Midnight Rain, STRANGER THINGS

Character Profile:: Jennifer Henderson

BASIC INFORMATION,

Status: Alive 
Legal Name: Jennifer Henderson

Birth Name: Jennifer Marie Bennett 

Date of birth: May 1, 1966

Age: 16 (season one), 17 (season two), 18 (season three), 19 (season four)
Gender: Female

Aliases: Jen (nancy, jonathan, steve), Princess (robin buckley), Henderson's Sister (eddie munson), Stuck-Up Priss (Carol and Tommy), Jenny (claudia)

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Relationship Status: unknown

Residence: Henderson Residence, Hawkins, Indiana

Family: Dustin Henderson (brother), Claudia Henderson (mother), Mr. Henderson (father)

Other relations: Phoebe Hopper † (best friend), Steve Harrington (ex-crush/ex-boyfriend/friend), Eddie Munson † (crush/boyfriend), Jonathan Byers (former childhood best friend), Lucas Sinclair (friend), Erica Sinclair (friend), Max Mayfield (friend), Eleven/Jane Hopper (friend), Will Byers (friend), Jim Hopper (friend), Joyce Byers (friend), Murray Bauman (friend), Jason Carver † (enemy), Barbara Holland † (classmate/former friend), Keith (classmate/co-worker)

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Affiliation: Scoops Troop, Ally to "the party"

Occupation: Student at Hawkins High school (1982-1985), Member of The Hawkins High Girls Swim Team (1982-?), Scoops Ahoy employee (1985-1985) Family Video employee (1986-present)

Height: 5'5"
Eye color: Blue/Green
Hair color: Brown 

Portrayed by: Emily Rudd

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BIOGRAPHY,

Jennifer Henderson was born at Hawkins Memorial Hospital on May 1, 1966 to an unnamed mother. She was later adopted by the Henderson's when she was a young child. Jennifer is a main character in the story Midnight Rain. She was a part of the graduating class of 1985.

A former student at Hawkins High School, she is best friends with Billie Thatcher but is also friends with Nancy Wheeler and Robin Buckley as well as the girlfriend of Eddie Munson. She is also the older sister of Dustin Henderson. Following a few ignorant actions, she follows behind Steve and his group of friends but sets out to make things right with the people she loves. By coincidence, she ended up heroically saving the day (along with Steve) and reconciled with Jonathan.

In 1984, Jennifer also became an ally to the Party, especially Eleven, with whom he formed an unlikely friendship and sisterly bond. She became a sort of authority figure for the party and became a major player in the battle against the Mind Flayer. She and Billy Hargrove had a fling with each other before things ended after she caught him kissing another girl. Jennifer and Steve began dating shortly after their encounter after his break up with Nancy Wheeler.

In 1985, Jennifer, being unemployed, always visited the newly built Starcourt Mall where she eventually meets Robin Buckley. She finally met up with her brother after he was away for the summer. Her and Steve along with Robin co-help Dustin, who had just come to them with a strange radio transmission. Jennifer, along with Robin, helped Dustin translate a secret Russian transmission. They discovered there were Russians in Hawkins, working underneath Starcourt Mall. Jennifer, along with her brother Dustin, Steve, Robin and Erica Sinclair, discovered the Russians were trying to reopen a portal to the Upside Down. She also formed a friendship with Robin and later accepted her sexuality. Jennifer later learned of the Mind Flayer's return and helped the rest of the Party battle against it until the gate was closed again. Three months later, she fell out of love but remained best friends with Steve as they, including Robin, applied for new jobs at Family Video.

In 1986, Jennifer was still working at Family Video with Robin and Steve as she watches him struggles to find a girlfriend after an awkward break up between them. She managed to run into Eddie on the way of picking her brother up as they fell in love, soon dating later that week.

She and the other's learned about the murder at the Forest Hills Trailer Park on TV in the store and at her house. Later, after finding out more information about the victim from Max and Dustin, they then trace down Eddie Munson, who was the prime suspect of Chrissy's death. Jennifer along with Steve, Max, Robin, and Dustin went to Reefer Rick's house (Eddie's drug dealer) where he learned about the dark wizard of the Upside Down named Vecna. After being dragged into the Upside Down and witnessing Steve nearly being killed by a swarm of Demobats, he was saved by Jennifer, Nancy, Robin and Eddie before they managed to escape the Upside Down where she discovered Vecna's true identity as Henry Creel and One, the first child test subject of Hawkins National Laboratory. With these discoveries, Jennifer and her friends formulated a plan to kill Vecna and stop from opening four gates across Hawkins.

However, Steve, Nancy, and Robin were only able to severely injure Vecna and could not prevent him from opening the gates. Sadly while fighting off the demobats, she witnesses her boyfriend fend off the bats as her and Dustin could escape but when they came back, he was severely injured and dying. Jennifer had to say goodbye to him, not wanting to leave his side. Two days later, Jennifer slowly accepts her boyfriend's death as she, Steve, Robin, and Dustin work to help survivors of an earthquake that was caused when the gates were open. The Henderson siblings explain to Eddie's uncle what happened, telling him how much she cared for him before witnessing particles from the Upside Down falling down over Hawkins.