{"id":142750,"date":"2025-09-08T23:45:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/142750\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T23:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:45:18","slug":"wonder-years-star-danica-mckellar-looks-amazing-at-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/142750\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wonder Years&#8217; Star Danica McKellar Looks Amazing at 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-651cbb\" class=\"body-graf\">The years have certainly been wonder-ful to Danica McKellar, &#8220;The Wonder Years&#8221; actress who played girl-next-door Winnie Cooper.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9bb335\" class=\"body-graf\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOTjDxWgD2Z\/?img_index=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a birthday post<\/a> for her 15-year-old son Draco, McKellar, 50, included a handful of images of the two of them through the years \u2014 from pregnancy until now, when Draco towers over her.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cbe55f\" class=\"body-graf\">But what really stands out is the fact that as you watch baby Draco turn into a lanky teenager, McKellar looks almost exactly the same for a decade and a half.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/danica-mckellar-zz-250908-03-49a47e.jpg\" alt=\"McKellar poses with sweet young Draco ... back when he was still easy to lift.\" height=\"2500\" width=\"1986\"\/>McKellar poses with sweet young Draco &#8230; back when he was still easy to lift.@danicamckellar via Instagram<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ca81c6\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;Draco, it has been such an incredible joy to be your mom \u2014 to watch you grow and help you thrive,&#8221; McKellar wrote in the post she shared on Sept. 7. &#8220;And all those good times we had together when you were so small? It\u2019s tempting to feel sad that those days are behind us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-4614c5\" class=\"body-graf\">McKellar included photos of her and Draco snuggling, playing, skiing, celebrating New Year&#8217;s Eve and traveling to New York City.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/danica-mckellar-zz-250908-02-4dbab2.jpg\" alt=\"Draco seems game for all sorts of travels with his mom. \" height=\"2500\" width=\"1780\"\/>Draco seems game for all sorts of travels with his mom. @danicamckellar via Instagram<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-769f32\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;As I watch you grow in independence (and height!), my heart feels the fullness of that legacy we are still building,&#8221; she continued. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-edddce\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;But you\u2019re not quite grown yet \u2014 in fact, everyone please say a little prayer as we enter the season of learning to drive &#8230; !&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/danica-mckellar-zz-250908-01-7b3388.jpg\" alt=\"When McKellar posted an Instagram video with Draco in May, they were closer to the same height then, so he has shot up recently!\" height=\"2500\" width=\"1875\"\/>When McKellar posted an Instagram video with Draco in May, they were closer to the same height then, so he has shot up recently!@danicamckellar via Instagram<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7f5827\" class=\"body-graf\">How on earth does McKellar still look as energetic and fresh-faced as she did when she was a teen herself? Did she develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/danica-mckellars-5-tips-conquer-math-phobia-your-kids-sake-938611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a math equation<\/a> to solve the issue of growing older? Does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/danica-mckellar-family-moved-tennessee-rcna57239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">moving to Tennessee<\/a> make you age backwards? Is this some sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/danica-mckellar-reveals-why-she-loves-doing-hallmark-movies-1318637123717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hallmark movie magic<\/a> come true? <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-df15f9\" class=\"body-graf\">We&#8217;re guessing McKellar will keep her secrets to herself. And in the meantime, let&#8217;s hope that Draco&#8217;s birthday gift is his stellar family genes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-928bfc\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">&#8220;Happy birthday, Draco!&#8221; McKellar wrote. &#8220;I\u2019m so proud of the young man you\u2019ve become, and I love you soooo much!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The years have certainly been wonder-ful to Danica McKellar, &#8220;The Wonder Years&#8221; actress who played girl-next-door Winnie Cooper.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-142750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}