The Little Girl From Waterworld Grew Up To Be So Stunning

whether she was playing a tattooed girl in Water World or the title role in Alice and Wonderland Tina majorino seemed to be everywhere for a while so what has she been up to lately from podcasting to TV acting she never really went away before Waterworld Tina majoro's first big acting break came when she was 7 years old on the sitcom Camp Wilder the show was part of ABC's TGIF lineup however Camp Wilder only made it to 20 episodes The Last of which never aired in the US Camp Wilder revolved around Ricky Wilder who's forced to raise her teenage siblings along with her young daughter after her mother dies majorino played the young daughter Sophie on the show for her work on the show majorino scored a nomination for outstanding actress under 10 in a television series at the 14th Youth and film Awards major Rino's movie debut came in 1994's When a Man Loves a Woman in which she played the abused daughter of an alcoholic mom played by Meg Ryan she followed that as the similarly traumatized daughter of widower Ray Leota and Karina Karina in that film majorino initially doesn't speak but comes out of her shell when Nanny played by whoopy Goldberg connects with her emotionally her third film Andre was less serious in it she played the human lead opposite the Title Character a seal then came 1995's post-apocalyptic action film water world starring Kevin cner [Music] gills majorino played 9-year-old anola in the film whose back tattoo features an encoded map to the last bit of dry land in a post climate change world in 1999 NBC aired a big budget All-Star adaptation of Alice and Wonderland featuring such names as Ben Kingsley Martin Short and Jean Wilder the visual aesthetic of the film hued more closely to John Ten's classic illustrations than most with such touches as Short's head getting upsized for the part of the Mad Hatter majorino played the lead role of Alice a new wrinkle to the plot had Alice initially terrified to sing in front of an audience however her Adventures in Wonderland help to cure her of her stage fright and in the end she goes ahead with the performance majorino had been a trained singer since the age of seven but her previous roles had not generally utilized that Talent this time she had songs on the soundtrack success on the screen doesn't always translate to the schoolyard by the time she was 13 majoro's classmates picked on her and made life difficult so she stepped away from acting in an interview with the University of Oregon's daily Emerald she recalled the best decision I ever made for myself was taking that time off to get to know myself so that if I ever did decide to come back I could be strong enough and grounded enough to know what's really important and what's not most of my awkward years were not on camera which was great and I was able to go and live a normal life when she decided that she did in fact love acting part of that confidence came from looking back at some of the serious movies she had previously done about broken families that heal she told the daily Emerald you have a lot of power so therefore you use that power to do good and I felt like I didn't want to give up on that and I really missed the craft I missed acting I missed the research all of that few would have guessed that majoro's comeback roll would be as big as it was with a $400,000 production budget Napoleon Dynamite was shot in 23 days and never expected to be a major hit however it took the 2004 Sundance Film Festival by storm I used to be able to throw pig skin quter mile are you serious I'm dead serious the deadpan comedy about weird nerdy kids in a small town grossed over $46 million and spawned toys merchandise and a prime time animated series while Napoleon actor John heer may have been the most visible star majorino shined as his sort of love interest dead innocent nice and utterly without baggage Deb is arguably the heart of the movie sticking with Napoleon even as his antisocial nerdiness would push anybody else away the two finally Bond at an awkward prom to the strains of Cindy loppers Time After Time like your sleeves they're real big thank you the character of Deb was based on the film's co-writer jerusa Hess her husband Jared who directed the film based most of the movie on his own life experiences as strange as they apparently were those life events struck Accord majorino was back when she was 13 majorino emailed Veronica Mar's Creator Rob Thomas who had put his email address in his first couple of books she had read his books and wanted to ask him a few questions for a report she was doing they ultimately met for lunch a year later and discussed working together some day once Napoleon Dynamite came out Thomas was good to his word and wrote her into the Veronica Mars TV series and the 2014 movie as Cindy Mack mckeny a computer expert she also nabbed recurring Parts on G's anatomy and True Blood and reunited with her Napoleon dyn it co-star John heer for the animated web series psycho KO as a child actress majorino had the usual sibling rivalry with her older brother Kevin as both became adults however they bonded over their common love for music together they formed a band called The Am project in which she sings and he plays drums and guitar during the covid lockdown the siblings also started a podcast called no pressure the siblings announced the podcast on Instagram writing the two of us wanted to create a space where we can talk openly about whatever is happening in our lives and yours with without any limits and without any pressure career food love aliens You Name It We love to talk about it life can be a lot but we're in it with you in addition to podcasting majoro's acting career continues although most of the projects she can't discuss according to an April 2022 Instagram post that said it's probably a matter of time before somebody suggests a water world Legacy spin-off John heer also keeps talking about a darker sequel to Napoleon Dynamite so we could see even more of majorino very soon

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Published: Wed May 22 2024