Making a name for yourself in Hollywood at an early age can be a guarantee of a bright future. However, there are many child stars who gave the bell in their earliest childhood and then did not find more opportunities. What happened to Mara Wilson?
the rookie actress
Mara Wilson was born in Burbank (California, USA) in 1987. Of Jewish and Irish descent, she began taking her first steps in acting with commercials and very soon made the leap to cinema. in 1993 debuted with ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’, along with Robin Williams and Sally Field and from there the doors of the mecca of cinema were opened to him.
After her brief appearance in the series ‘Melrose Place’ and in the film ‘Miracle in the City’, her role as the absolute protagonist came to her: ‘Matilda’, the adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story directed and co-starring Danny DeVito, where he gave life to the peculiar girl with telekinetic powers of the title.
The decade of the 90s was the most prolific of his career, starring in other children’s films such as ‘The Rookie Fairy’ with Martin Short, the telefilm ‘A stroke of magic’ or his stellar appearance in the series ‘Pearl’. Even auditioned for ‘You to London and I to California’although finally the role was taken by Lindsay Lohan.
However, that was also a difficult stage in his life: he faced the loss of his motherwho died shortly before the premiere of ‘Matilda’, at the age of 12 suffered from anxiety and was diagnosed with OCD and ADHD. In addition, she became more and more disenchanted with acting in movies, since she did not find satisfaction in “doing the same thing over and over again, until the director liked it”.
All of this influenced Wilson He retired from the world in the year 2000.being ‘Thomas and the magic railroad’ (effectively, a live action from ‘Thomas and his friends’) his last foray into the cinema until 10 years later.
“Where I am now?”
During the time that she stayed away from the cameras, Wilson did not stop acting but she did it in the theater, she even studied Acting at the University of New York. Also focused on his great passion: writing. She started with her personal blog and ended up being a writer for magazines like Elle or Cosmopolitan.
Wilson recounted her experience as a child actress in his autobiography ‘Where am I now?’where he recounted the self-esteem problems he suffered during his puberty for not fit the standard of beauty that Hollywoodwho at 13 considered her too old for girl roles and “not pretty enough” for the rest.
In the 2010s, Wilson once again appeared in Hollywood, but not with his face, but with his voice: worked as a dubbing actress in series like ‘BoJack Horseman’, ‘Big Hero 6: The Series’ and ‘Helluva Boss’. She has also been a narrator for audiobooks and participated in the ‘Welcome to night vale’ podcast.
Their only on-camera roles in years have been a couple of cameos from series like ‘Critic of nostalgia’ (2012) and in ‘Broad City’ (2016), in a nod to her character from ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’.
Mara Wilson went through terrible experiences at a very young age and has no regrets withdrawing from a world that, in the end, was only bringing her suffering. At the moment, the actress continues to work her magic but from writing, dubbing and collaborating in charitable causes about mental health and LGBT+ rights.
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