‘Stranger Things’ actor says she has stepped back from acting because of sexual harassment

Grace Van Dien says she will be selective with the projects she engages with in the future, but she has not quit the acting and television world entirely.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - MAY 14: Grace Van Dien attends Netflix's "Stranger Things" Season 4 Premiere at Netflix Brooklyn on May 14, 2022 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage) (Arturo Holmes, 2022 WireImage)

HOUSTON – Grace Van Dien, who played cheerleader Chrissy Cunningham in the popular Netflix series ‘Stranger Things,’ has pivoted to a streaming career because of nonconsensual sexual advances she says she faced from an unnamed producer.

In the past two and a half weeks, the 26-year-old actor has declined four movie projects due to past negative experiences with superiors on set, she said in a Twitch stream on Tuesday.

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“One of the last movies I did, one of the producers hired a girl he was sleeping with and then he had her ask me to have a threesome with them,” she continued.

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