Mara Wilson

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Mara Wilson

Wilson in a stage production of Cinderella (2005)
Birth name Mara Elizabeth Wilson
Born July 24, 1987 (age 19)
Flag of United States Los Angeles, California
Official site marawilson.com
Notable roles Susan Walker (Miracle on 34th Street)
Matilda Wormwood (Matilda)

Mara Elizabeth Wilson (born July 24, 1987) is an award-winning American actress.

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[edit] Biography

Wilson is the daughter of Michael Wilson and the late Suzie Shapiro, who died of breast cancer in 1996 when Wilson was nine years old. She has three older brothers: Danny, Jon and Joel (eight, six and four years her senior, respectively) and a younger sister, Anna, five years her junior. Her mother was Jewish and Wilson was raised in the Jewish religion.[1]

Wilson attended John Burroughs High School and participated in a youth summer program at Idyllwild Arts Academy before transferring there in her junior year of high school.

Wilson starred in the films Miracle on 34th Street, Matilda, and A Simple Wish. She won a Young Artist Award for A Simple Wish in "Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actress" and a Young Star Award for Matilda in "Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film". Wilson also appeared in the famous film Mrs. Doubtfire with Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Matthew Lawrence and Lisa Jakub. Wilson also made several appearances on the primetime soap opera Melrose Place, playing the role of Nikki Petrova. Before she was in films, she and her eldest brother, Danny, did commercials for Texaco, Marshalls, Bank of America, and Oscar Mayer.

Wilson's appearance in Thomas and the Magic Railroad is her last major film role to date. She now works as a stage actress. In August 2005, she starred as the lead character in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella performed at the Ector Theater in Odessa, Texas, before becoming a freshman at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University that fall.

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Wilson in Melrose Place, 1993.
Wilson in Melrose Place, 1993.

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[edit] Trivia

  • When she was nine years old, she collected Ty Beanie Babies and was interviewed in Beanie World Magazine. Her first Beanie Baby was Speedy the Turtle, from a friend's birthday party.
  • At one point while a student at New York University (NYU), someone posing as Wilson was friends with many fans on the popular social networking site Facebook. It was deactivated when friends of Wilson insisted the imposter take it down. While active, the controversial account displayed several unpublished photos of the actress in its album. [verification needed][citation needed]

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