Out Spotlight

Today's Out Spotlight was a child actor in two iconic movies of the 80's. Today's Out Spotlight is Maia Brewton.

Maia Luisa Brewton was born September 30, 1977 in Los Angeles, California. She is probably best known as the Mighty Thor-obsessed kid, Sara Anderson, in the movie Adventures in Babysitting, and as Shelly Lewis on one of the Fox Network's earliest shows, Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

In addition to these more prominent roles, Brewton starred in the movies Sky Trackers with Pamela Sue Martin and A Family for Joe with Robert Mitchum. She also co-starred in the hit film Back to the Future as Sally Baines, the younger sister of Lorraine Baines played by Lea Thompson.


She also did guest work before landing the role of Shelley Lewis on Parke Lewis Can't Lose with television credits that include 21 Jump Street, Highway to Heaven, Trapper John, M.D. and The Wonder Years. She also played Margaret Ann Culver in the short-lived television series, Lime Street with co-stars Robert Wagner and Samantha Smith.

Apart from her film and television roles, Brewton acted in various theatre productions, most notably at the City Garage Theatre in Santa Monica, California.

After her success in the late 1980s and early 1990s to a break from her acting career to attend Yale University(where she was a member of Manuscript Society and Just Add Water), where she graduated in 1998. She went on to attend law school.

Brewton is now an attorney in the Los Angeles area. Brewtwon married her partner, TV Producer Lara Spotts, in 2008. The couple have twin boys, Rizzo and Calder.