Despite her childhood worries, Lacey Chabert's career didn't end. In fact, it just kept moving up. In 1994, she was cast on "Party of Five," a Fox show about five siblings who lose their parents in a car accident. Chabert played budding violinist Claudia, the second-youngest sibling in a television family that also included Scott Wolf, Matthew Fox, and Neve Campbell. "I grew up on the show," she told "Live with Kelly and Ryan" years later. "It's like my family. I look back at that time in my life and I realize: So much of who I am is a reflection of the people that were surrounding me then."
Even at the time, the young Chabert knew that the show was something special. She told "Access Hollywood" in 1996 that it had changed her life, noting that strangers recognized her from the show while out in public. Still, though, she was measured about it. "It hasn't, at the same time," she added. "You know, I'm just a normal person."
Rewatching that interview, Chabert reflected to the outlet that the character helped her grow up. "I also had a lot of my first firsts ... First kiss, first bra, I mean, all the things. All the things that happen to girls, Claudia went through. And a lot of times, I had yet to go through it in real life."
