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‘Wonder Years’ Star Danica McKellar Reveals Why She Quit Acting: I Needed to Find My ‘Value’ Outside of Television

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Self-discovery! Danica McKellar recently opened up to son Draco about her life as a child actress — and why she had to hit the pause button on her career after her time on The Wonder Years. “I went to UCLA, but when I got to school, everywhere I went, people all over campus would shout across campus, you know, ‘Hey Winnie!’ [or] ‘Hey, loved you on The Wonder Years!’” McKellar, 47, revealed to her 11-year-old son during a Tuesday, August 16, interview for Entertainment Tonight. “I couldn’t get away from it.”The former Hallmark actress starred in the ABC series alongside Fred Savage from 1988 to 1993.

The coming-of-age drama, which was created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black, followed Kevin Arnold (Savage), a teenager growing up in a suburban middle-class family in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

McKellar portrayed Winnie, Kevin’s main love interest and neighbor.The show was an instant hit, even earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy in 1988.

Following the series finale, however, McKellar took a step back from acting in order to figure out who she was outside of the entertainment industry — leading her to a career as a mathematician. “I needed to find out how I was valuable outside of Winnie Cooper, and math was challenging and I did well at it,” the California native explained. “And I love this feeling that my value, the important stuff had nothing to do with how I looked or television.”The West Wing alum has since returned to Hollywood, landing lead roles in various Lifetime and Hallmark films and voicing Judy Jetson on The Jetsons since 2017.

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