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The action icon joins the cast for the final season of the beloved sci-fi horror series.

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By Rachel ShattoJune 17 2023 / 7:05 PM
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Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
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Today during its Tudum global fan event, Netflix closed out the presentation with some very exciting casting news that Hamilton would be joining the massively popular sci-fi horror series Stranger Things for its fifth and final season. 
Hamilton made a name for herself as a genre film star in the Terminator series, Children of the Corn, and Dante’s Peak. In more recent years, she has popped up on Chuck and Resident Alien. She also played a lesbian on Weeds, just sayin’. Needless to say, this is an exciting development for a series that’s hype is already through the roof. 
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There’s no word yet on when season five of Stranger Things will premiere, but the earliest we can expect it is likely spring or summer 2024.
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