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I don't know if I'm always going to be acting. Maybe when I grow up, I will be a scriptwriter. I already have a few scripts in my head.

Mara Wilson

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Mara Wilson
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: July 24
Actress
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Burbank
California
Mara Elizabeth Wilson
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