Watch 'Stranger Things' Eleven Get Her Head Shaved

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published 22 August 2016

Going through a crazy transformation is a known strategy for winning awards, but 1) it's not like Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown needs a gimmick, and 2) nobody since Natalie Portman can quite pull off a shaved head like her anyway.

In a video posted on Twitter, Brown, who plays Eleven on the Netflix show, first has scissors, then clippers taken to her brown waves.

Now that's what we call dedication to your craft. Brown's hair has since grown out into a pixie (opens in new tab), but based on rumors (opens in new tab) that the next season isn't far away, it might be back to the buzzer for the 12-year-old actress very soon.

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Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at MarieClaire.com. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.