Stefanie Butler is an American film and television actress born and raised in Atlanta Georgia Stefanie spent the better part of her childhood in baseball stadiums around the country In addition to an endless supply of hot dogs and bobble head dolls made in the likeness of her father each night Stefanie and her siblings were given an audience of 50000 spectators to dazzle with their latest renditions of The Little Mermaid or Maggie and the Shoemaker Alas the need to be a storyteller was born Stefanie left Atlanta in 2002 and moved to Los Angeles where she completed a degree in Theater from Pepperdine University In 2006 Stefanie began her film and television career and has since appeared in a broad range of productions In 2014 Stefanie starred in the independent films I Remember You and Car Dogs playing opposite Patrick J Adams She has also appeared on CSI NY Shark Rizzoli amp Isles and Frank Darabonts Mob City Stefanies film debut was opposite Armie Hammer The Lone Ranger in the Billy Graham biopic BillyThe Early Years starring as Ruth Graham She recently joined the cast of Stranger Things as Cynthia the bubble gum chewing ballbuster girlfriend of Lonnie played by Ross Partridge She has also appeared in numerous national campaigns for companies such as Burger King Jeep Pizza Hut and Toyota The past few years Butler has been writing and creating her own content She has written a number of short films two features and is working on publishing a childrens book She completed her first fulllength screenplay in 2014 The Silent Queen It is a historical fiction depicting a Irish queen kidnapped by Vikings and forced into a seemingly impossible decision It is loosely based on actual events from her Icelandic heritage