Tatum O'Neal Biography

Fast Facts

• Charmed director Peter Bogdanovich and was cast as a scrappy orphan opposite her father Ryan O'Neal in 1973's Paper Moon, a role that led to her becoming the youngest actor to win an Oscar
• Received over $300,000 (a record for a child actor of the time) to appear in 1976's Bad News Bears
• After marrying tennis star John McEnroe in 1986, her acting career stalled while she focused on being a wife and mother
• Wrote about her tumultuous childhood, her battles with alcohol and drug addictions, her volatile marriage, and her troubled relationship with her father in her 2004 memoir A Paper Life
• Found renewed career success with appearances on television shows including HBO's Sex and the City and FX's Rescue Me