<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Original series: High school student (former) Dream researcher Psychologist Reimagined series: High school student Waitress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Family </Th> <Td> Original series: Donald "Don" Thompson (father; deceased) Marge Thompson (mother; deceased) </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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". </P>

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