The 10 Best Millie Bobby Brown Roles

Millie Bobby Brown has built an impressively varied résumé across franchise blockbusters, hit streaming adventures, and early-career TV work. From breakout performances that defined pop culture to sharp lead turns that carry entire films, her roles span sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, and procedural drama.

This list gathers ten of her standout roles across movies and television, highlighting the projects, the creative teams behind them, and the character details fans often look for. You’ll find where to watch, who she worked with, and how each role fits within its series or cinematic universe.

‘Stranger Things’ (2016–2025) – Eleven

Created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix, ‘Stranger Things’ follows a group of friends in Hawkins as they confront threats from the Upside Down, with Eleven at the center of the story as a child with psychokinetic abilities raised in a secretive lab. Across multiple seasons, the role tracks her journey from escapee to protector, detailing her relationships with Hopper and the Party, her evolving powers, and major arcs involving the lab, the Upside Down, and antagonists such as the Demogorgon and Vecna.

The series blends government-conspiracy threads with coming-of-age drama, giving Eleven set-piece moments in Hawkins, California, and pivotal showdown locations tied to the gate between worlds. Production draws on practical creature effects and period detail, with Brown leading a cast that includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, and Sadie Sink, along with recurring appearances by Matthew Modine and Paul Reiser.

‘Enola Holmes’ (2020) – Enola Holmes

Based on Nancy Springer’s novels and released by Netflix, ‘Enola Holmes’ introduces Sherlock Holmes’s younger sister, who turns her investigative skills toward finding her missing mother while crossing paths with Tewkesbury, a young viscount entangled in political intrigue. Directed by Harry Bradbeer and written by Jack Thorne, the film combines mystery elements with action sequences on trains, in London markets, and at aristocratic estates.

The production features fourth-wall narration as a storytelling device, with Brown also serving as a producer through PCMA Productions. Co-stars include Henry Cavill as Sherlock, Sam Claflin as Mycroft, and Helena Bonham Carter as Eudoria Holmes, with location work across English countryside settings and period-accurate costume design supporting the investigative plot.

‘Enola Holmes 2’ (2022) – Enola Holmes

The sequel continues Enola’s career as a fledgling detective taking on a case involving missing match-factory workers that intersects with a larger conspiracy. Returning collaborators include director Harry Bradbeer and writer Jack Thorne, expanding the world with sequences in factories, dance halls, and newspaper offices while integrating threads from Arthur Conan Doyle’s canon through the presence of Sherlock.

The film balances Enola’s independent agency with team-ups involving Tewkesbury and Sherlock, and adds key supporting turns from Adeel Akhtar as Lestrade and Sharon Duncan-Brewster in a central role. It uses coded messages, disguises, and chase set pieces to move the investigation forward, culminating in a case resolution tied to labor conditions and corporate cover-ups.

‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ (2019) – Madison Russell

Part of Legendary’s MonsterVerse, ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ follows Monarch scientists and military forces as ancient Titans reawaken, with Madison Russell caught between the differing agendas of her parents, Emma and Mark. The film, directed by Michael Dougherty, stages large-scale battles featuring Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan, intercut with human-level stakes guiding Monarch’s response.

Madison’s storyline connects domestic conflict with global consequences as she navigates Monarch facilities, storm-struck cities, and broadcast beacons central to Titan behavior. The ensemble includes Vera Farmiga, Kyle Chandler, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, and Zhang Ziyi, with extensive VFX work integrating motion-capture and environmental simulations for kaiju sequences.

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ (2021) – Madison Russell

Continuing the MonsterVerse narrative, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ brings Madison into an investigative thread probing unusual apex-predator behavior, which runs parallel to expeditions into Hollow Earth environments. Directed by Adam Wingard, the film juxtaposes city-level clashes with corporate intrigue centered on Apex Cybernetics.

Madison teams with friends and a whistleblowing podcaster to uncover schematics, test sites, and power sources linked to mecha technology, connecting human discoveries to the climactic Titan confrontation. The cast features Alexander Skarsgård, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Julian Dennison, and Demian Bichir, while production blends location photography with large-scale digital environments and creature animation.

‘Damsel’ (2024) – Princess Elodie

A Netflix fantasy adventure directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, ‘Damsel’ follows Princess Elodie, who accepts a royal marriage proposal only to face a deadly rite involving a dragon. The story shifts from courtly ceremony to survival in cavernous lairs, emphasizing resourcefulness, heraldic secrets, and the politics driving sacrificial traditions.

The film’s production design contrasts ornate palaces with volcanic catacombs, using practical sets and large VFX builds for the dragon and subterranean spaces. Supporting performances include Angela Bassett, Robin Wright, Nick Robinson, and Shohreh Aghdashloo, with fight choreography and traversal sequences charting Elodie’s path through tunnels, cliffs, and firelit chambers.

‘Intruders’ (2014) – Madison O’Donnell

A mystery-thriller series for BBC America based on Michael Marshall Smith’s ‘The Intruders’, the show centers on a secret society seeking immortality by inhabiting other people’s bodies. Madison O’Donnell becomes a key figure as ominous events in the Pacific Northwest intersect with a former LAPD detective’s investigation.

Developed by Glen Morgan, the series features linked storylines involving possession lore, coded messages, and shadowy operatives. Brown’s character is embedded in scenes that connect family life to conspiratorial pursuits, with co-stars including John Simm, Mira Sorvino, James Frain, and Tory Kittles; the production mixes moody coastal settings with noir-style framing.

‘Once Upon a Time in Wonderland’ (2013–2014) – Young Alice

A fantasy spin-off of ‘Once Upon a Time’ from ABC Studios, ‘Once Upon a Time in Wonderland’ reimagines Lewis Carroll’s world through interwoven timelines and realms. Brown appears as Young Alice in flashback segments that establish the character’s history and motivations ahead of the series’ present-day adventures.

The show integrates green-screen composites with practical sets to realize Wonderland locations like the Red Queen’s court and the Knave’s haunts. The main cast includes Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Emma Rigby, Naveen Andrews, and John Lithgow, with Young Alice sequences anchoring emotional beats tied to family, memory, and the consequences of portal-crossing quests.

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ (2015) – Ruby

In ABC’s long-running medical drama ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, Brown guest-stars as Ruby, a patient involved in an emergency storyline that brings search-and-rescue logistics and surgical triage into focus. The episode builds tension around transport, pediatric assessment, and communication with first responders en route to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

The production leverages the show’s established hospital sets and intensive care staging, placing Ruby within a case that intersects with the attending surgeons’ rotations and on-call protocols. The appearance aligns with the series’ format of guest-driven medical emergencies that test decision-making under pressure alongside ensemble regulars.

‘NCIS’ (2014) – Rachel Barnes

The CBS procedural ‘NCIS’ follows the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as it handles crimes connected to Navy and Marine personnel. Brown appears as Rachel Barnes in a case that ties family dynamics to an ongoing investigation, situating her scenes within witness interviews, crime-scene follow-up, and team briefings at the squad room.

The episode structure includes forensic analysis in the lab, fieldwork with agents, and interagency coordination, with Rachel’s involvement helping connect personal testimony to evidentiary leads. The core ensemble features Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Sean Murray, Pauley Perrette, Rocky Carroll, and David McCallum, with production balancing location shots and standing sets for interrogation rooms and operations centers.

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