Crystal McKellar

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| birth_name = Crystal Dawn Scripps McKellar

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| birth_place = La Jolla, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Attorney, actress

| years_active = 1984–2002

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Crystal Dawn Scripps McKellar is an American attorney and former child actress. She is the sister of actress Danica McKellar.

Early life

McKellar's mother's ancestry is Portuguese (via the Azores and Madeira islands); her father's ancestry is Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Dutch.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

McKeller and her sister Danica were both students at the Diane Hill Hardin Young Actors Space school. The sisters sometimes competed against each other for roles, including Danica's role of Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years.{{cite video | people = Clash, Jim | date = October 9, 2007 | title = Adventurer: Danica McKellar, Part II - Video | url = http://video.forbes.com/fvn/adventurer/jc_adv100907 | work = Forbes.com | accessdate = July 1, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100719101633/http://video.forbes.com/fvn/adventurer/jc_adv100907 | archive-date = July 19, 2010 | url-status = dead }} Crystal would go on to play Becky Slater, a recurring character and onetime love interest of Kevin Arnold. She was nominated for the Best Young Actress Guest Starring In A Television Series award at the eleventh annual Youth in Film Awards in 1988 and 1989.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

McKellar graduated from Yale University, where she was the editor of a magazine named Portia. She graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 2003 and worked as an associate attorney at the law firms Davis Polk & Wardwell{{cite web |title=Crystal McKellar of Davis Polk & Wardwell |url=http://www.dpw.com/lawyers/bio/mckellar.htm |publisher=Davis Polk & Wardwell |accessdate=March 22, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317090430/http://www.dpw.com/lawyers/bio/mckellar.htm |archivedate=March 17, 2009}} and Morrison & Foerster.{{cite web|title=Crystal Scripps McKellar |url=http://www.mofo.com/attorneys/15235/summary.html |publisher=Morrison & Foerster |accessdate=January 15, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224072438/http://www.mofo.com/attorneys/15235/summary.html |archivedate=February 24, 2012}}