She played winnie cooper in the television series the wonder years from. Best known for her roles on the wonder years and the west wing, and lately. Danica, relates to the reader about her struggles in school and how to overcome them. She is the current voice of judy jetson from the jetsons since 2017 following. Danica mckellar on how she went from the wonder years winnie cooper to author of books encouraging girls into math. Years after appearing on the wonder years, mckellar is hoping to inspire a new generation of young women.
In 2018, she wrote her first book, math doesnt suck, which walks middle schoolage girls through concepts such as fractions, percentages and prealgebra, using engaging realworld examples. Danica mckellar, the actress who played winnie cooper on the wonder years, writes a book designed to help girls love math, even if they also love shopping for handbags. Danica mckellars first math book flies off the shelves and helps middleschool girls become bffs with math. Actingwise, the former teen dream has now found a home at hallmark, acting in dozens of feelgood. The actress has been married to attorney scott sveslosky since. Former television heartthrob danica mckellar told us how math helped her to discover that she is so much more than the. Learn at home with help from the wonder years hallmark actress, math whiz, and new york times bestselling author danica mckellar using her acclaimed mckellar math books. Despite women earning more degrees than men, men outnumber women in the field of math by an alarming degree. Presenting math lessons in the style of a teen magazine, this groundbreaking book became an instant success, making amazons top 100 books of 2007, and earning danica the title of person of the week on abc world news. Best known for her roles on the wonder years and the west wing, and lately for her popular movies on hallmark channel, danica mckellar is the new york times bestselling author of math doesnt suck, kiss my math, hot x, and girls get curves.
Sheknows girl crush of the month danica mckellar talks to us about being a mom and tells us how shes encouraging. Fred savage, jason hervey, alley mills, daniel lauria, joshua saviano, danica mckellar, olivia diabo created by. But math isnt all mckellar has been up to in the time since the wonder years went off the air. Wonder years star danica mckellar does the math wsj. Yes, the wonder years realistically depicts how girlobsessed teenage boys are, but its honestly pretty tiresome. Actress danica mckellar, the adorable winnie cooper on the 1980s90s hit television series the wonder years, is all grown up now, and married with a. We put danica mckellars math skills to the test tmz tv. Join ten flower friends for a night of excitement that mixes a little math with a lot of magic. Because the focus is on girls, the book also presents some tips for coping with. Now she is known as author of the nationally bestselling book, math doesnt suck, which encourages and empowers middleschool girls with mathematics knowhow. Danica mckellar talks the wrong woman, empowering girls. Danica mckellar reunites with a wonder years costar in a. To the world, danica mckellar is still winnie cooper from the wonder years but at home, the star is a proud wife and mom. A lesson in making math cool for girls women make up nearly half of the collegeeducated workforce, but hold less than a quarter of stem jobs.
Danica mckellar wants girls to know theyre good at math. Geometry take shape actress and math education advocate. She played winnie cooper in the television series the wonder years from 19881993, and since 2010 has voiced miss martian in the animated superhero series young justice. That having been said, the lost weekend is a fairly. She appears in several television films for hallmark channel. She is well known for her acting roles on the wonder years, the west wing, and multiple. Wonder years star danica mckellar talks finding love. Wonder years actress reveals shes an attachment parent. Math book helps girls embrace their inner mathematician.
How to survive middle school math without losing your mind. Growing up on the set of the television series the wonder years, for actress danica mckellar, one thing never wavered. Mckellar has authored several mathematicsrelated books primarily targeting adolescent readers interested in succeeding at the. She has also written a series of bestselling mathematics books and starred in numerous television movies.
Growing up on the set of the television series the wonder years, for. Actress danica mckellar played winnie cooper on the wonder years. Actress danica mckellar helps girls get curves in her newest book girls get curves. The definitive ranking of every episode of the wonder years. I am sure the math parts will be great tools to teach the boys, but the stories are from a girls perspective. All grown up, wonder years child star danica mckellar is actress, math whiz and author, too. Danica mckellar rose to stardom by playing the doeeyed winnie cooper on abcs classic tv series the wonder years and, while she may be best known for that role, mckellar has kept herself. In 2007, danica released her first book, math doesnt suck ages 912.
Fairies, butterflies, and magic help to make this math focused picture book from danica mckellar, the new york times bestselling author of goodnight, numbers and star of the wonder years, positively enchanting. She said she understands struggling with math in particular because her homework used to. Wonder years winnie cooper actress, danica mckellar. Danica mckellar pens femalefocused math book girls get. She has also written a series of bestselling mathematics books and starred in. She is best known for her role as winnie cooper in the television show the wonder years. She also teaches math in a way that the kids can understand. Danica mae mckellar born january 3, 1975 is an american actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate. Wonder years danica mckellar inspires girls to show their. In 2015, mckellar was cast in the netflix original series project mc2.
She is also well known for her acting roles on the wonder years, the west wing, and multiple. What happens when youre no longer the girl next door from the wonder years. Wonder years star danica mckellar does the math best known for playing winnie cooper on the tv series, the actress is the author of a new childrens book, goodnight numbers. I was lucky in that the tutor on the wonder years 1988 set spoke fluent french. The former wonder years star talks about why smart can be sexy and whether shes sending the wrong message.
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