The story of Anna Chlumsky, an actress turned down by Hollywood “because she wasn’t beautiful” who turned around

Perhaps the name of Anna Chlumsky is not the best known in Hollywood, but most likely you have already heard about the movie My First Love, a great success from 1991 that led many people to think that the young actress would become a big movie star . However, it was precisely after the release of the film that this very competitive industry showed its worst side and turned its back on the actress, leading the young woman to give up her career. For a long time she dedicated herself to other things, but recently she decided to come back and showed that it’s never too late to start over.

O awesome.club loves overcoming stories and that’s why he decided to bring some details of the life of this actress who, after many years away from the screen, came back on top.

Anna was born on December 3, 1980 in Chicago, United States, and took her first steps on screen in 1989, when she was still very young. That year, she starred in the film Meu Primeiro Amor alongside actor Macaulay Culkin, a film that everyone thought would guarantee the two a very promising future in the film industry.

Although the predictions were fulfilled in relation to Macaulay, who the following year played Kevin McCallister in the classic Home Alone, Anna was not so lucky. Despite being very talented, the opportunities did not appear because, in the eyes of the film industry, her debut was not as good as that of her colleague.

Despite the success of the film, the big job offers did not come and she only had a few small roles on television: “I was going through puberty and I didn’t look beautiful on stage. She took a lot of tests during her teens and was always rejected, which was quite bad, after all it is very difficult to deal with rejection at that age, ”commented the actress in an interview.

Now, as an adult, she reflects on the effects that fame caused when she was still a child: “When you suddenly put professional, financial, adult and public pressures on a child’s life, in addition to throwing him into a world where it is commodified and objectified, you delay its development capacity. And when that child grows up, he doesn’t have the tools to deal with adult life. Only when I grew up did I discover what security and self-confidence were. When I was young, this did not exist, because I was for sale, ”she confessed.

The need to get out of a world that refused her and didn’t let her have a “normal” teenage life made her abandon everything and look for other paths. She ended up getting into the University of Chicago and graduated with a degree in International Relations in 2002. It was during this time that she met the man she married in 2008 and with whom she has two daughters, Penélope and Clara.

Anna moved to New York and worked as a data checker for a major company that conducts restaurant reviews; she was also an editorial assistant, but little by little the lights of Broadway awakened in her a desire to act: “I thought I would no longer be an actress. I moved to New York after university and seeing Broadway shows inspired me to try my luck again,” she confessed.

His return to the screen happened progressively. She’s worked on TV shows like Law & Order and Hannibal, but it was her role on Veep that launched her into the world of fame for good. She was nominated for six Emmys for this smash hit that ran for seven years.

In 2022, the actress joined one of the most important streaming platforms in the world as the co-star of Inventing Anna, a Netflix series produced by Shondaland, the producer responsible for hits like Grey’s Anatomy and Bridgerton.

“I had to mature to know that I am strong enough to succeed as an actress. Today, I understand that only one person can play a given role, and none of that should be taken personally. I ended up understanding all of this from a healthier point of view”, commented the actress about this new way of facing the career she loves so much. We were very happy with the developments in Anna’s life, and we are anxious to know what her next projects will be.

Have you ever gone through something similar in relation to your career? Have you ever needed to change professions and start from scratch? Tell us about the experience.