Danica McKellar

McKellar (2018)

Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975 in La Jolla , California ) is an American actress and mathematician .

Life

According to her own information, she has ancestors from Portugal ( Azores ), Great Britain ( England , Scotland ), France , Spain , Germany and the Netherlands .

For the first time McKellar was seen in the television series Unknown Dimensions ( The Twilight Zone ) on television. She became known through the family series Wonderful Years , in which she played the role of Winnie Cooper from 1988 to 1993 .

In addition to several small roles in other television series, McKellar also played in some rather insignificant films.

She made her debut as a director with the short film speechless .

In 2003 she played the role of Catherine in the play proof at the San Diego Repertory Theater .

McKellar studied at UCLA until 1998 , graduating summa cum laude and receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. The Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem is named after her, Brandy Winn, and Lincoln Chayes . It states that the critical temperature (Curie temperature) in the Ashkin-Teller model of statistical mechanics is equal to the critical temperature for site percolation . She still lectures at universities and works as a visiting professor at UCLA.

McKellar wrote four non-fiction books aimed at relieving schoolgirls of math fear: Math Doesn't Suck , Kiss My Math , Hot X: Algebra Exposed, and Girls Get Curves - Geometry Takes Shape .

Private

In 2001 McKellar met the composer Mike Verta. The two were married on March 22, 2009 in McKellar's hometown. You have a child born on September 7, 2010. In June 2012, the couple filed for divorce. In November 2014 she married the lawyer Scott Sveslosky.

Filmography

• 1985–1987: Unknown Dimensions ( The Twilight Zone , TV series)
• 1990: Chaos in Camp Cucamonga ( Camp Cucamonga , TV movie)
• 1992: Sidekicks
• 1988-1993: The Wonder Years ( The Wonder Years , TV series)
• 1994: Babylon 5 (TV series)
• 1994: The Baby Dealers - Tears of a Mother ( Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy , TV movie)
• 1994: Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)
• 1994: Lady Cops ( Sirens , TV series)
• 1996: Who Murdered My Daughter? ( Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie , Movie made for TV)
• 1998: Love Boat - Off to New Shores ( Love Boat: The Next Wave , TV series)
• 1999: Random Play (TV series)
• 1998–1999: The Dear Colleagues ( Working , TV series)
• 2001: The Killer Next Door (Good Neighbor)
• 2001: Lady Cops ( The Division , TV series)
• 2001: XCU: Extreme Close Up
• 2001: speechless ... (short film)
• 2001: Even Stevens ( Even Stevens , TV series)
• 2002: Black Hole
• 2002: Virgil - totally in love! (Sex and the Teenage Mind)
• 2002: Reality School (short film)
• 2002: Jane White Is Stick & Twisted
• 2002: The Year That Trembled
• 2002: Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool
• 2002–2003: The West Wing - In the Center of Power ( The West Wing , TV series)
• 2004: Raising Genius / Bathroom Boy
• 2004: Century City (TV series)
• 2004: Intermission (short film)
• 2004: Quiet Kill / Nightmare Boulevard
• 2004: Eve (TV series)
• 2005: Navy CIS ( NCIS , TV series)
• 2005: Jack & Bobby (TV series)
• 2005: New York Cops - NYPD Blue (TV series)
• 2005: Strong Medicine: Two Doctors Like Fire and Ice (TV series)
• 2005: Trail of Destruction ( Path of Destruction , TV movie)
• 2005–2007: How I Met Your Mother (TV series)
• 2006: Inspector Mom (TV movie)
• 2006–2007: Inspector Mom (TV series)
• 2007: Inspector Mom: Kidnapped in Ten Easy Steps (TV movie)
• 2007: Hack! - Who does the final cut? (Hack!)
• 2008: Heatstroke - Island of Aliens (Heatstroke)
• 2009: 21 and a wake-up
• 2010: The Big Bang Theory (TV series, guest appearance)
• 2010-2014: Young Justice (TV series, original voice of Miss Martian)
• 2012: A Christmas Love Story (Love at the Christmas Table)
• 2013: Tasmanian Devils - The hunt has begun ( Tasmanian Devils , TV movie)
• 2015: A perfect wedding (Perfect Match)
• 2015: A Queen for Christmas (Crown for Christmas)
• 2015-2017: Project Mc² (TV series)
• since 2017: DC Super Hero Girls (TV series, voice)
• 2016: My Christmas Dream ( My Christmas Dream , TV movie)
• 2017: Coming Home for Christmas (TV movie)
• 2018: Very, Very, Valentine (TV movie)
• 2018: Christmas in Grand Valley ( Christmas at Grand Valley , Movie made for TV)

Works

• L Chayes, D McKellar, B Winn: Percolation and Gibbs states multiplicity for ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller models on ${\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} ^{2}}$ . In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General . 31, No. 45, 1998, pp. 9055-9063. bibcode : 1998JPhA ... 31.9055C . doi : 10.1088 / 0305-4470 / 31/45/005 .
• Danica McKellar: Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail . Hudson Street Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59463-039-2 .
• Danica McKellar: Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss . Hudson Street Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59463-049-1 .
• Danica McKellar: Hot X: Algebra Exposed . Hudson Street Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59463-070-5 .
• Between Series, an Actress Became a Superstar (in Math) . In: New York Times , July 19, 2005 (English)
• Danica McKellar: The Times Machine! . Crown Books for Young Readers, 2020, ISBN 978-1101934029 .

Web links

Commons : Danica McKellar  - Collection of Images

• Danica McKellar at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/danica-mckellar
2. ↑ http://www.danicamckellar.com/faq/
3. ↑ Chayes, McKellar, Winn, Percolation and Gibbs state multiplicity for ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller models on , J. Phys. A, Math. Gen., Volume 31, 1998, pp. 9055-9063, pdf ${\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} ^{2}}$
4. ↑ Terry Tao's blog on the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem . Terry Tao was her topology professor.
5. ^ Winnie from 'Wonder Years' Files for Divorce . tmz.com; accessed June 8, 2012.
6. ↑ "Winnie Cooper" actress Danica McKellar still looks great today promipool.de; accessed on December 17, 2017