"Matilda" is an undisputed classic for most people who grew up in the '90s, but where is the cast now, and what do they look ...

Actress Embeth Davidtz "fell in love" with the character the very first time she read the book, she tells PEOPLE ...

For young readers, few characters loom quite as large as the Trunchbull. Thompson disappears into the role of the tyrannical Trunchbull in Netflix's "Matilda the Musical" (streaming Christmas ...

Actress Mara Wilson, who starred as the titular character in the 1996 film ‘Matilda,’ said she’s “never made enough” money to qualify for Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio ...

Credit: Dan Smith / Netflix One of the great additions to the musical is the development of the character of Mrs. Phelps, the librarian, who befriends Matilda through their shared love of stories ...

Pam Ferris, 74, played the villainous Miss Trunchbull in Matilda and got the chance to play another evil character when she starred as Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004.

What student actors say about the show Violet Nelson, a junior, is one of the two students playing Matilda. Nelson says, “Playing the character of Matilda has been enjoyable because I relate to ...

The doctor's co-star Mara Wilson, who also starred in Mrs Doubtfire and Miracle on 34th Street, has also given up acting, but is still instantly recognisable as her Matilda character with her dark ...

That is left to be discovered by the story’s most benevolent character: Matilda’s schoolteacher Miss Honey, embodied with heart-melting wholesomeness by Lashana Lynch. The Wormwoods have been ...

While the character of Miss Honey in Roald Dahl’s book “Matilda” is a hero of the story, standing up to the evil Miss Trunchbull and fostering young Matilda’s creativity, actress Lashana ...

The backdrops are exquisite, and I loved the intricate non-human character designs for a benevolent ... pleasure of the story comes from watching Matilda — the winning Alisha Weir — get ...