Stranger Things season 3: Who is Maya Hawke, the actor who plays Robin in the paranormal Netflix series?

Actor stars as one of the heroes in the critically acclaimed third season

Stranger Things fans are still dissecting the events of season 3, as well as getting used to a few new faces.

Among them is the scene-stealing character Robin, played by relative newcomer Maya Hawke, who helps Steve (Joe Keery) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) work out what’s going on after dark at the Hawkin’s mall.

If you thought Hawke looked familiar, you’d be right – she’s got very similar features to her mother, Uma Thurman, and father Ethan Hawke. Her parents were married between 1998 and 2005, and also have a son, Levon, who was born in 2002.

Clearly taking after her parents, Hawke – who turns 21 on 8 July – is building her own career with her Stranger Things role, which follows her mainstream debut in a 2017 adaptation of Little Woman, and a part in Quentin Tarantino’s forthcoming movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Speaking about her famous parents, Hawke told WWD: “It makes [for] more expectations and it makes it so that people doubt your intentions and your ability and your place, but the truth is that you just have to work hard and hopefully you learn your place.

“And there are all kinds of ways that it helps you get a foot in the door, but you’re going to get booted out the door if, once you’re in, you suck."

The new season of Stranger Things has received positive reviews from most critics, with The Independent's Al Horner commenting: "New questions are asked of the show’s universe, mythology and characters: what if Hawkins isn’t the only place where experiments are being conducted into the Upside Down? Is evil always obvious, or does it sometimes manifest and spread in a slow, quiet creep of corruption?

"The series bows out in a moving speech that is the show’s most emotionally devastating moment so far, discussing the need to sometimes move on and let go of the past. Stranger Things 3 practices what it preaches: instead of the pure nostalgia of previous seasons, the Duffer brothers break brilliant, terrifying new ground here. Bring on Stranger Things 4."