Mia Sara
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Mia Sara landed a succession of leading roles early in her career. The Brooklynite began acting in commercials and on the ABC daytime soap "All My Children" at age 13. By 16, she had made her screen debut opposite Tom Cruise in Ridley Scott's fantasy "Legend" (1985) as Princess Lili, the personification of innocence. Her beauty brightened "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), where she co-starred as Matthew Broderick's girlfriend.
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1981
Began appearing in commercials at age 13 (date approximate)
1985
Feature film debut, Ridley Scott's "Legend" opposite Tom Cruise
1986
Played Matthew Broderick's game-for-adventure girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
1987
TV miniseries debut in the title role of "Queenie" (ABC), character loosely based on screen star Merle Oberon
1990
TV-movie debut, "Daughter of Darkness" (CBS)
1992
Portrayed a young Hasidic woman in Sidney Lumet's "A Stranger Among Us"
1993
USA-movie "Blindsided" offered her a change-of-pace character whose tenderness and vulnerability masked duplicity
1994
Starred opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in "Timecop"
1996
Acted in Danny Huston's "The Maddening", playing a young mother held hostage by Burt Reynolds and Angie Dickinson
1997
First time working with Michael Caine and husband Jason Connery, "Bullet To Beijing" (TMC)
1997
Played daughter of Captain Nemo (played by Michael Caine) in the ABC miniseries "Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
1998
Appeared in Reynolds' "Hard Time: Premonition" (TNT)
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