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Mara Wilson

May 2023

  • ‘I was an earnest, very literal child’ … Mara Wilson.

    The G2 interview
    ‘I’d tell myself: you’re a loser, a failure, ugly …’ Matilda’s Mara Wilson on the price of fame

    A star at nine, the actor was soon struggling with the death of her mother as well as nosy journalists and demanding fans. Angry, confused and thoroughly lost, how did she ever find her way back?

June 2022

  • Danny DeVito, Mara Wilson and Rhea Perlman in Matilda

    Stream team
    Matilda: the cake-based torture sticks in the mind – but this delightful film is worth rewatching

    All 90s children are haunted by Miss Trunchbull – but revisiting Danny DeVito’s 1996 film is a zany and joyful experience

May 2022

  • From left: Robyn Wilder, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, David Adam, Mara Wilson

    How to manage anxiety
    ‘Anxiety is part of me’: Mara Wilson and other anxious minds on how they cope

    From lavender oil to a cold martini, Bruce Springsteen to sertraline, four writers share the tools they have found to manage their symptoms

January 2019

  • ‘One day I woke up and I was a socialist. They tricked me!’ ... Harry Brewis.

    'Success would’ve been three grand': meet the gamer who raised $340,000 for a trans charity

    HBomberguy’s marathon 57-hour gaming session attracted the attention of the industry and celebrities alike. We meet the man trying to counter the growing tide of the manosophere and alt-right

September 2016

  • Mara Wilson in Matilda in 1996, and today

    ‘Being cute just made me miserable’: Mara Wilson on growing up in Hollywood

    She was the adorable little girl in Matilda and Mrs Doubtfire… then the phone stopped ringing. The former child star lifts the lid on hitting puberty in the public eye

August 2014

  • Robin Williams in Mork and Mindy.

    Robin Williams: online tributes to man who 'gave so much to so many people'

  • Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam.

    Robin Williams found dead in California home

April 2014

  • Dusting off the cardie … Robin Williams in the original Mrs Doubtfire.

    Robin Williams to star in Mrs Doubtfire sequel

    Follow-up in the works to 1993 comedy about a divorcee who impersonates a Scottish nanny to be closer to his kids

September 2013

  • Mara

    Status update
    Mara Wilson: Hollywood child star turned New York storyteller

    Famous for playing movie Matilda from Roald Dahl’s novel, Mara Wilson talks about growing up, writing and boyfriend smells
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