Danielle Fishel

THEN: When she was just 10 years old, Danielle Fishel started booking acting gigs in commercials and on TV shows like "Full House" and "Harry and the Hendersons." Then came her big break. Although the role of Topanga Lawrence was meant to be a bit part on "Boy Meets World," the producers were so taken with Fishel that they soon gave her a recurring role. When the show returned for Season 2, the free-spirited tween had become a ... more 

Danielle Fishel

THEN: When she was just 10 years old, Danielle Fishel started booking acting gigs in commercials and on TV shows like "Full House" and "Harry and the Hendersons." Then came her big break. Although the role of Topanga Lawrence was meant to be a bit part on "Boy Meets World," the producers were so taken with Fishel that they soon gave her a recurring role. When the show returned for Season 2, the free-spirited tween had become a series regular -- and Cory Matthews' best girl.

NOW: 2012 was a good year for Danielle Fishel. She'd been flying under the Hollywood radar ever since "Boy Meets World" ended in 2000. But when news broke that there was a revamped version of the show titled "Girl Meets World" coming to the Disney Channel, fans started to wonder whether or not Ben Savage and Fishel would reprise their iconic roles as Cory and Topanga. "BMW" devotees were delighted to learn that they would, in fact, play the parents to a 13-year-old daughter in the spinoff.

That isn't the only happy news that Fishel has had in recent months. Earlier this summer, the 31-year-old actress announced that she is engaged to boyfriend Tim Belusko. And on December 19, she posted on Tumblr that she graduated from college after completing her last two final exams. less