She burst onto the scene as the adorable little girl in the movie Matilda, but had to give up acting and work as a nanny because she didn’t have the “Hollywood beauty”. Mara Wilson refused to have “plastic surgery”… well, she’s all grown up and you better sit down before you see what she looks like now.
In the early 1990s, the world fell in love with the charming Mara Wilson, a child actress known for her roles in family films such as Mrs. Doubtfire and Miracle on 34th Street.
The young star, who turned 37 on July 24, Seemed destined for success, but as she grew older, she stopped being “cute” and disappeared from the big screen.
In 1993, five-year-old Mara Wilson won the hearts of millions of fans when she played Robin Williams’ youngest daughter in the film Mrs. Doubtfire.
After her big screen debut, she landed the role of Susan Walker—the same role played by Natalie Wood in 1947—in the 1994 film Miracle on 34th Street.
Wilson then played a magical girl in the film Matilda.
It was also the year her mother, Susie, lost her battle with breast cancer.
At age 11, she reluctantly landed her last major role in the 2000 fantasy adventure film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
But leaving Hollywood wasn’t just her decision. When Wilson was a teenager, the roles stopped coming. She was going through puberty and no longer “cute.”
She was “just another weird, loud girl with crooked teeth and bad hair and her bra always showing.”
Wilson, now 37, is a writer. In 2016, she wrote her first book, Where Am I Now? True Stories of Childhood and Accidental Fame.
