Best friends forever! The Baby-Sitters Club inspired fans to run their own day camps, form lifelong friendships and become mini entrepreneurs.
The 1995 film, which is based on the Baby-Sitters Club book series, followed the lives of seven middle school-aged girls who created a day care camp for kids. In addition to their roles as sitters, each young woman grappled with their own set of growing pains, including love, heartbreak, loss and more.
The books, which were published between 1986 and 2000 and written by Ann M. Martin, inspired a short-lived TV show in 1990 as well. In July 2020, Netflix revived the series.
However, it’s the 1995 movie that has stood the test of time — and the stars of the beloved classic couldn’t be more grateful for their part in it.
“I am on a text chain with all the babysitters,” Larisa Oleynik, who played Dawn in the original movie, said in a July 2020 Netflix video. “I’ve made some lifelong friendships from The Baby-Sitters Club and that’s what The Baby-Sitters Club is about. Banding together and doing it yourself. Creating jobs.”
The 10 Things I Hate About You actress recalled auditioning for a few different characters before landing the role of Mary Ann’s (Rachael Leigh Cook) stepsister.
“That was a super magical summer for a lot of us. There is something about the confidence that you have a young woman, you just really feel like anything is possible,” Oleynik continued. “If you just get the right group together and you put your heads together that you can kind of do anything you dream of. I think that is always incredibly important.”
Although the stars haven’t officially reunited for a sequel as of yet, the women have remained close, and even got together for a Golden Globes viewing party in January 2018.
“This is a club I’m so grateful to be a part of 
,” Schuyler Fisk, who played camp founder Kristy, captioned a photo at the time alongside Oleynik, Cook, Bre Blair (who played Stacey) and the film’s director, Melanie Mayron. “These women have my heart … and all my secrets 
. #friendsforever #bsc4life.”
Cook later told Entertainment Tonight about the impromptu reunion, saying it was “like no time has passed at all” between filming the coming-of-age story and now.
“First of all, these girls look amazing,” the She’s All That actress gushed in January 2018. “And I think we all trusted each other enough back then, even as young teens, to behave like our authentic selves. So for better (them) or worse (me), we’re still very similar to the people we were back in 1995.”
Scroll down to see what the cast of The Baby-Sitters Club has been doing since 1995:
Fisk played the president of the Baby-Sitters Club, Kristy Thomas. She then appeared in Snow Day, Orange County, American Gun, Restless, The Best of Me, The Nanny and Every Other Holiday. The California native later began working on the movies Wake and Sam & Kate. Fisk has also been credited with performing on multiple soundtracks, including writing and singing songs for Penelope, Dear John and Tell. The University of Virginia alum released two solo records, the latest being 2011’s Blue Ribbon Winner. She later formed the trio Me and My Brother with Carl Anderson and Sam Wilson.
The daughter of Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk has been married to Chapman Bullock since 2012.
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Cook’s role as Kristy’s BFF Mary Anne Spier was her first acting gig, along with Becky Thatcher in Tom and Huck the same year. She has since starred in She’s All That, Josie and the Pussycats, Bookies, Blonde Ambition, Broken Kingdom, Summer Love, Frozen in Love, Hallmark Channel’s Autumn in the Vineyard films and He’s All That. The Minnesota native appeared on Las Vegas, Titan Maximum, Psych, Perception and Robot Chicken. Cook is also a writer and producer, working as an executive producer for 2020’s Cross Country Christmas.
The actress split from Daniel Gillies in 2019 after 15 years of marriage. The former spouses share two children, Charlotte and Theodore. Cook moved on with producer Kevin Mann, making things Instagram official in July 2021.
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Oleynik played Mary Anne’s stepsister, Dawn Schaefer, in her first feature film. She was already a star thanks to her role as Alex Mack on The Secret World of Alex Mack, which ran from 1994 to 1998. The California native then starred in 10 Things I Hate About You, A Time for Dancing, Broken Windows, Wish Upon a Christmas, Animal Among Us and We Broke Up. She also appeared on 3rd Rock from the Sun, Pretty Little Liars, Hawaii Five-0, Winx Club (voicing Icy), Mad Men, The Healing Powers of Dude and Trinkets.
The Sarah Lawrence College alum starred in the one-woman show I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti in 2016 in New York City. The following year, she took the stage in the Off-Broadway production of Baghdaddy. She starred in Miss Lilly Gets Boned in 2019.
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Blair’s role as New York-born club member Stacey McGill was her breakout film performance. She then appeared in Cherry Falls, Stripped Down, Something’s Wrong in Kansas, Em, Cop House, Thirtyish, The Track, A Thousand Miles Behind, For the Love of Jessee and Two Yellow Lines. The Canadian actress starred in The Unit, Make It or Break It, Game of Silence, Make It Up As We Go and appeared on S.W.A.T. as Annie Kay. In 2021, Blair began working on her first project as a producer, Swamp Lion.
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Joe retired from acting following her role as artsy sitter Claudia Kishi in the 1995 hit. She broke into the acting world five years earlier with a role in The Great Quake Hazard Hunt and later appeared in I’ll Do Anything. The California native has kept a relatively low profile since her Hollywood exit, later graduating from Fullerton College with a degree in dance. She also studied criminal justice at California State University, Long Beach.
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Ramsower played Mallory Pike, who came from a big family and enjoyed writing. The child star, who appeared on the show Hey Dude and in the movie Tank Girl before landing her gig as one of the babysitters, left Hollywood in 1996. Ramsower has since become a yoga instructor, full-spectrum doula and somatic sex educator. She also runs a business called Sacred Body and hosts a corresponding podcast.
The former actress shares two children, a son and a daughter, with her husband, Ermes.
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Harris portrayed aspiring ballerina and club member Jessi Ramsey. She then starred on Second Noah as Bethany before appearing in Clover and He Got Game. The New York native also had a few guest starring roles in Cosby, Warzone and All About Family before stepping back from acting in 2016. The Princeton University alum is the lead singer of Zelda & the Lo Los. The group released the single “Violet Eyes” in 2021.
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Zima played one of the babysitter’s camp members, Rosie Wilder, who witnessed Stacey and Luca flirting. The actress was only 8 years old when the movie hit theaters and she went on to star on Murder One from 1995 to 1996. Her film roles include Wicked, Zoe, The Absent, Metered, Killing Mommy and Killer Weekend.
She later found work as a photographer and filmmaker, directing Jason Aaron Scott’s music video for “Solid As Stone” in 2020. The star created her own short film, The Scavengers, the same year with sisters Maddy Zima and Yvonne Zima as the stars.
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Oliver played Stacey’s older love interest, Luca, one year after portraying Brian Keller in Saved by the Bell: The New Class. The Germany native then starred in Eat Your Heart Out, The Good German, Speed Racer, House of Good and Evil, The Outer Wild, Rattlesnakes, Animal Among Us, Christmas in Vienna and I Am Fear. He also appeared on Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei, Hunters and SOKO Stuttgart. Oliver made his debut as a writer with 2009’s Ready or Not, which he also produced. His other producing credits include Zipper, Animal Among Us, Abe and Wrong Turn.
The actor is the cofounder of Viva Con Agua California, which is part of a network of organizations focused on making access to fresh drinking water available to all.
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Metchik portrayed Alan Gray, who is smitten with Dawn. He followed up the role with guest appearances on Boy Meets World, Party of Five, You Wish and Dorm Life, which he directed. The actor starred in Feeling Minnesota, Hercules, Pumpkin Hill and More Than Stars before walking away from the spotlight in 2012. The California native went on to graduate from University of California, Los Angeles before founding Actor’s Edge, where he works as an acting coach. He is also the owner of Workshop Wizard.
Metchik resides in Los Angeles with his wife and their daughter.
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O’Brien played Logan Bruno, who dates Mary Anne in the book series and is her love interest in the film. The actor then appeared on Touched by an Angel before portraying Josh Greene on Promised Land. He also starred in Runaways, Bounty, Innocent and All Our Yesterdays before stepping away from the camera in 2015. He is now a professional photographer.
The Oregon native married Kristin Wurgler in 2006. They share two children.
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