Hillary Wolf first became well known, not as a judo player, but as a movie actress, starring alongside Macauley Culkin in the movies “Home Alone,” and “Home Alone II: Lost in New York.” She was only 14 when she appeared in the first movie of the series, but she had started in judo when she was only seven. After appearing in the second Home Alone movie, and as Laura Chartoff in “Big Girls Don’t Cry … They Get Even,” her movie career gave way to judo competitions. Wolf was US National Champion in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1995, and competed internationally for the USA from 1991 thru the 2000 Olympic Games, twice making the Olympic team.