Danica McKellar

**Danica Mae McKellar** (born January 3, 1975) is an American actress and mathematician. She is best known for playing Winnie Cooper in _The Wonder Years_. She also starred in several television movies.

She is also a _New York Times_ bestselling author. She wrote four popular non-fiction books: _Math Doesn't Suck_, _Kiss My Math_, _Hot X: Algebra Exposed_ and _Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape_. The books are meant to encourage middle-school and high-school girls to have confidence and succeed in mathematics.

## Personal life

She married composer Mike Verta on March 22, 2009, in La Jolla, California. The couple had dated since 2001. They had their first child on September 7, 2010, a boy they named Draco. McKellar filed for divorce from Verta in June 2012.

## Filmography

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1992|_Sidekicks_|Lauren||||||
|rowspan="3"|2001|_Good Neighbor_|Molly Wright|||||
|_XCU: Extreme Close Up_|Sarah|||||||
|_Speechless..._|Dana Woodman|Short film||||||
|rowspan="6"|2002|_Sex and the Teenage Mind_|Debbie|||||
|_Black Hole_|Rachael|||||||
|_Reality School_|Sexy Sally|Short film||||||
|_Jane White Is Sick & Twisted_|Tiffany|||||||
|__|Pam Hatch|||||||
|_Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool_|Sissie|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2004|_Raising Genius_|Lacy Baldwin|||||
|_Intermission_|Sleepwalker|Short film||||||
|_Quiet Kill_|Pet Shop Girl|||||||
|2007|_Hack!_|Emily||||||
|2008|_Heatstroke_|Caroline||||||
|2009|_21 and a Wake-Up_|Jenny Valentine||||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo_|Madelyn Dinkley|Voice role; direct-to-video||||
|_Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam_|Sally|Voice role; direct-to-video||||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_Flatland 2: Sphereland_|Aero|Direct-to-video||||
|_Mancation_|Rebecca|||||||
|2014|_Where Hope Grows_|Susan Malcolm||||||
|2017|_The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!_|Judy Jetson|Voice role; direct-to-video|||||
|2018|_The Fiddling Horse_|Leslie Heart|Feature film|||||

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|__|Nola (age 10)|Episode: "Her Pilgrim Soul"|||||
|1987|_The Twilight Zone_|Deidre Dobbs|Episode: "Shelter Skelter"|||||
|1988–1993|__|Winnie Cooper|Main role|||||
|1989|__|Patty|Episode: "Day of the Orphan" / "King Mario of Cramalot"|||||
|1990|_Camp Cucamonga_|Lindsey Scott|Television film (NBC)|||||
|1992|_Captain Planet and the Planeteers_|Lisa|Voice role; episode: "A Formula for Hate"|||||
|rowspan="4"|1994|_Babylon 5_|Aria Tensus|Episode: "The War Prayer"||||
|_Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy_|Kristin Guthrie|Television film (NBC)||||||
|_Walker, Texas Ranger_|Laurie Maston|Episode: "Stolen Lullaby"||||||
|_Sirens_|Alison Trent|Episode: "Victims"||||||
|1996|_Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie_|Annie Mills Carman|Television film (NBC)|||||
|rowspan="2"|1998|_Love Boat: The Next Wave_|Mary Dutton|Episode: "How Long Has This Been Going On?"||||
|_Working_|Jolie|Episodes: "As Bad As It Gets", "She Loves Me Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"||||||
|1999|_Random Play_|Daughter|Episode: "1.4"|||||
|2000–2004|_Static Shock_|Freida Goren|Voice role; recurring role|||||
|rowspan="2"|2001|__|Wendy|Episode: "Don't Ask"||||
|_Even Stevens_|Sandrine|Episode: "Sibling Rivalry"||||||
|2002|_Justice League_|Sapphire Stagg|Voice role; episode: "Metamorphosis" (parts 1 & 2)|||||
|2002–2003|__|Elsie Snuffin|Recurring role|||||
|rowspan="4"|2004|_King of the Hill_|Sharona / Misty|Voice role; episodes: "My Hair Lady", "Cheer Factor"||||
|_Game Over_|Elsa / Renee|Recurring role||||||
|_Century City_|Sally|Episode: "Without a Tracer"||||||
|_Eve_|Claudia|Episode: "Friend or Foe?"||||||
|rowspan="6"|2005|_NCIS_|Erin Kendall|Episode: "Witness"||||
|_Jack & Bobby_|Keirsten|Episode: "And Justice for All"||||||
|_NYPD Blue_|Rosemary|Episode: "Moving Day"||||||
|_Strong Medicine_|Natalie Pascal|Episode: "Feeling No Pain"||||||
|_Path of Destruction_|Katherine Stern|Television film (Syfy)||||||
|_How I Met Your Mother_|Trudy|Episode: "The Pineapple Incident"||||||
|rowspan="2"|2006|_Inspector Mom_|Maddie Monroe|Television film (Lifetime)||||
|_Cyberchase_|Wanda|Voice role; Episode: "Designing Mr. Perfect"||||||
|2006–2007|_Inspector Mom_|Maddie Monroe|Recurring role|||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|_Random! Cartoons_|Katerina "Kat" Metropoulos|Voice role; episode: "Girls on the Go!"||||
|_How I Met Your Mother_|Trudy|Episode: "Third Wheel"||||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|__|Abby|Episode: "The Psychic Vortex"||||
|_Generator Rex_|Claire|Voice role; episodes: "Hermanos", "Operation: Wingman"||||||
|2010–2013, 2019–present|_Young Justice_|Miss Martian|Voice role; main role (40 episodes)|||||
|rowspan="2"|2011|_Generator Rex_|Claire|Voice role; episode: "Haunted"||||
|_G.I. Joe: Renegades_|Sister Leia|Voice role; episode: "Brothers of Light"||||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|__|Herself|Talk show||||
|_Love at the Christmas Table_|Katherine "Kat" Patton|Television film (Lifetime)||||||
|rowspan="4"|2013|_Tasmanian Devils_|Alex|Television film (Syfy)||||
|__|Herself|Episode: "Interference"||||||
|_Nerdist: Course of the Force_|Bounty Hunter|Episode: "Michael Rooker & CM Punk: Lighstaber Hunt"||||||
|_The Wrong Woman_|Ellen Plainview|Television film (Lifetime)||||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Transformers: Rescue Bots_|Hayley|Voice role; 2 episodes||||
|_Dancing with the Stars_|Herself|Contestant on season 18; finished in sixth place||||||
|2015|_King of the Nerds_|Herself|Judge|||||
|2015, 2017, 2018|_Impractical Jokers_|Herself|3 episodes|||||
|rowspan="3"|2015|_Perfect Match_ (aka _A Perfect Wedding_)|Jessica Summers|Television film (Hallmark)||||
|_Miss America 2016_|Herself|Judge||||||
|_Crown for Christmas_|Allie Evans|Television film (Hallmark)||||||
|2015–present|_Project Mc<sup>2</sup>_|The Quail|Main role (Seasons 1–2,4–5); Netflix original series|||||
|rowspan="3"|2016|_DC Super Hero Girls_|Killer Frost|Voice role||||
|_My Christmas Dream_|Christina|Television film (Hallmark)||||||
|_Wedding Bells_|Molly|Television film (Hallmark)||||||
|rowspan="3"|2017|_Mommy I Didn't Do It_|Ellen Plainview|Television film (Lifetime)||||
|_Campfire Kiss_|Dana|Television film (Hallmark)||||||
|_Coming Home for Christmas_|Lizzie|Television film (Hallmark)||||||
|2018|_Very, Very, Valentine_|Helen|Television film (Hallmark)|||||
|2018|_Love in Design_|Hannah|Television film (Hallmark)|||||
|2018|_Christmas At Grand Valley_|Kelly|Television film (Hallmark)|||||
|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2004|_X-Men Legends_|Jubilee|||
|_EverQuest II_|Lolla Cotgrove / Pona|||||
|rowspan="2"|2006|_Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams_|Additional voices|||
|_Marvel: Ultimate Alliance_|Invisible Woman|||||
|2009|_Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2_|Invisible Woman||||
|2013|_Young Justice: Legacy_|Miss Martian||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Danica McKellar
- **image**: 2018-us-nationalbookfestival-danica-mckellar.jpg
- **image size**: 200px
- **caption**: McKellar at the 2018
U.S. National Book Festival
- **birth name**: Danica Mae McKellar
- **birth place**: La Jolla, California, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **education**: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with honors (_Latin honors, summa cum laude_)
- **alma mater**: University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
- **occupation**: Actress, mathematics writer, education advocate
- **years active**: 1985–present
- **children**: 1