PARAMOUNT PICTURES Mia Sara starred alongside Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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The starlet burst into the spotlight in the 1986 comedy cult classic, which is still widely acknowledged as one of the most important teen movies of all time. The film saw Sara join Matthew Broderick’s Bueller and his best friend Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck) to creatively avoid his headmaster, resentful sister Jeannie (Jennifer Grey), and his parents to skip school because it was a “beautiful day”.

Bueller became the envy of just about every teenage male going, not only because of his effortlessly cool swag but the stunning brunette on his arm, who was just as wild and reckless as him. Since starring in the 1987 cult film, Sara enjoyed huge success throughout the 1990s, most notably opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme as Melissa in the massive 1994 action-flick Timecop and Harley Quinn in the short-lived WB Batman series Birds of Prey.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES Mia played the role of Sloane Peterson in the hit 1987 film

IG Mia played Slone Peterson in the movie

While she previously told Total Film: “I’m mostly retired,” Sara hasn’t quite turned her back on the film industry yet. She was last seen heading up low-budget independent film Pretty Pretty in 2013 and in the 2012 picture Dorothy and the Witches of Oz - a unofficial sequel to the 1939 classic tale The Wizard of Oz. Although she has said her priorities right now are as a poet and a mother. Sara is married to Brian Henson, son of The Muppets creator Jim. The couple live in Los Angeles, where they share a teenage daughter Amelia Jane Henson and live with her son Dashiell Quinn Connery, from her previous marriage to Jason Connery. The New York native, met the son of Sean Connery on the set of Bullet to Beijing and the pair were married for six years before divorcing in 2002.

GETTY Mia is 48-years-old now but is still remembered for her role as Sloane Peterson

GETTY Mia at an event with her husband Brian Henson in 2013

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