Acting Roles

Well known for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing, – and more recently for her romantic comedies and Christmas movies on Hallmark, Lifetime, and now GAC Family Networks – Danica is also a New York Times bestselling author of books to inspire kids in math. She’s sold over a million copies since she began in 2007, and they can be found at McKellarMath.com. Read more on her math career!

She’s currently recurring on ABC’s comedy series Home Economics, and has also such roles as a recurring spot on CBS’s hit show How I Met Your Mother, a guest appearance on The Big Bang Theory, and various films, Danica voices the regular role of “Miss Martian” on the acclaimed cartoon series Young Justice, now in its fourth season, on HBO Max. To date, she has starred in over 30 films and has had over 50 guest-starring roles on series. 

“It’s hard to describe why I love acting. I’ve always had two sides to my personality – on the one hand I love logic and math and puzzles, and on the other, I just love to entertain people. I have an instinct to tell human stories with the belief that somehow we understand ourselves better when we see someone projected up on a screen, someone who is saying things we’ve said and feeling what we’ve felt. I also do it because it feeds an instinct that I have to share something. And boy, there’s nothing like “sharing” with a live audience in theater acting – it’s like dancing for me. There’s a real thrill to it.”