She started out acting in theatre, appearing in a Broadway production of Annie when she was 11.
She portrayed a young Queen Elizabeth II in the Broadway show The Audience. The elder queen was played by Helen Mirren.
Grew up a fan of Seinfeld (1989), often watching rerun episodes. She feels that the character of Elaine Benes - the lone female in an otherwise male primary cast - prepared her for her own star-making turn as Max Mayfield on Stranger Things (2016).