Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
| Nancy Thompson | |
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| A Nightmare on Elm Street character | |
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| Created by | Wes Craven |
| Portrayed by |
Original series: (1984–1994) Heather Langenkamp Reimagined series: (2010) Rooney Mara |
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| Full name |
Original series: Nancy Thompson Reimagined series: Nancy Holbrook |
| Occupation |
Original series: High school student (former) Dream researcher Psychologist Reimagined series: High school student Waitress |
| Family |
Original series: Donald "Don" Thompson (father; deceased) Marge Thompson (mother; deceased) |
Nancy Thompson (named Nancy Holbrook in the 2010 reboot) is a fictional character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. She was portrayed by actress Heather Langenkamp in the original film series and by Rooney Mara in the 2010 remake. Heather's portrayal of the character got her into the Rotten Tomatoes Horror Movie Survivor Hall of Fame.
Introduced in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street film in 1984, Nancy is the first person to battle Freddy Krueger and survive. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), Nancy guides the last of the Elm Street children with their battle against Freddy. In Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), a fictionalized version of Heather Langenkamp must become Nancy once again to put an end to an entity embodying Freddy in the "real world".
Nancy also appears in the comic book series, novels, video games and the 2010 reboot. She has been featured in a variety of merchandise based on the films.
A popular A Nightmare on Elm Street character, Nancy has been called a 1980s icon and has often been regarded as one of the most significant female protagonists in all of cinema. She has also been regarded as a prominent figure in American pop culture.
In the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy is a 16-year-old girl who has begun experiencing nightmares about a mysterious, disfigured man in a red and green sweater. The man has "knives for fingers", which he scrapes along objects in the dream. She learns that her friend Tina is having similar nightmares; Tina is murdered in her sleep later that night. Tina's boyfriend Rod tells Nancy that he saw four "invisible" razors cutting her at the same time, a revelation which convinces her that the man from her dreams is connected to the murder. Nancy begins relying on caffeine to stay awake, and eventually discovers that she can pull things out of her dream after she takes the killer's hat, labelled "Fred Krueger". Her mother explains that Krueger was a child killer who was burned to death by vengeful parents after being freed from prison on a technicality. Nancy becomes convinced that he is exacting his revenge on the children of his killers from beyond the grave. With all of her friends dead, Nancy forms a plan to face Krueger alone and pull him into the real world, where he falls victim to a series of booby traps she has set up. Nancy finally defeats Krueger by taking back the energy she has given him and stripping away his power.
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