Hope Hynes Love

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Hope Hynes Love
Occupations
  • Actress
  • theatre educator
  • director
Years activec. 1990s–present (theatre); 2025–present (television)
Known forMiss Harris in Stranger Things (season 5)

Hope Hynes Love is an American actress, theatre educator, and director based in North Carolina. She is a National Board Certified theatre teacher with decades of experience in secondary-school theatre, and she made her television debut as Miss Harris in the fifth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things (2025). [1] [2]

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Career

Theatre and education

Love has led high school theatre programs in the Durham–Chapel Hill area, including serving as artistic director at Charles E. Jordan High School and later at East Chapel Hill High School. [1] Former students Matt and Ross Duffer have credited her drama teaching with helping inspire their later work on Stranger Things. [3]

Outside the classroom, she has acted and directed for several Triangle-area companies, including Burning Coal Theatre, Deep Dish Theater and Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern. [4] Her directing credits include productions such as Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day and other contemporary plays for regional companies. [4]

Love is also an expert facilitator of Liz Lerman's Critical Response Process, which she has integrated into rehearsal and season-planning work with her students. [5] [6]

Stranger Things

In 2025, Love appeared as Miss Harris in the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, playing the elementary-school teacher of Holly Wheeler, Mike and Nancy Wheeler's younger sister. [2] [7] The role was written for her by the Duffer Brothers, who publicly described the casting as a tribute to their former drama teacher and used the announcement to highlight the importance of arts education. [8] [9]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2025 Stranger Things Miss Harris3 episodes (season 5) [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hope Hynes Love". IMDb. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Achumi, Hikithe (November 30, 2025). ""She helped give us the confidence": Duffer Brothers Share Sweet Childhood Connection with 1 Stranger Things Season 5 Cast Member". FandomWire. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ Ofgang, Erik (June 26, 2022). "Teacher who inspired 'Stranger Things' creators: Using the arts to educate". Tech & Learning. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "EUREKA DAY playbill". RedBird Theater Company. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hope Hynes Love". Liz Lerman Projects. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Expert facilitators". Liz Lerman. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Duffer brothers cast real high school drama teacher in Stranger Things season 5". Zoom Bangla. November 28, 2025. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Duffer Brothers share heartfelt decision to cast high school drama teacher in 'Stranger Things' season 5". Deadline Hollywood. November 28, 2025. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ "'Stranger Things' creator shares heartfelt backstory about Miss Harris". TheWrap. November 28, 2025. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
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