Stranger Things season 5 introduced a brand-new cast member in the form of Mike Wheeler’s little sister
WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Stranger Things season 5, Volume 1
Stranger Things season five, volume one has now arrived on Netflix after a final trailer and features some huge twists and turns with Hawkins now under military lockdown following the events of the series four finale.
The gang and Eleven (played by Millie Bobby Brown) continued to try and find Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) as he hid in the Upside Down, with things heating up in the final season of Stranger Things.
While Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) and his friends were busy searching for the villainous creature, he failed to notice his sister Holly Wheeler (Nell Fisher) was seemingly having visions and speaking to someone.
Instead of questioning whether she, too, had special abilities like Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), both Mike and his family put it all down to an imaginary friend rather than considering it could be Vecna.
Unsurprisingly, this resulted in Holly getting kidnapped by a demogorgon and taken to the Upside Down.
Many Stranger Things fans are now curious to know more about the actress behind the new Holly, after the younger version of the character was played by identical twins Anniston and Tinsley Price in previous seasons.
Who plays Holly Wheeler in Stranger Things season 5?
British child star Nell Fisher plays the new Holly in Stranger Things season five.
Hailing from London, the 13-year-old has previously starred in Bookworm, Evil Dead Rise, Northspur, TV show My Life Is Murder and Choose Love.
According to IMDb, she is rumoured to next be starring in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Live Action TV series, which is in pre-production.
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How old is Holly Wheeler in Stranger Things season 5?
Actress Fisher is 13-years-old, but her character Holly was born in 1980, according to the Stranger Things fandom page, and so would be around seven-years-old in season five.
Holly would have been around three-years-old in season one, which is set in 1983.
At one point, Karen Wheeler (Cara Buono) remarks how Holly “isn’t five anymore” alluding to her daughter getting older.
Why was Holly Wheeler recast in Stranger Things?
The reason for the recasting was because the producers wanted an older and more experienced actress to take on the role of Holly, who has a big role to play in season five.
As revealed in season five, volume one, Holly’s part in the story is pretty important, with Matt Duffer telling SFX in a recent interview: “Once you see the full season, you’ll have a better understanding of why it was so important to add her to the cast.
“One of the reasons was, we just wanted to recapture some of the feeling of season one, and some of that you can’t recapture unless you have kids, because our kids are not kids anymore. They’re not close to being kids anymore.”
Adding: “So it was really fun to add Holly and her classmates into the show, because it allowed us to recapture some of that feeling.”
Stranger Things season 5, volume 2 is released on Netflix UK and Ireland on Boxing Day (December 26) at 1am
