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Danica's latest book Kiss My Math was issued in August of 2008. It is a follow up to her first book Math Doesn't Suck.
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Danica was the voice behind the characters Jubilee for the video game "X-Men Legends" and Invisible Woman for the video game "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance".
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An Australian Hip-Hop group named themselves "The Winnie Coopers" after Danica's character in
The Wonder Years.
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Danica has partnered with Tutor.com, a site giving online, on-demand assistance to Math students.
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Danica is also a supporter of environmental causes, doing various work for EarthTrust, Earth Communication Office, and the Environmental Association. She also participated in Wild Kingdom Kids' Summit on Conservation.
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Danica has been active in children's causes including Figure This Campaign, Famous Fone Friends, and Youth with a Mission charity. She was also a voice talent for the highly-publicized Captain Planet episode "A Formula for Hate which touched on the AIDS issue for children.
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In November 2005, Danica showed up at the "Old Bags" Lupus fund-raiser for the third year in a row. It was hosted by
In Style Magazine. Other attendees included
Sharon Stone,
Paula Abdul,
Melissa Joan Hart among others.
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In December 2005, Danica attended a fundraiser for Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation which grants wishes to terminally ill children.
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Danica's theatrical credits include Vagina Monologues, Aven'u Boys, and Grease.
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Danica's other film credits include Hack!, The Killer Next Door, and Path of Destruction.
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In Fall 2007, Danica became the official National Spokesperson for "Math-a-thon", a math program aimed to help children enjoy math while raising money for cancer-stricken kids at the St.Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Danica, along with world-renowned meditation instructor Mahaila McKellar and certified yoga instructor Christy Marsden, created a DVD on yoga and meditation called "Daily Dose of Dharma".
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In 2005, Danica produced, wrote, and directed a short film called "Broken". She also produced, wrote, and co-directed the 2001 short film "speechless..." which won "Best Short" in the 2002 California Independent Film Festival.
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Danica was reunited with her
The Wonder Years co-star
Fred Savage in a 1998 episode of his series
Working: "As Bad As It Gets." She would make a second appearance as the same character of Jolie in the 1999 episode, "She Loves Me Yeah, Yeah, Yeah."
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Danica is 5'4" tall.
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In Summer 2007, Danica published the book, "Math Doesn't Suck" which attempts to promote math skills in middle school girls. Aside from being named among Amazon's "100 Best Books of 2007", the book hit #6 on the LA Times bestseller list and #4 on Amazon's best selling new releases.
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Danica is fluent in French.
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She is of Scottish and Portuguese descent.
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Danica was celebrity judge for the UCLA Spring Sing 2005.
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Danica played the role of Catherine in a San Diego production of David Auburn's play "Proof". Catherine is an unlikely mathematical genius who writes a groundbreaking proof at a very young age. McKellar is also an unlikely mathematical genius who wrote a proof at a very young age. She was the only undergraduate invited to speak at Rutgers University's bi-annual Statistical Mechanics.
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She sticks to a macrobiotic diet.
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Danica appeared in the video for
Debbie Gibson's song, "No More Rhyme."