Here’s Your Favorite Child Star Who are All Grown up, Then&Now

8. Mara Wilson

In the 1990s, Mara Wilson lit up the big screen in Mrs. Doubtfire, Matilda, and the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street. Wilson was a major star at the age of seven but walked away from Hollywood just four years later after Matilda was released. Instead of becoming a full-time celebrity, the then-13-year-old Wilson gave up life on the silver screen to become a writer.

However, time heals all wounds, and years later, an adult Wilson would return for the o took on occasional stage roles and often appeared as herself on various web series, though she mostly stuck to writing.