anna chlumsky played vada's mom in my girl 2.
who played vada's mom in my girl 2?
anna chlumsky
ball worked extensively with "rté" during her teen years, also singing in various bands throughout ireland.





























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her breakthrough role came in 1991 when she starred as backing singer imelda quirke in alan parker's "the commitments".





























in 1993 ian la frenais and dick clement wrote the short-lived tv series "over the rainbow" for her, which she also wrote the music for.





























in 1994 she played vada's mother in "my girl 2" for which she sang a rendition of charlie chaplin's "smile". she worked with "alan parker" again in 1996 when she sang backing vocals for the "evita" soundtrack album.
angeline ball
vada and nick meet several people who knew her mother. some of the things she finds out do not sit well with her, such as her mother being suspended from school for smoking. two of these acquaintances have a look at the paper bag from vada's small box of memories about her mother, but neither can decipher it. when another blurts out the name jeffrey pommeroy, thinking that he is vada's father, vada is crushed and wonders why her father never mentioned this person. eventually, though with some hesitation, she goes to see jeffrey, her mother's first husband. he provides vada with valuable information to help with her essay, including home movies and the answer behind the date written on the paper bag. seeing the home movies touches vada, as she watches her mother act, as well as sing a song called "smile".
my girl 2