| Danica McKellar AKA Danica Mae McKellar Born: 3-Jan-1975
Birthplace: La Jolla, CA
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years Danica McKellar played Fred Savage's neighbor and sometimes girlfriend on The Wonder Years. She later studied math at UCLA, and co-authored a theorem in mathematical physics with Professor Lincoln Chayes and fellow student Brandy Winn, now termed the "Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem". She is still very much a working actress, but also writes a column on St Jude's 'Mathathon' website, answering young students' math-related questions, and she is the author of Math Doesn't Suck, a book nudging middle-school girls toward math studies. Sister: Crystal McKellar (b. 16-Aug-1976)
Husband: Mike Verta (composer, together since 2001, m. Mar-2009)
University: BS Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles (1998)
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Portuguese Ancestry
Scottish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Yoga
TELEVISION
Inspector Mom Maddie Monroe (2006-)
The West Wing Elsie Snuffin (2002-03)
Static Shock Freida Goren (voice, 2000-04)
The Wonder Years Winnie Cooper (1988-93)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Hack! (17-May-2007)
Path of Destruction (24-Sep-2005)
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (27-Jan-2002)
Sex and the Teenage Mind (2002)
Sidekicks (17-Dec-1992)
Camp Cucamonga (23-Sep-1990)
Official Website:
http://www.danicamckellar.com/
Author of books:
Math Doesn't Suck (2007)
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