"When you're a little kid you're a bit of everything; scientist, philosopher, artist. Sometimes it seems like growing up is giving these things up one at a time." -Kevin Arnold, The Wonder Years
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The actress played Kevin s next-door neighbor and longtime crush-turned-girlfriend. Fans were deeply invested in the two and whether or not they would end up together. Winnie Cooper was loved by many, especially by those who could relate to Kevin s character on the show. At the 2014 cast reunion, it was revealed that Winnie and Kevin s first kiss on the show were Savage and McKellar s first kisses in real life, too.
The star went on to appear in one-off roles in shows like
The West Wing,
NCIS and
How I Met Your Mother. She also graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a BS in mathematics in 1998 and authored two books: