JULY 21 - JURY MEETS / MEET THE STARS
CHARLIE HEATON Biography
Charlie Heaton (Bridlington, 6 February 1994) is a British actor and musician. He began acting at age 9 when he started taking part in School plays. He was noticed during a punk concert as the drum player of his band, the Comanechi, with whom he toured the UK, Japan, Canada and Europe. He was selected for a Commercial which won the Best Commercial award in Cannes (2014). He later went on to star in a short film "The Schoolboy", directed by Paloma Lommel.
His breakthrough Hollywood role came with "Urban & Shed Crew" by Candida Brady, alongside Richard Armitage, Anna Friel and Neil Morrissey. His other TV credits include "Casualty", "Vera" and "DCI Banks". He is currently starring in the Netflix hit show "Stranger Things", alongside David Harbour and Winona Ryder. The third season is set to debut on July 4th 2019.
NATALIA DYER Biography
Natalia Dyer (Nashville, January 13 1997) is an American actress. She got her first breakthrough role in 2009 aged 12 as Clarissa Granger in "Hannah Montana: The Movie", which also starred Miley Cyrus. In 2011 she appeared alongside Brooke Shields and Aidan Quinn, in the Peter Skillman Odiorne movie "The Greening of Whitney Brown".
In 2014 she starred in "I Believe in Unicorns", helmed by Leah Meyerhoff. Since 2016 she has played a recurrent role in "Stranger Things", the hit Netflix show created by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer and Shawn Levy. The show also stars Winona Ryder and David Harbour. The third season of "Stranger Things" is set to launch on July 4 2019.