I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible.

McKellar explained that Danica McKellar agreed to the shoot in part to obtain "grittier roles". In June 2006 Lifetime Television announced that McKellar would star in a Lifetime movie and web-based series titled Inspector Mom about a mother who solves mysteries. She also made an appearance on the show The Big Bang Theory in the episode "The Psychic Vortex".

Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3 1975) is an American actress academic and education advocate.