Overview

• Hamilton says she worked straight for three years on Resident Alien, Stranger Things and Osiris and finds retirement more daunting than ongoing work despite feeling exhausted.
• She stepped into the sci-fi film Osiris with only ten days’ notice at the originally offered rate and completed three days of intensive shooting.
• Hamilton will appear in Stranger Things season 5, which Netflix will release in two parts in November and December 2025.
• With her children grown, she can devote herself fully to acting and is exploring less demanding roles after back-to-back sci-fi commitments.
• The actress describes herself as an introvert who feels uncomfortable being called an icon despite her defining career in action and science fiction.