Natalia Dyer - Biography

Who is Natalia Dyer?

Natalia Dyer is an actress by profession and American by nationality. She is best known for starring in the Netflix series Stranger Things as Nancy Wheeler.

Natalia Dyer – Bio, Age, Family, Education

Natalia Dyer’s birth took place on January 13, 1995, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She was born Natalia Danielle Dyer, to her mother Karen Dyer Young, an exercise physiologist & fitness instructor, and her father Allen Miles Dyer, a clinical engineering specialist. She has a younger sibling, a sister named Virginia Dyer.

After her parents divorced, her mother remarried. Her step-father is John Young. She also has a maternal half-sister.

young Natalia Dyer with her father and younger brother (Instagram)

Education, Ethnicity

For education, she attended Nashville School of the Arts and after graduation enrolled at New York University. She also studied at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Dyer has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a neurodevelopment type of mental disorder, and has been receiving treatment since childhood.

Her ethnicity is English and Slovak.

Other information on her life including her mother, father, and childhood is under wraps.

Natalia Dyer – Boyfriend, Husband, Children

In 2016 Natalia Dyer was rumored to be in a relationship with Charlie Heaton, an English actor, and Stranger Things co-star. The rumors caught fire when the two posted snaps from a trip to Spain on their respective Instagram accounts.

A source also revealed to Life & Style that “They’re definitely dating. They’ve been together since before season two began filming in October.”

She is yet to marry her longtime boyfriend and take him for a husband. Her future prospects of having children and starting a family are yet to be shared. Also as she has never married, divorce is out of context.

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Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton in 2019 (Us Weekly)

Natalia Dyer – Career

Early Days

Dyer began acting when she was 12 years old. Her career took off in 2009 when she was cast as Clarissa Granger in Hannah Montana: The Movie. This was followed by supporting roles in films The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011), Blue Like Jazz (2012), and I Believe in Unicorns (2014).

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Films, Series

Natalia Dyer also starred in films Long Nights Short Mornings (2016), After Darkness (2017), Mountain Rest (2018), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), Yes, God, Yes (2019), etc.

In 2016 she was cast in the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. She portrays the main role of Nancy Wheeler. Moreover, she has made an appearance in James Bay’s 2018 music video of Wild Love.

Co-stars

On the set of Stranger Things, Natalia Dyer has worked alongside Sadie Sink, Maya Hawke, Gaten Matarazzo, Dacre Montgomery, Catherine Curtin

Natalia Dyer in Stranger Things (Glamour)

Natalia Dyer – Awards, Nominations

For her work in Stranger Things, Natalia Dyer was nominated for 2017’s Young Artist Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. She won the latter.

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Natalia Dyer – Net Worth, Salary

Her net worth is estimated to be around $4 million but her annual salary has not been updated. In 2016 Natalia Dyer was paid $150,000 per episode of Stranger Things.

Natalia Dyer – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media such as Instagram Natalia Dyer has over 6 million followers and on Twitter has more than 305k followers. But she does not seem to own a Facebook account.

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