Eleanor Shellstrop MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Eleanor Shellstrop? Eleanor Shellstrop is an ESTP personality type in MBTI, 8w7 - sp/sx - 874 in Enneagram, SLUEN in Big 5, SLE in Socionics.
She’s such an accurate portrayal of an ESTP going through a character development arc. Her Se dom is clear, since she’s shown to live in the moment/ be very action oriented. Her Ti is pretty strong as well, especially when looking at how she applies her own personal logic in her philosophy lessons with Chidi. While her tertiary Fe was initially unhealthy (she used it to manipulate/con people), she develops it throughout the show to the point of her actively trying to help people and becoming more selfless. Her inferior Ni was also pretty clear in the beginning, with her disregarding any future consequences her actions might have. As others have mentioned, her realizing they’ve been in the bad place all along is a great example of her inferior Ni shining. Enneagram-wise I see her as a 7w8. There’s been some good arguments for 8w7, since she’s so independent, but I’d argue that stems from her instinctual variant (sp/sx), since sp dominant 7s would generally appear more independent/aloof than sx or so dom 7s. While I do think she has a strong 8 wing and an 8 in her tritype, I still think her core fear is that of a 7 - she’s scared of pain/suffering, which is why she initially avoids forming attachments (since she was let down by her parents and people in her life so much in her past). Her way of dealing with her problems initially by ignoring them is also representative of an unhealthy 7. We see some evidence of healthy 5 integration, as she starts paying more attention to Chidi’s lessons and getting more involved in moral philosophy in general.
Biography
Eleanor Shellstrop (portrayed by #KristenBell) is a deceased selfish American pharmaceutical saleswoman from Phoenix, Arizona, who seemingly winds up in the Good Place in error after being mistaken for a lawyer who exonerated a client facing a death sentence. In order to earn her spot, she recruits Chidi to teach her the fundamentals of becoming a better person.
