Pippi Longstocking
Masterson's performance career began as a dancer which she gave up at age 11 after being cast in "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking". Masterson started her acting career as a child actress at age 14 with her first appearance as Head Girl in "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking", a fantasy-adventure, musical, family film based on the books by the late Astrid Lindgren. Fay originally auditioned for the role of Pippi Longstocking, but the role went to her former co-star Tami Erin.