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Danica McKellar, who had been playing the same role for five consecutive years, became synonymous with Winnie the Good-hearted after becoming the face of Winnie. “The Wonder Years.”McKellar confessed that she was a beloved character in an interview with her son Entertainment Tonight<\/a>Her TV career had negative consequences on her life after the show ended. “I went to UCLA, but when I got to school, everywhere I went, people all over campus would shout across campus, you know, ‘Hey Winnie!’ … I couldn’t get away from it,”She spoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n Similar to many other child stars \u2014 like\u00a0Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 McKellar experienced an identity crisis after playing a character for most of her teenage years. “I needed to find out how I was valuable outside of Winnie Cooper,” McKellar explained. “And math was challenging and I did well at it.” That’s right! According to UCLA Alumni<\/a>McKellar was an expert in mathematics, and was a key part of “[proving] a groundbreaking physics theorem”That was then published, and it was named after its researchers: The Chayes-McKellar\u2013Winn Theorem. McKellar graduated with a bachelor’s degree from mathematics in 1998.<\/p>\n