Danica McKellar
Acting
Born January 3, 1975, La Jolla, California, USA
Danica McKellar is an American actress, mathematician, author, and mathematics education advocate. She is best known for playing Winnie Cooper on the television series The Wonder Years and has also appeared in The West Wing, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, and numerous television films. McKellar graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a degree in mathematics and co-authored mathematical research that led to the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem. She is also a New York Times bestselling author of mathematics books for children and young adults and has worked extensively to encourage young people, particularly girls, to develop confidence in mathematics.
Filmography
- 2026The Christmas Yes List — Chloe Hollis
- 2026The Greatest Christmas Gift — Emma Harper
- 2025Grounded in Love — Annie, Executive Producer
- 2025Have We Met This Christmas? — Katie Stone, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2024A Cinderella Christmas Ball — Chelsea Jones, Executive Producer, Story
- 2023A Royal Date for Christmas — Bella Sparks, Executive Producer
- 2023Swing Into Romance — Christine Sims, Executive Producer
- 2022Christmas at the Drive-In — Sadie Walker, Executive Producer
- 2022The Winter Palace — Emily Miller, Executive Producer
- Home Economics — Allison
- Home Town: Ben's Workshop — Danica McKellar
- 2021MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill — Angie Dove, Executive Producer
- 2021You, Me and the Christmas Trees — Olivia Arden
- 2020Christmas She Wrote — Kaleigh
- 2020MatchMaker Mysteries: A Fatal Romance — Angie Dove
- 2020The Library That Dolly Built — Narrator
- 2019Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm — Brittany (voice)
- 2019Christmas at Dollywood — Rachel Lewis
- 2019Love and Sunshine — Ally Craig
- 2019MatchMaker Mysteries: A Killer Engagement — Angie Dove, Executive Producer
- 2018Christmas at Grand Valley — Kelly, Executive Producer
- 2018DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis — Frost (voice)
- 2018LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High — Frost
- 2018Love in Design — Hannah McElroy
- 2018Very, Very, Valentine — Helen
- 2017Campfire Kiss — Dana, Executive Producer
- 2017Coming Home for Christmas — Lizzie Richfield
- 2017DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games — Frost (voice)
- 2017Mommy I Didn't Do It — Ellen Plainview
- 2017The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania — Judy Jetson (voice)
- 2016DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year — Frost (voice)
- Milo Murphy's Law — Veronica (voice)
- 2016My Christmas Dream — Christina
- 2016Wedding Bells — Molly Quinn
- 2015Crown for Christmas — Allie Foster
- 2015Perfect Match — Jessica
- Project Mc² — The Quail
- 2014Where Hope Grows — Susan Malcolm
- 2013Tasmanian Devils — Alex
- 2013The Wrong Woman — Ellen Plainview
- 2012Flatland²: Sphereland — Aero (voice)
- 2012Love at the Christmas Table — Kat
- 2012Mancation — Rebecca
- 2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection — Sally (segment "The Return of Black Adam") (voice)
- G.I. Joe: Renegades — Sister Leia/Woman
- 2010Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo — Madelyn Dinkley (voice)
- 2010Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam — Sally (voice)
- Young Justice — M'gaan M'orzz / Megan Morse / Miss Martian (voice), Marie Logan / Megan Wheeler (voice), Tuppence Terror / Megan Wheeler (voice), Back-up Singer (voice), Angel O'Day (voice), Moira Malone (voice)
- 200921 and a Wake-Up — Jenny Valentine
- Brink
- 2008Heatstroke — Caroline
- Random! Cartoons — Katerina Metropoulos (voice)
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager — Danica McKellar
- 2007Hack! — Emily Longley
- 2007Inspector Mom - Mother Goose Murder — Maddie Monroe
- 2007Inspector Mom: Kidnapped in Ten Easy Steps — Maddie Monroe, Producer, Writer
- The Big Bang Theory — Abby
- 2006Inspector Mom — Maddie Monroe, Writer
- How I Met Your Mother — Trudy
- 2005Path of Destruction — Katherine Stern
- Century City — Sally
- Game Over — Elsa (voice)
- 2004Intermission — Sleepwalker
- 2004Quiet Kill — Pet Shop Girl
- 2004Raising Genius — Lacy Baldwin
- Eve — Claudia
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series — (voice)
- NCIS — Erin Kendall
- Cyberchase — Wanda (voice)
- 2002Jane White Is Sick & Twisted — Tiffany
- 2002Reality School — Sexy Sally
- 2002Sex and the Teenage Mind — Debbie
- 2002The Year That Trembled — Pam Hatch
- 2001Good Neighbor — Molly Wright
- Justice League — Sapphire Stagg (voice), Sapphire Stagg / Bystander (voice)
- 2001Speechless... — Dana Woodman
- The Division — Wendy
- 2001XCU: Extreme Close Up — Sarah
- Even Stevens — Sandrine
- Static Shock — Frieda (voice)
- Strong Medicine — Natalie Pascal
- The Weekenders
- Futurama — Dancia McKellar's Head (voice)
- The West Wing — Elsie Snuffin
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- King of the Hill — Misty (voice), Sharona (voice)
- Working — Jolie
- 1996Justice for Annie — Annie Mills Carman
- The Jamie Foxx Show
- Babylon 5 — Aria Tensus
- 1994Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy — Kristin Guthrie
- Walker, Texas Ranger — Laurie Maston
- 1992Sidekicks — Lauren
- 1990Camp Cucamonga — Lindsey Scott
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Lisa
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- The Wonder Years — Gwendolyn 'Winnie' Cooper
- The Twilight Zone — Nola (Age 10) (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul"), Deidre Dobbs (segment "Shelter Skelter")
Appearances as themselves (9)
- 2026Dolly: An NBC News Special — Self
- 2021The Palindromists — Self
- 20202020 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Preview Special — Self
- American Idol — Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
- Impractical Jokers — Self
- Free Radio — Self
- 2008Naked Movie — Self
- Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant