Crystal Dawn Scripps McKellar is an American attorney and former

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. She is the sister of actress

Danica McKellar Danica McKellar (born January 3, 1975) is an American actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate. She is best known for playing Winnie Cooper in the television series ''The Wonder Years.'' McKellar has appeared in various television f ...

Early life

McKellar's mother's ancestry is Portuguese (via the

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and

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islands); her father's ancestry is Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Dutch. McKeller and her sister Danica were both students at the Diane Hill Hardin Young Actors Space school. The sisters sometimes competed against each other for roles, including Danica's role of

Winnie Cooper This is a list of characters of the television series ''The Wonder Years''. Main characters Kevin Arnold Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) is the main character. Born on March 18, 1956, Kevin grew up in the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s. Right ...

on ''

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''. Crystal would go on to play Becky Slater, a recurring character and onetime love interest of Kevin Arnold. She was nominated for the ''Best Young Actress Guest Starring In A Television Series'' award at the eleventh annual Youth in Film Awards in 1988 and 1989. McKellar graduated from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

, where she was the editor of a magazine named ''Portia''. She graduated from

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with a

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degree in 2003 and worked as an associate attorney at the law firms

Davis Polk & Wardwell Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, commonly known as Davis Polk, is an American multinational corporation, multinational law firm headquartered in New York City with offices in Washington, D.C., Menlo Park, California, Menlo Park, London, Madrid, Brussel ...

and

Morrison & Foerster Morrison & Foerster LLP (also known as MoFo) is an American multinational law firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, with 17 offices located throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. History In 1883, Alexander Francis Morrison ...

Acting credits

*''Fatal Judgement'' (1988 television film) *''

'' (television series) as Becky Slater *''

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'' (television series) as Kathleen *''

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'' (1990 television film) as Sabine Guitry *''Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool'' (2002 film) as Actress in Class

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