Eleven (birth name: Jane Ives) is a main character from the Netflix science fiction horror drama series Stranger Things, written and produced by the Duffer Brothers.

At birth, Eleven was taken away from her mother by Dr. Martin Brenner and was raised as a test subject at Hawkins National Laboratory in order to develop her psychokinetic skills.

In the first season, Eleven escapes from Hawkins National Laboratory wearing only her hospital gown and attempts to steal food from a local restaurant.

The owner Benny takes pity on her and calls social services while putting her in a long t-shirt associated with the restaurant.

She is encountered by Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) and Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin), who are looking for their missing friend Will Byers (Noah Schnapp).

Eleven helps to locate Will and determines that he is trapped in a parallel dimension, which the children dub the "Upside Down", where he is being hunted by a creature called the "Demogorgon".

The group sets out to find Will using their compasses, but Eleven interferes with their search when she realizes they are being led toward Hawkins Laboratory.

Together, they create a makeshift isolation tank with a pool and bags of salt in order to help Eleven access the Upside Down.

During this time, Eleven gains better control over her powers; she is less weakened by the use of her telekinesis, and she is now able to project her mind without the use of a sensory deprivation tank.

The next day, whilst cleaning the mess she made, Eleven looks through records in the cabin's basement and discovers that her birth mother Terry is alive, contradicting what Hopper and Dr. Brenner had told her.

Eleven goes back to Hawkins and finally reunites with Mike with a heartfelt embrace and her friends after saving them from a Demodog.

There, Eleven remembers Kali's lessons and focuses her anger on her powers, closing the gate and draining her energy.

However, this backfires, and Hopper resorts to directly instructing Mike to stay away from Eleven, threatening to end their relationship if he does not comply.

The girls spend quality time together at the mall where they encounter Lucas, Will, and Mike attempting to buy Eleven a makeup present.

Eleven loses her powers after removing the piece of the monster from her leg but helps Billy to break free of the Mind Flayer's possession by recalling his childhood memories.

At the start of season four, Eleven begins going to school in California alongside Will and struggles with the loss of her powers, as well as being bullied by a girl named Angela (Elodie Grace Orkin).

She discovers she was often ostracized by the other children, but a kindly orderly (Jamie Campbell Bower) watched over her and gave her advice on how to control her powers.

The orderly, who is in fact subject One in Brenner's experiments, manipulated Eleven into removing an implant in his neck that suppressed his powers, then went on to massacre the rest of the children and staff in the lab.

Henry attempted to kill Eleven after she refused to help him eradicate humanity, but she overpowered him and sent him into the Upside Down, where he became Vecna.

Brenner discovered the events through security cameras and made Eleven spies on Russians as a cover for searching for Henry.

When the army attacks the base, Brenner flees with Eleven but is shot and incapacitated, however, she is able to destroy the helicopter and vehicles as Mike, Will, Jonathan, and Argyle (Eduardo Franco) arrive.

The group goes to Argyle's pizza place where they create an isolation tank for her to enter Max's mind at the same time as Vecna.

After Netflix was then keen for the show to be continued in a second season, the brothers decided to change the ending to keep the character alive.

The brothers were relieved after meeting Millie Bobby Brown, whom they described as "something special, alright, with a downright spooky preternatural talent."

Brown had to shave her head for the role, something she and her parents were worried would "diminish her beauty" until shown a photo of Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road.

[6] Eleven makes a silent cameo appearance in Odder Stuff, an in-universe television series in The Simpsons thirtieth season episode "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can", released February 10, 2019.

[12] The character and Brown's performance have received critical acclaim; Alice Vincent of The Daily Telegraph wrote: "Millie Bobby Brown continues to be the star of the show: she has inspired fan art and tattoos, a worldwide acknowledgment of Eggos, the waffles her character devours and given a whole new life to the phrase 'mouth breather'".

[15] At the 69th and 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017 and 2018, Brown received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.