Netflix's Stranger Things unfolds like a memoir for Millie Bobby Brown, outside the screens. The sci-fi blockbuster, which is now unleashing its final chapter, holds monumental records of Brown's career and personal life alike. From a teen sensation to marriage and now being a young mother, the actress's life seamlessly blended with the series' production, leaving doors open for curiosity. 

Speculation about Brown’s motherhood, specifically, if she filmed the show while pregnant, persists, though the answer is actually quite evident.

Millie Bobby Brown was definitely not pregnant during filming Stranger Things 5, or ever. Part of the speculation that hounded the fandom was based on the coincidental timeline of Brown's motherhood and the buzz surrounding sci-fi blockbuster's fifth season. Brown and her husband, Jake Bongiovi's baby, arrived in the summer of 2025, right when the final season hype had reached a new peak. Nonetheless, the reality is much clearer: Brown was not pregnant but indeed welcomed a baby girl through adoption. 

Brown announced the news of having adopted her child on Instagram on August 21, 2025, with a simple post radiating growth, tenderness, and joy. However, in several interviews prior, such as the SmartLess podcast in March, she had candidly expressed her wish to have children young and expand her family. She had gracefully rejected sociocultural bias against adoption. Brown had also been vocal about her motherhood that goes beyond biology, stressing privacy over publicity. Though not pregnant during Stranger Things 5 production, she certainly entered a new chapter in her life mid-filming the season.

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Stranger Things season 5 not only saw Eleven grow on-screen, but also aligned with major personal milestones of Brown's life.

Millie Bobby Brown's major real-life events aligned with Stranger Things, like it was a subplot scripted by the universe. Parenthood and Stranger Things 5 were not the only things that overlapped, as Brown's wedding to Jake Bongiovi was also at the peak of the production scene. In the Trailer Talk and Tea podcast, she revealed, “This season, I knew I was getting married." And one of the filming weeks just ahead of her wedding came with the heaviest load. 

Brown mentioned that she never imagined how the schedules would clash; however, she was able to cope with both. Her long wedding hair hidden under Eleven's look was something the make-up crew pulled off with a lot of braids, buns, and efforts that Brown called "insane." No matter if in front of the camera or behind it, the final phase of Millie Bobby Brown’s journey with Stranger Things is less characterized by tears and more by growth, both as a thespian and a parent.

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