#FIRSTLOOK: ODESSA D’AZION JOINS CAST OF “STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM ’85”

Odessa D’Azion joins the Cast of STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM ’85, voicing Nikki Baxter. This arrives April 23, 2026 on Netflix.

Showrunner Eric Robles on introducing Nikki Baxter to the world of Stranger Things as told to TUDUM:

“Nikki is the audience’s eyes,” Robles explains. “She comes into this world completely new. She’s got her own issues that she’s been dealing with, and it’s these kids who step into her world in a sense.” So when the chaos starts to unfold, “she’s got to figure things out with the kids because there’s no way that she could just walk away [from what she’s seen] and pretend like it never happened.”

STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM ‘85

Release Date: April 23, 2026

SHOWRUNNER/EP: Eric Robles

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Matt and Ross Duffer, along with Hilary Leavitt via Upside Down Pictures; Shawn Levy via 21 Laps; Dan Cohen

PRODUCTION STUDIO: Flying Bark

CAST: Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max, Luca Diaz as Mike, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Lucas, Braxton Quinney as Dustin, Ben Plessala as Will, Brett Gipson as Hopper, and Jeremy Jordan as Steve. Additional voice cast includes Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo and Lou Diamond Phillips.

SYNOPSIS: Return to Hawkins with Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, an exciting new animated series from showrunner Eric Robles and executive producers the Duffer Brothers. In the winter of 1985, snow blankets the town and the horrors of the Upside Down are finally fading. Our heroes Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days. But beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened. Could it be from the Upside Down? From the depths of Hawkins Lab? Or from somewhere else entirely? Our heroes must race to solve this mystery and save Hawkins in this new story set in the Stranger Things universe.