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Victoria Johns

Home Alone star Kristin Minter is unrecognisable 31 years after Christmas classic film

Home Alone star Kristin Minter looks unrecognisable from her days in the Christmas classic film.

The actress, 56, played Kevin McCallister's eldest cousin Heather 31 years ago.

Fans of the much-loved film will remember Heather confused the neighbour's child with Kevin, who was played by Macaulay Culkin.

Kristin, who was just 25 when the film came out, went onto become a seasoned actress, bagging roles in This Is Us and Ray Donovan.

She will next star in comedy series Steffy & Roxy as well as a yet-to-be-released thriller called 7th Secret opposite Clueless actress Stacey Dash.

In 2018, Kristin spoke about her time filming Home Alone and said she grew close to Macaulay as well as his younger brothers Rory and Kieran.

Kristin is now a seasoned actress (kristin_minter/Instagram)

Speaking to Trainwreck'd Society, she said: "The set was great, the kids were great.

"We watched movies in my room. [Macaulay] and Kieran [Culkin] were sweet normal kids working on a movie.

"[Rory Culkin] was teeny tiny and their mom was lovely," she added.

"When I wrapped, everyone came to my room — including the Culkins — to say goodbye."

Kristin spoke highly of Macaulay Culkin (WireImage)
Macaulay was just ten when he appeared in the film (20th Century Fox/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Macaulay was just ten at the time and Kristin said he was the consummate professional in spite of his age.

Speaking to Vice in 2017, she said: "Imagine the pressure Macaulay had as a ten-year-old — he's the whole movie.

"He talks to himself in half of it. I can understand why he stepped away from the spotlight. I think that he was under a tremendous amount of pressure."

After Home Alone, Kristin was cast in medical drama ER in 1995 playing desk clerk Miranda 'Randi' Fronczak.

A Christmas classic (Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock)

She ended up staying for 71 episodes, however according to the actress, stress was part and parcel of the role.

She told Geek Chic Elite : "On the set, it was so incredibly stressful and out of the stress I would do these really funny things, so in that particular environment being stressed out was part of my character.

"There were times where I would literally sit in my dressing room and cry, hoping not to screw up."

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