“My insecurity was confirmed with every article about myself”: child star Mara Wilson turned her back on acting

She is barely seven years old when Hollywood suddenly becomes a constant in Mara Wilson’s life. In the early nineties she strings together strong acting performances: as the film daughter of the inimitable Robin Williams in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’, the stubborn girl who doesn’t believe in Santa in ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ and her immortal role in ‘Matilda’. But when she is diagnosed with a compulsive disorder, she says goodbye to her acting career for good.

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