Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp's Friendship Timeline

Publish date: 2024-05-06

2015: Brown and Schnapp met on the set of "Stranger Things."

Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Millie Bobby Brown, and Finn Wolfhard at AOL headquarters in August 2016. Bennett Raglin/WireImage

Back in 2015, Brown and Schnapp met while filming the first season of "Stranger Things." While their characters Eleven and Will Byers don't spend much on-screen time together that season, the duo appeared in photos from the set, accompanied by Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, and other members of the cast

On December 16, 2016, Schnapp shared a photo on his Instagram account of him, Brown, Wolfhard, McLaughlin, and Matarazzo, along with the caption, "Day one here we go."

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July 11, 2016: The pair both attended the premiere of "Stranger Things" season one in Los Angeles.

Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Winona Ryder, Millie Bobby Brown, Matthew Modine, and Gaten Matarazzo at the "Stranger Things" season one premiere on July 11, 2016 in Los Angeles. Amanda Edwards/WireImage

Brown and Schnapp both attended the series premiere of "Stranger Things" in July 2016, posing on the red carpet with their costars. 

2016-2017: The pair attended various awards shows together and were photographed together.

Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp at the 2017 Weinstein Company and Netflix Golden Globes after party on January 8, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Brown and Schnapp both attended various awards shows together following the premiere of "Stranger Things" season one, including the 2017 Golden Globes, the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards (where the "Stranger Things" cast won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series), and the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards.

June 6, 2017: Brown and Schnapp posed on the red carpet for a "Stranger Things" For Your Consideration event.

Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp at the "Stranger Things" FYC event on June 6, 2017 in Beverly Hills. Jason LaVeris/WireImage

Brown and Schnapp attended the event along with other members of the 'Stranger Things" cast. 

October 26, 2017: The pair walked the "Stranger Things" season 2 premiere red carpet with their costars.

Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin, and Finn Wolfhard on the "Stranger Things" season two premiere red carpet in October 2017 in Los Angeles. Steve Granitz/WireImage

Schnapp and Brown posed with Matarazzo, McLaughlin, Wolfhard, and season two addition Sadie Sink on the red carpet. 

July 17, 2018: Schnapp posted a video of the two dancing to Drake's "In My Feelings."

Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp dancing to "In My Feelings." @noahschnapp/Instagram

On July 17, 2018, Noah Schnapp posted a video of him and Brown dancing to Drake's "In My Feelings" on his Instagram account. 

"night shoots @milliebobbybrown @champagnepapi," he wrote in the post's caption.

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October 31, 2018: Noah Schnapp dressed as Eleven from 'Stranger Things" for Halloween.

Noah Schnapp on the red carpet for the 70th Annual Primetime Emmys in September 2018. Kevork Djansezian/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

In a since-removed Instagram post, Millie Bobby Brown shared a photo of her and her "Stranger Things" castmates in Halloween costumes. While Brown was dressed as Princess Leia from the "Star Wars" franchise, Schnapp was dressed as a season one version of Eleven, Brown's character from "Stranger Things," Teen Vogue reported.

June 28, 2019: Brown and Schnapp posed at the "Stranger Things" season 3 premiere.

Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp attend "Stranger Things 3" premiere in Santa Monica, California, on June 28, 2019. CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images

Schnapp held up the tulle train on Schnapp's dress at the premiere, as the two appeared on the red carpet together. 

August 15, 2019: Schnapp posted a video of him and Brown taking a friendship test.

Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown posted a YouTube video in which they take a friendship test. Noah Schnapp/YouTube

In August 2019, Schnapp uploaded a video to his personal YouTube channel of him and Brown doing a "best friend challenge." In the video, the pair made guesses about each others' preferences and other personal details, checking to see how well they knew each other. 

January 19, 2020: Schnapp and Brown attended the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Turner

Brown and Schnapp posed together at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The next day, Schnapp posted a photo from what appeared to be the Netflix afterparty following the event.

"name a more elite duo... i'll wait," he captioned the photo, which showed him and Brown posing against a teal and gold backdrop. 

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October 2021: Noah Schnapp told People about Millie Bobby Brown pranking him on set.

Noah Schanpp outside a Lacoste Show in October 2021 in Paris. Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images

In an October 2021 interview with People, Schnapp recounted a prank Brown had pulled on him during their last day on the "Stranger Things" season four set. 

"On our last day of filming season four, Millie, she got the whole crew together and she bought like, 2000 water balloons," Schnapp told the publication. "She called me back to our base camp to hug her goodbye. I got there and I was like, 'Where is she at? Let me go say goodbye.'

"Her and 30 other crew members came out behind the trailers with each like, 100 water balloons, just chucking them at me," he continued. 

Brown would later recount the same story on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," adding that she faked crying while on the phone with Schnapp to convince him to come back to camp.

Schnapp posted photos from Brown's 18th birthday party in February.

Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown at the 2020 Netflix SAG After Party in January 2020. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Netflix

To celebrate Brown's 18th birthday, Schnapp attended her birthday party, posting a "photo dump" on Instagram after the fact. Photos showed the two dancing together, and Brown appearing to cry as Schnapp gave a speech.

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May 14, 2022: Brown said that she and Schnapp challenge each other to fruit snack races and do Winona Ryder impressions together.

Millie Bobby Brown during an interview Millie Bobby Brown during an interview on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Friday, May 13, 2022. Todd Owyoung/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Appearing on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," Brown shared multiple anecdotes from her friendship with Noah Schnapp. 

She told Fallon that she and Schnapp would imitate conversations between his "Stranger Things" character Will and his mother Joyce, played by Winona Ryder. While Noah would imitate his younger self, saying that he was trapped in the Upside Down, Brown would imitate Ryder, saying things like, "Come on baby, I am here, I am coming to find you, honey."

Finally, Brown said that she and Schnapp would "race each other with Fruit by the Foot," a lengthy fruit snack. According to Brown, nobody else on set would respond to their challenge. 

Schnapp posted a brief clip on June 13 that showed his and Brown's Fruit by the Foot races, along with other behind-the-scenes clips. 

May 14, 2022: Schnapp and Brown hugged each other at the "Stranger Things" season 4 premiere.

Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown at the "Stranger Things" season four premiere. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

At the "Stranger Things" season four premiere in New York City, Schnapp and Brown posed together on the red carpet, hugging while among their other costars. 

May and June 2022: Schnapp shared behind-the-scenes photos from "Stranger Things" season four on Instagram.

Noah Schnapp posted a video of him and Millie Bobby Brown dancing on set. @noahschnapp/Instagram

In a May 27 post, Schnapp shared a video of Brown laughing before a take on set, accompanied by the caption, "She can't keep it together." The video was interspersed with other photos from filming. 

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In another Instagram post uploaded on June 1, Schnapp included a video of him and Brown dancing together again on set, this time dancing to a remix of "Oh Nanana" by dj 6rb, Bonde R300, XANG, and Mayklove. 

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June 22, 2022: Schnapp posted a video of him and Brown laughing while doing a press recording.

Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp laughing in a June TikTok. @noahschnapp/TikTok

A TikTok that Schnapp posted in June shows him and Brown laughing uncontrollably while sitting in chairs in front of a blue screen. At one point in the video, an offscreen voice says that the pair should "run up and down the hall" for a moment. 

"Millie and I are clearly experts in press," the caption reads. 

June 19, 2022: The friends attended a Harry Styles concert together in June along with Brown's boyfriend, Jake Bongiovi.

Jake Bongiovi and Millie Bobby Brown at the "Enola Holmes 2" premiere. Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Schnapp shared photos on Instagram showing him posing with Bongiovi at the concert, as well as a photo of Brown closing her eyes and grinning widely. 

"Big @harrystyles fans," he captioned the post. 

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