Mara Elizabeth Wilson (born July 24, 1987 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress.
The daughter of Michael Wilson and the late Suzie Shapiro (who died of breast cancer in 1995), Wilson starred in the films Miracle on 34th Street, Matilda, and A Simple Wish.
Wilson appears in the famous film Mrs Doubtfire with Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan and Matthew Lawrence.
She also made several appearances on the nighttime soap Melrose Place, playing the role of Nikki Petrova. Before she was in films, she and her eldest brother, Danny, did commercials for Texaco, Marshalls, Bank of America, and Oscar Mayer.
Mara won a Young Artist Award for A Simple Wish in "Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actress" and a Young Star Award for Matilda in "Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film".
Wilson attended John Burroughs High School and participated in a youth summer program at Idyllwild Arts Academy. Her appearance in Thomas and the Magic Railroad was her last major film assignment to date. In August 2005, she starred as the lead character in a production of Rodger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella performed at the Ector Theater in Odessa, Texas, before becoming a freshman at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University that fall.
Her mother was Jewish and Mara was raised in the Jewish religion.
Filmography
Film
Television Guest Appearances
Mara in Melrose Place (1993)
Theater
Mara in Cinderella (2005)
Awards (won)
Awards (nominated)
Trivia
