Random Places You've Seen the Cast of Stranger Things Before (18 items)

(#1) Winona Ryder
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Stranger Things role: Joyce Byers
Ah, Winona. How we’ve loved you. She’s been an ‘80s icon, a notorious necklace-nabbing gangster, and a tattoo on Johnny Depp’s arm. She’s grabbed her fair share of the silver screen with Girl Interrupted, Beetlejuice, Reality Bites, Mermaids, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Edward Scissorhands. Unlike a lot of youthful stars, Ryder aged gracefully, playing characters her own age in Star Trek and Black Swan, and did a few stints in gleefully trashy b-movies like The Iceman and Homefront.
But let’s celebrate her for one of her most outstanding roles, as Veronica in Heathers, the movie that gave us the phrase “Well, f*ck me gently with a chainsaw.” BTW, fun fact, Winona's hair in Stranger Things is modeled after Meryl Streep's in Silkwood, which came out in the year in which the show takes place.
(#2) Matthew Modine
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Stranger Things role: Dr. Martin Brenner
Matthew Modine is a Richard Gere-esque silver fox in Stranger Things, but back in the day, he was a hearthrob. Married to the Mob, Full Metal Jacket, or Vision Quest, anyone? He was also in Short Cuts, Any Given Sunday, The Dark Knight Rises, Weeds, Transporter 2, and one of the biggest box office disasters of all time, Cutthroat Island.
But lets take a feathered peek at his performance in 1984’s Birdy, shall we? Modine plays a Vietnam vet who’s wartime experiences push him over the edge, and he becomes convinced he's turning into a bird.
(#3) Millie Bobby Brown

Stranger Things role: Eleven
In her short career, Millie Brown has racked up quite a few TV credits, including Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, NCIS, Modern Family, and Grey's Anatomy. Her portrayal of Eleven instantly connected with Netflix bingers. But she has been creepy, mysterious, and brilliant before. You must check her out in BBC’s Intruders.
(#12) Cara Buono
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Stranger Things role: Karen Wheeler
This is not Cara Buono’s first time parenting kids involved in supernatural things. She did the same in 2010’s Let Me In. If you watched Person of Interest, you’ll instantly recognize her as Martine Rousseau. She played paramedic Grace Foster on Third Watch, appeared regularly in The Sopranos as Kelli Moltisanti, Christopher’s wife, and Mad Men fans know her as Faye Miller. She had small roles on The Good Wife, Hawaii 5-0, ER, and CSI, and played three different parts on Law & Order.
As for movies, you may have seen Buono in Paper Towns, Hulk, Happy Accidents, Kicking and Screaming, and Beer League.
(#14) Chris Sullivan
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Stranger Things role: Benny Hammond
Chris Sullivan doesn't get much screen time in Stranger Things, but he makes a strong impression. The Irish actors gets to use his real accent on The Knick, in which he plays Tom Clearly. He also appeared alongside Tom Hardy in The Drop, and was in The Normal Heart, The Americans, Law & Order: SVU, Elementary, and Peter Pan Live!. In the wake of Stranger Things, he's appearing in Imperium, a film about neo Nazis starring Daniel Radcliffe, and Morgan, a supernatural thriller with Kate Mara.
(#18) Rob Morgan

Stranger Things role: Officer Powell
Rob Morgan has been steadily working in television for years, landing roles on shows including 30 Rock, Blue Bloods, and Law & Order: SVU. But Netflix viewers likely know him best as Turk Barrett, the Hell's Kitchen criminal who pops up in Daredevil and Luke Cage.