There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing that they are valued for, is their appearance and also that it's to the exclusion of anything else.

McKellar explained that Danica McKellar agreed to the shoot in part to obtain "grittier roles". In June 2006 Lifetime Television announced that McKellar would star in a Lifetime movie and web-based series titled Inspector Mom about a mother who solves mysteries. She also made an appearance on the show The Big Bang Theory in the episode "The Psychic Vortex".

Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3 1975) is an American actress academic and education advocate.