“Wonder Years” star Danica McKellar revealed she traded being “America’s Sweetheart” for a life of obscurity due to feeling “very limited” after the show ended in 1993.

“I needed to figure out who else I was besides Winnie Cooper,” she said on Tuesday’s episode of the “Hey Dude.. The ’90s Called” podcast . “It was a blessing to be on a show that’s that popular but it was very limiting as a teenager when you’re 18.”

“Everywhere I went it was, ‘Hey aren’t you that girl you know that played Winnie? Aren’t you that girl from TV?'”

She continued, “It’s like constant, you’re trying to figure out who you are as a teenager and everyone else is telling you who you are.”

McKellar, 50, also admitted feeling “insecure” after her time on the ABC series ended.

“You have a lot of success early on,

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