Hillary Jocelyn Wolf (born February 7, 1977) is an American former child actress and judoka.
Hillary Wolf | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hillary Jocelyn Wolf[1] February 7, 1977 |
| Other names | Hillary Saba |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado College[2] |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1984–1992 |
| Spouse |
Chris Saba (m. 2002) |
| Children | 2 |
Career
editWolf is best known for playing Megan, the sister of Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) in the Home Alone series.[3] She also starred as the lead character Laura in the film Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even, Holly Anderson in Murder Ordained, and as Emily in Waiting for the Light.[4]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Waiting for the Light | Emily | |
| 1990 | Home Alone | Megan McCallister | [5] |
| 1992 | Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even | Laura Chartoff | [6] |
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Megan McCallister | [7] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | A Matter of Principle | Lindy Lou Purdy | Television film |
| 1985 | First Steps | Missy (age 7) | |
| 1986 | Help Wanted: Kids | Mickey | |
| Sunday Drive | Christine Franklin | ||
| 1987 | I'll Take Manhattan | Young Angelica Cipriani | Main role |
| Murder Ordained | Holly Anderson | Television film |
Personal life
editWolf won the world judo championships for juniors in 1994 and represented the United States in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.[8][9] In 1996, she participated in the women's 48 kg competition and made it to the quarterfinals. In 2000, she was in the women's 52 kg competition and was out in the first round.
In 2002, she married her husband Chris Saba.[10][11] They currently live in Colorado Springs, Colorado with their two sons who were born in 2007 and 2010.[12][13]
In 2004, Wolf and her husband Chris started a wrestling club called Rocky Mountain Wrestling Club which is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[14][15]
References
edit- ^ "Hillary Wolf Biographical information". olympedia.org.
- ^ "Olympic dreams, college and a life fulfilled". communique.uccs.
- ^ "JUDO OLYMPIAN AND HOME ALONE ACTOR HILLARY WOLF COULDN'T STOP JUDO". judoinside.com.
- ^ "A ChucksConnection Film Review Hillary Wolf wears black high top Converse "Chuck Taylor" All Stars in the film. Dan Futterman wears unbleached white high top Converse "Chuck Taylor" All Stars in the film. Big Girls Don't Cry. . . They Get Even by Hal Peterson". chucksconnection.com.
- ^ "'I Was in 'Home Alone' 1 and 2, Then I Became an Olympian'". newsweek.com. 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Hillary Wolf - Olympic profile". olympics.com.
- ^ "After 'Home Alone' movies, Colorado Springs woman went from child actor to Olympian". gazette.com. 16 December 2022.
- ^ 1996 U.S. Olympic Judo Team, archived from the original on 2014-06-26, retrieved 2011-07-30
- ^ "Married Olympians Discuss Their Journey (Wrestling & Judo) - Chris Saba & Hillary ( Wolf ) Saba". youtube.com.
- ^ "Surprised Chris for his 50th birthday with a weekend in the mountains with great friends. His gift, a guided Flyfishing float trip down the Gunnison with his buddies. Also, celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary. So much to celebrate and be grateful for ♥️ Love you honey, you really are the best! I met you 26 years ago and I still love you to death 🥰". facebook.com.
- ^ "Married this beautiful girl 20 years ago today! So thankful for the family and memories we have as well as whats to come. Couldn't ask to be in a better place. Love you now and forever Hillary". facebook.com.
- ^ "Another great wrestling season in the books! The State Tournament this weekend was a battle, but our boys came out the other end with a 3rd place (Dylan) and 6th place (Michael) finish". facebook.com.
- ^ "I woke up today thinking about how both of my sons could have won that one match they lost yesterday in the last few seconds. Went to the gym going over in my head what drills and techniques they had to work on next week in practice to make this happen. Finished my workout and headed to the sauna which is right next to the pool at my gym. In the shallow end was a dad of about my age helping his son who had Down Syndrome exercise in the water. Stopped me in my tracks! #perspective…..thankful for my beautiful family and children!". facebook.com.
- ^ "24 yrs ago "Home Alone" actress competed in the Olympics in Judo". bjjee.com. 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Rocky Mountain Wrestling Club, Inc". allbiz.com.
External links
edit- Hillary Wolf at IMDb
- TWOJ Players Profile: Hillary Wolf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hillary Wolf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06.
- Rocky Mountain Wrestling Club
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