Nickelodeon actress opens residual checks worth pennies on social media
Key Points:
- Jennifer Hyatt Tedmori, former child star of "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide," shared on social media the very small residual checks she continues to receive from her past TV work, highlighting the modest earnings child actors often get years later.
- Tedmori opened multiple residual checks ranging from just a few cents to slightly over a dollar, totaling $8.63 from "Ned's Declassified" and $30.06 from her appearance on "90210."
- She expressed frustration over the low amounts, noting that the cost to mail these checks often exceeds their value, and joked about whether such earnings are even worth reporting to the IRS.
- The actress’s candid revelation provides insight into the financial realities many former child actors face long after their shows have ended.