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The Family Comedy of 1993Ms. Toulerfire followsRobin Williams"Daniel Hillard character, an so desperate man to spend time with his children in the midst of his divorce that he is transformed into the rootman and the ideal nanny. Although its performance has the most attention, countless young viewers are linked to Lydia (Lisa Jakub), Chris (Matthew Lawrence) and Natalie (Mara Wilson), the children who feel stuck between their feuding parents. WhileMs. ToulerfireWas far from Jakub's first credit, playing the oldest Kid hillbox is one of his most famous roles. However, after almost two decades on the screen, she decided tofrom actor behind When she was still young. To see what Jakub is doing now and to know why she walked away from the film industry, read it.

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Jakub four years was at the Toronto farmers market with his parents when she was approached from a representative for an advertising agency about being commercial. Jakub's parents agreed to allow the agency to set up a hearing for her, which finally led to much more.

"From there, they sent me to an agent who sent me more hearings:"She told Vulture in 2018. "It only moved out of there and ended up with a career of 18 years."

She played her first film role when she was seven years old in 1985Eleni. It appeared in several television shows in the late 80s, includingThe twilight zone,Friday 13: The series, andGlory! Glory!

She was 15 years old when she played Lydia, the responsible and the most sincere girlMs. Toulerfire. She has good memories of making film and remembers to hit her with her brothers and sisters on the screen, Lawrence and Wilson, immediately.

"As soon as they put Matt and Mara and I together, we all knew we loved," said Jakub to Vulture. "We looked instantly. Part of this is that I am a single child and I'm always desperate for brothers and sisters."

AfterMs. ToulerfireJakub passed the next seven years to take more agency work, including a role in the 1996 blockbusterThe day of independence. The film of 2000Double frame is his last interim credit.

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The former star of the child can not act, but Jakub does not have a shortage of projects. On herPersonal website, the 42-year-old younger notes that she teaches a free online yoga class for veterans every Tuesday. She is a Kipalu Yoga teacher and was formed byThe VETERANS YOGA project, which has a mission to support the recovery of veterinarians. It also notes on its site that the classes are "diversifying" and work on the increase of the "force, flexibility and connection of the mind".

Outside the yoga studio, Jakub also hosts his own podcast,Embrace your weird. She discusses topics like authenticity and anxiety and how they affected her own life. In herMost recent episode"Social anxiety and the new normal", she discuss the way she feels about being social again, after being isolated for so long because of the pandemic.

It also opens on its mental health and unusual childhood thanks to its writing. In herfirst book,You look like this girl: a child actor ceases to pretend and grow finally, Published in 2015, Jakub writes about his decision to go late. His 2017 book,Not just me, highlight how she manages her depression and her anxiety, which is part of her years of childhood and adults.

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When Jakub was 22, she chose to get away from the actor. There were aspects of the film industry she liked, but these were eclipsed by the darker parts.

"The parts of my work were wonderful," she wroteon his blog in March 2013."But then I got to the point where the competition and the superficial nature of the industry began to get me. I felt like a fake that was trying to live the dream of someone else. My anxiety And my depression intensified. "

Jakub moved to Virginia, married her husbandJeremy Jones In 2005, and focused on his writing. She also studied sociology at the University of Virginia. She wrote on her blog she tried to "forget that [her] old life" in Hollywood has already arrived. But through his blogs and his books, she realized that she could not run away from her past.

"I learned to have a healthy relationship with this part of my life," she wrote. "The movies do not need to be front and center because I do not think what I did when I was 14 years old is the most important or interesting thing of me."

She also seems to have a sense of humor about this and to understand that people who looked at her movies will always be curious about what she is up to. Earlier this year,Jakub tweeted a screenshot of an article asking "everything that happened to the actor who plays Lydia inMs. Toulerfire? "And written," Well, UMMM, I mean, a lot of things happened since 1993, so you are going to need to be more accurate. "In a follow-up tweet She wrote: "Wow, thank you for all the taste and sharing! The next question I usually get, that's why I stopped acting after an 18 year old career. Fortunately, I wrote a book whole thing about it. "

Jakub understands why audiences still loveMs. Toulerfire, 28 years after his publication for the first time. She noted to vulture that he pushes with his audience and that adults get something different from it that children.

"Being able to see all these different layers in a film that, on its surface, is a little silly comedy, that's why he had sustainable power," she said. "You can come from a lot of different perspectives and you can appreciate it because it's really so much to see how families really interact? How do relationships really work and how can we evolve to do it work for everyone, even if it means parents do not meet together at the end? "

With the other players of the film of the film, Jakub forged a narrow connection with Williams, who died in 2014. Talking toYahoo Entertainment This past maybe, she shared a story on how he got up for her when her Toronto high school decided to prevent him from enabling him to work at a distance with a guardian apart. Williams wrote a letter on the name of Jakub to convince them to reconsider. It did not sway the powers that will be, but for the young actor, it was the gesture that was counting.

"But what I like about this story and what I like about Robin, it's only the fact that he would do for someone," she explained. "And even if it did not work, someone needed to get up and he did it for me. I do not know if he never knew how much it was massive and how much I felt like 'He was in my corner. "

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