Amybeth McNulty is an Irish-Canadian actress, best known for her breakout role as Anne Shirley in Netflix’s Anne with an E (2017-2019), which is an adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables. Amybeth is also known for her portrayal of Vickie Dunne in the long-running series Stranger Things (2016-2025). The actress has received critical acclaim not only for her performances but also for her candor about her sexuality and queer representation in mainstream media.
Amybeth was born in Ireland, where she was homeschooled and began to train in acting and ballet from a young age. She made her on-screen debut as a child actor in Agatha Raisin (2014) and the series Clean Break (2015), before landing the role of the main character, Anne Shirley, in Netflix’s Anne with an E (2017-2019). Her performance earned her a Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series and an ACTRA award for Outstanding Performance.
In 2022, she joined the cast of Stranger Things as Vickie Dunne, a charismatic and easygoing (and also bi!) Hawkins High student and member of the marching band, who later becomes the girlfriend of one of the main characters, Robin Buckley.
McNulty has publicly acknowledged her bisexuality in interviews and on social media. She has talked about growing up as a queer kid in Ireland and coming out online as bi in 2022, which she has described as receiving mixed reactions in her hometown. She recalled that people would tell her parents, “Sorry to hear about your daughter”.
Amybeth says that she decided to share her identity publicly to connect with her audience, as well as to advocate for queer representation, especially given her upbringing as a “queer kid”, and her role in Stranger Things, which features queer storylines. She shared her coming out in an Instagram post, stating she’s “one of you” and understands the difficult journey of self-discovery, emphasizing the importance of “being” and staying authentic to oneself.
In press interviews about her role as Vickie in Stranger Things, Amybeth has reflected on what it means to represent the bi community in a major series, emphasizing that portraying one half of a queer couple on a global platform like Netflix has been deeply meaningful — both personally and in terms of broader representation.
During an appearance on The Late Late Show in January 2026, Amybeth shared that Stranger Things was the last audition her parents knew she had tried out for before they passed away. Her mother, Siobhan McNulty, died following a battle with cancer in November 2021, and her father, Liam McNulty, died in December 2023. McNulty noted that her parents had been optimistic about the audition, a memory she later reflected on as especially meaningful.
As a publicly bi actress working in mainstream film and television, Amybeth McNulty is part of a generation of performers for whom queerness is just another normal part of who they are. Through both her public identity and her on-screen work, she contributes to greater bi visibility in popular media, particularly for younger audiences. As her career continues to expand, McNulty remains a visible example of how bisexuality can exist openly within contemporary popular media.