See Vada from "My Girl" now at 41

Kid's former star, Anna Chlumsky, didn't think she wanted to be an actor in adulthood.


Long before there isGray anatomy WhereIt's us, Babies from the 90s had to appear in a VHS copy ofMy daughter To put yourself in a good cry. The drama of 1991 features a 10 -year -old childAnna Chlumsky Like Vada Sultenfuss, who grows in his widowed father (Dan Ackroyd) Funeral house, trying to sail in girls without her mom. It is also a total hypochondriac which fortunately has a friend in Thomas, played byMacaulay Culkin, which not only supports his constant visits to doctors, but also his love of poetry. The two form a deep and ultimately tragic friendship, makingMy daughter A film to go to adulthood that no spectator can forget.

The role of Vada followed Chlumsky throughout his life, not only in the rest of the film. And the instantaneous fame that it brought to her was so overwhelming that she moved away from act for a while. She finally returned significantly, winning six nominations for the Emmy for a single role of adult. Read the rest to learn more about the life of the former star child today.

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She is tired of talking aboutMy daughter.

Anna Chlumsky in 1994
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In 2022, Chlumsky saidShe that she is "unequivocal" to speakHis childhood role in small groups. "You are never tired of talking about this recital that you did when you were 10 years old?" She added. The 41 -year -old actor continued by saying that the management of all this fame at the time was difficult for her. Referring to what it called the "attrition rate" of the former stars of the child - which is one of those who exhaust themselves, present themselves at the end of the law or are fighting - Chlumsky declared : "Everyone is aware, but they benefit from it. They benefit from the life of someone who is destroyed."

She took a break by acting.

Anna Chlumsky in 2007
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After playing in the 1994 suiteMy daughter 2, Chlumsky has assumed some additional childhood roles, including the 1995sGolden Diggers: the secret of Bear Mountainnext toChristina Ricci And a few TV movies. After that, she put her career as a side actress for a normal life, which included her diploma from the University of Chicago and began a career in publishing.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Only, as she explained toThe GuardianIn 2014, Chlumsky realized thatShe was not cut For this kind of work and failed to play. She described her as "such relief" when she started going back to act and started to relate to her as an adult.

"I mean, I liked to modify the manuscripts. My problem is that I am a slow reader," she said. "When I went to the actor school, I thought I will give myself a year to try and if it does not happen, then it is not supposed to be. The first day when I arrive at Theater of the Atlantic and we play scenes and I really learn what it is - that it is really a question of communicating text and telling a story - it was like, Oh, Saint [Expletif]! I'm not going to just give this year! I'm going to give it everything. I knew it. "

She played in a classic of modern comedy.

Anna Chlumsky in 2019
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Chlumsky started to appear on the screen at the end of the 2000s, including in the episodes of30 rockandLaw and order, as well as films likeIn the loopandThe good guy. But that was his role as Amy Brookheimer in HBO political comedyVeep, withJulia Louis-Dreyfus, This put it on the card as an adult actor. Clumsky played the character throughout the series, from 2012 to 2019, and was nominated for six Emmy.

"People started to recognize me on the street forVeep Instead of for some [explains], I did it at the age of 10, "said the actorShe. "It was the first time that I understood what it was to be happy to be asked about your work by a foreigner."

WhereasVeepwas in the air, Chlumsky also appeared in popular showsHannibalandSnatch, as well as the filmThe end of the tour. She recently played a journalist in the real criminal dramaInvent AnnaAnd is in the next horror filmThey, which will be presented this summer on Peacock.

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She does not want to be a mother of stage.

Anna Chlumsky in 2022
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Chlumsky met her husbandShaun so When they were both students and the couple got married in 2008. They share two girls:Penelope, born in 2013, andClara, born in 2016. Given the difficulty of the celebrity of children, it is not surprising that Chlumsky does not rush to bring his children in auditions. "The easiest way to say [if I want itLet my children act] is "wait until you have 18," she saidThe independent , via Yahoo!. "Take advantage of playing at school and shooting hoops and playing. That's what you’re used by. You want to be an adult when you enter business."

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