Danica McKellar has been a fixture on American television since the 1980s.

Let’s learn more about Hallmark star Danica McKellar.

She had a childhood crush on Michael J.

Danica McKellar at an event

“As a kid, I was in love withMichael J.

Fox,” she toldUs Weekly.

“We turned around, and Michael J.

Michael J. Fox in the 1980s

“They ended up hiring me, but they said they loved Crystal and they meant it.

“She’s a lawyer now.”

“I can’t imagine I was a very good kisser,” Savage toldEntertainment Tonight.

Danica McKellar with childhood photo

“But we were very nervous and excited … we were 11, we were little.”

Once they had filmed several takes, she added, “the entire crew erupted into applause.

And it was just so humiliating.

Danica McKellar kissing Fred Savage

Like, I’m trying to have a private moment here!”

“I love doing programming that makes people feel good,” she said in an interview withTV Insider.

“As the season progressed, McKellar shared some unfortunate news onTwitter.

Danika McKellar for Hallmark

McKellar refused to throw in the towel and insisted on soldiering on.

We’re almost there.

We can’t afford to make it too simple.”

Danica on Dancing With the Stars

Despite Chmerkovskiy’s modifications, he and McKellar wound up being eliminated shortly after.

She took her ejection from “DWTS” in stride.

“You never know when you’re going to get eliminated.

Danica McKellar at iHeartRadio event

So you just have to live in the moment.

It’s a good life lesson, actually.”

“Yes, I care about how I look and staying fit and healthy.

Danica McKellar and Avril Lavigne

No, I don’t think that makes me superficial.

And yes, it takes work,” she wrote in a2013 postfor her website.

After shooting the video, McKellar gushed about the experience onTwitter.

Danica McKellar in the early 2000s

“Just had the best time shooting @AvrilLavigne’s new video,” she wrote.

“And she is so sweet and fun!

Made me feel like a rock star.”

Danica McKellar posing outdoors

The results demonstrated in that paper led to the formulation of a new mathematical theorem, the ChayesMcKellarWinn theorem.

Interviewed byNPR’s “Weekend Edition,“McKellar explained how they came to create the theorem.

When she auditioned, McKellar was asked how much she knew about math.

Danica McKellar with her book

“She went into a five-minute explanation,” said the theater’s artistic director, Sam Woodhouse.

“Which was a stunning and mystifying five minutes.”

In fact, she’s held an interest in science for her entire life.

Danica McKellar and Mike Verta

“I think that’s why I love math; it challenges my brain.”

Her goal, she said, is to “make it entertaining, but educational as well.

By writing books, I can reach a lot more kids all over the world …

Scott Sveslosky and Danika McKellar

I love to use this outlet, especially to encourage young girls.”

McKellar opened up about her complicated feelings in a post for her website, via theDaily Mail.

“Number 1: Don’t badmouth each other or the new partners ever, ever.

That just puts the kid in the middle,” she said.

“Number 2: Be generous with your ex, in every way you could be.”

“I sat down across from him for coffee and started giggling and couldn’t stop.

I didn’t know what to say.

I couldn’t believe this is who I was sitting across [from],” she said.

“I just already loved him and was smitten from the moment I sat down.”

They gotengagedin 2014 andwed later that same year.