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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ellie Harrison

Matilda child star Mara Wilson opens up about being sexualised aged 12: ‘I saw things that I couldn’t unsee’

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Mara Wilson, the actor who shot to fame with her childhood roles in Mrs Doubtfire and Matilda, has opened up about being sexualised as a young girl.

Wilson, 35, has written a memoir – Good Girls Don’t – in which she navigates the social pressures on girls from early childhood through adolescence. The book studies the friendships that Wilson formed as a an infant in Hollywood and the complex family relationships that shaped her.

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