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Date of birth

1975-01-03

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Gender

female

Nationality

USA

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Los Angeles, California, USA

Education

University of California, Los Angeles (BS ∙ Mathematics ∙ Summa Cum Laude)

Occupations

Actress

mathematician

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Math-A-Thon, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Awards and honors

"Person of the Week" by ABC World News with Charles Gibson

Co-author of The Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem in mathematical physics, esteemed by Britain's "Journal of Physics" and the "New York Times"

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Short biography

Danica has acted most notably in "The Wonder Years" as Winnie Cooper and more recently "The West Wing" as Elsie Snuffin. She is an internationally known mathematician and math education advocate. "Math Doesn't Suck" is her first book. She holds a degree in mathematics from UCLA, where she graduated summa cum laude. She is a speaker at math conferences nationwide and is the spokesperson for the Math-aThon program of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital raising money for cancer research and to provide free care for young cancer patients.

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