the Arts. She moved to New York City and enrolled at New York University, studying at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

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The 27-year-old 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.

At age 16, she filmed the indie film I Believe in Unicorns, which was her first major role. The film premiered three years later at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival.

Her career breakthrough role was as Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things. She has also starred in independent films, most notably the dramedy film Yes, God, Yes (2019) in which she stars as Alice.

Her other notable credits are as supporting roles in the horror films Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) and Things Heard & Seen (2021).

In January 2022, it was announced that she would star in horror film All Fun and Games opposite Asa Butterfield.

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In July 2022, Dyer became the subject of a beautician’s controversial TikTok, in which the actor is sized up for plastic surgery. The video by Miranda Wilson shared an exhaustive list of suggestions including lip filler; Botox to “help slim the face;” a brow lift; and chin filler to “make her face more of a heart shape.”

Wilson has since apologized in a new video. However, Dyer had not responded to the viral TikTok video as of July 27.