News about Mara Wilson

Robin Williams' on-screen daughter Lisa Jakub revealed that the late actor defended her after she was expelled from high school while filming Mrs. Doubtfire in 1993. The actress, 45, shared that Williams had noticed she was upset and when she told him her school kicked her out he personally wrote a letter to her principal.  'I got thrown out of high school on Doubtfire,' Jakub said while appearing on a Mrs. Doubtfire reunion episode with her movie siblings Mara Wilson and Matthew Lawrence, on Lawrence's Brotherly Love podcast.

The Mrs Doubtfire siblings enjoyed a fun reunion this week - 31 years after the iconic comedy premiered. Former child stars Matthew Lawrence , 44, Mara Wilson , 36 and Lisa Jakub , 45, who played Hillard siblings Chris, Natalie and Lydia in the Robin Williams and Sally Field-helmed 1993 film, smiled as they posed for a group photo.

Fans of the film Matilda were shocked to discover that the actors who played her parents were married in real life. Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman appeared as Harry and Zinnia Wormwood, parents to Matilda (Mara Wilson), a booksmart teenage girl with telekinetic abilities in the beloved 1996 fantasy film. Danny was also the film's producer, and it was based on Roald Dahl's book of the same name.

Mrs. Doubtfire is one of Robin Williams' most well-known films, and it first appeared in theaters 30 years ago. Daniel (Williams) was a divorced dad who has no access to his children. Because of this, he disguises himself as a British nanny named Mrs. Doubtfire, whom Miranda (Sally Field) recruits to watch their children, Lydia (Lisa Jakub), Christopher (Matthew Lawrence) and Natalie (Mara Wilson). Here are the complete details of Mrs. Doubtfire's film premiere, 30 years ago.

Danny DeVito has announced the exciting plans for a Matilda reunion with lead actress Mara Wilson. The actor, 78, who appeared in Harry Wormwood, and actress, 36, who appeared in Matilda, are preparing to work on a concert version of the 1996 film. If the plan goes further, it will be narrated by the pair over a live score by composer David Newman.

Wilson, 35, has revealed that she has never earned enough money to qualify for SAG-AFTRA health in the age of streaming, as the Hollywood actors union joined screenwriters on strike for the first time in more than six decades. SAG-AFTRA has been chastised for placing 'unfair' conditions in order for an actor's to qualify for health care. You must earn $26,470 in your Base Earnings Period to be eligible for Full Plan health care,' the organization's website states.

Mara Wilson has spoken out about the effect that being sexualized as a child star had on her. Since scoring the role of Natalie 'Nattie' Hillard in the film Mrs. Doubtfire at her first film audition, the actress, 35, came to fame in 1993 at the age of six. She had only appeared in a few television commercials before. She went on to appear Susan Walker on 34th Street the following year, and she appeared in Matilda Wormwood's lead role in 1996.

When the blockbuster was first shown on the big screen, Mara Wilson, 35, Matthew Lawrence, 42, and Lisa Jakub, 44, were aged six, thirteen, and fifteen respectively.

Mrs Doubtfire's child stars look unrecognizable 30 years after the film's 1993 premiere. When the blockbuster first appeared on the big screen, Mara Wilson, 35, Matthew Lawrence, 42, and Lisa Jakub, 44, were aged six, thirteen, and fifteen, respectively. As Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams), who disguises himself as a female housekeeper, has to spend time with his children after his ex-wife Miranda Hillard receives custody of them as part of their divorce.

What do these actors have in common? They all found fame in Christmas films before they hit adulthood, which has been immortalized on our screens. However, when the children actors hit the acting gold rush at an early age, their paths to follow wound up in different directions, with continued success for some and less positive results for others. So where are actors who played Sophie from The Holiday, Ralphie from A Christmas Story, Bernard the Elf from The Santa Clause, Eloise from Eloise at Christmastime and Kevin from Home Alone (left to right) now?

Wilson, 35, talked about her early mental health problems and the death of her mother in the Mayim Bialik's Breakdown podcast's most recent episode. Suzie Wilson, the actress, was filming her Roald Dahl's Matilda when her mother, Suzie Wilson, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Wilson's mother died three months before the 1996 film was released. The former child actress recalled being'very worried' from a young age,' saying she'started having panic attacks' when she was in third grade. She explained that her mother was sick and she had just finished filming Matilda. Wilson was also fighting an undiagnosed obsessive disorder (OCD) and would wash her hands to the point where they became red and raw. She wasn't diagnosed with OCD until she started therapy at about 12 years old. Wilson attributes her recovery to her illness, saying she would not have functioned'without the medications she was given to treat her symptoms.