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<\/p>\nMuch like her catchprase \u201cthat\u2019s so fetch,\u201d former child star Lacy Chabert\u2019s popularity seemed to disappear after the 2004 film, Mean Girls.<\/p>\n
Though she struggled to keep her career alive on the big screen, Chabert \u2013 now part of the Hallmark Channel family \u2013 is playing the most important role of her life.<\/p>\n
The 41-year-old woman, who started acting when she was only 10, is a mother to Julia Mimi Bella, who she says is her \u201cnumber one priority\u201d and \u201cthe light of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keep reading to learn more about the actor and her party of three!<\/p>\n
From 1994 to 2000, fans of the family drama Party of Five watched a young Lacy Chabert grow up on TV.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt was a little bit of a different way of growing up and not everyone can relate to it,\u201d Chabert said in 2023. \u201cIt was interesting because sometimes my character would go through things in life on the show that I had yet to actually go through in life. You know, like my first kiss and all of this kind of embarrassing stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the series ended, Chabert says she was \u201cheartbroken,\u201d but remains \u201cvery, very, very close\u201d with her former castmates.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re a part of my life now. And it\u2019s been nice to grow up together and become parents\u2026 you know, go through different phases of life together.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the following years, the young woman then had starring roles in films like 2001\u2019s Not Another Teen Movie and Daddy Day Care (2003) with Eddie Murphy.<\/p>\n
In 2004, Chabert landed the role of a lifetime in Mean Girls, playing Gretchen Wieners, the loyal sidekick to the head of The Plastics, Regina Winters (Rachel McAdams).<\/p>\n
The teen hit comedy, written by funny woman Tina Fey, also stars Lindsay Lohan (Freaky Friday), Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) and Saturday Night Live alum, Amy Poehler and Fey.<\/p>\n
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Twenty years after the film was released, the cast reunited to film a Walmart commercial, playing as adult versions of their characters with teenagers of their own.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, this is going to be so fetch,\u201d she says in the ad as Gretchen, who\u2019s speaking with her daughter and two friends.<\/p>\n
Her teenage girl responds, \u201cStop trying to make fetch happen mom. It\u2019s still not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chabert, who starred as the nice one in the quad of mean-spirited high schoolers in the iconic film, says of the brief reunion, \u201cOh my gosh, it was the best! It was like stepping back in time, like no time had passed,\u201d said the actor. \u201cIt was so fun to reminisce about all the memories we have from the movie and then catch up with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
She adds, \u201cWe\u2019re all moms now\u2026And it was such a full circle moment and I\u2019m so thankful for the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
In December 2013, Chabert quietly married her \u201cbest friend,\u201d businessman David Nehdar.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI didn\u2019t want it to feel like an event,\u201d says the woman, who\u2019s carved out a career as an actor and producer with the Hallmark Channel. \u201cI wanted it to be personal\u2026 He\u2019s not in the business and we like our privacy, and I just think relationships are hard enough without the opinion of strangers. So, we try to keep it as personal and private as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
And then on September 1, 2016, the couple had a baby girl, Julia Mimi Bella.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like that first week of being a momma. This little girl has brought pure joy to my heart,\u201d Chabert captions an Instagram post where she\u2019s seen with her tiny baby.<\/p>\n
Appearing on the Kelly Clarkson Show (through People), Chabert shared the hilarious moment her daughter discovered her mom starred in Mean Girls.<\/p>\n
The Black actor says she came home from work one day and Nehdar told her that he \u201cwatched a few scenes\u201d of Mean Girls with Julia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Okay,\u2019\u201d Chabert recalls. \u201cAnd [Julia] goes, \u2018Mommy, I didn\u2019t know you were Gretchen Wieners. Did you know that was your name?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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