She is portrayed by Millie Bobby Brown. Jane Ives was born with special psychokinetic abilities; Jane's mother, Terry , was experimented upon in the controversial government program known as "MKUltra" , which, by accident or by Dr.
Martin Brenner 's design, affected Jane in the womb. Upon her birth, Jane was immediately kidnapped by Dr. Brenner, and brought to Hawkins National Laboratory. Jane was re-designated "Eleven", being the eleventh of Brenner's series of child test subjects.
Though he attempted to sway Eleven to his cause, she refused and overpowered him, sending him through a temporary gate to another dimension. Following the incident, Eleven suffered a coma and became somewhat amnesiac, with her powers blunted. Four years later, on November 6 , , Brenner pushed Eleven to make contact with a creature from the alternate dimension , accidentally opening a second gateway at the lab.
Amongst the chaos, Eleven escaped the lab through a drain pipe; she was soon found by Mike , Lucas , and Dustin. Upon discovering her abilities, Mike believed that she could help find Will , their missing friend. During their time together, she and Mike formed a strong bond and quickly grew to like each other. In an attempt to protect her friends, Eleven eventually destroyed the monster she had unleashed in a showdown at Hawkins Middle School , mysteriously vanishing in the process.
Despite her apparent demise, Eleven had survived, and secretly began living with Jim Hopper at his grandfather's old cabin. Frustrated from being separated from her friends, Eleven decided to defy Hopper's orders, and went on a journey of self-discovery, uncovering her past. Realizing she could not leave her friends behind, she returned to Hawkins , reuniting with her allies to help them neutralize another supernatural threat dubbed " the Mind Flayer ".
