In the 1980s, a spunky young girl with pigtails and mismatched clothes won the hearts of TV audiences. Soleil Moon Frye was just 7 years old when she landed the title role on the hit sitcom Punky Brewster, which ran from 1984 to 1988 on NBC and then in syndication. With her portray of the precocious and endearing Punky, Frye became a child star and a pop culture icon of the decade.
Now in her 40s, what has Soleil Moon Frye been up to in the decades since hanging up Punky’s signature pigtails?