Heather Matarazzo says she may lose health cover without acting work
Heather Matarazzo, who played Lilly Moscovitz opposite Anne Hathaway in the Princess Diaries films, says she could lose her health cover unless she finds acting work soon, according to Variety.
The actor shared the warning in a reply to a public plea from Jack Haven, known for Atypical. Haven had said they needed paid work to stay qualified for health insurance through SAG-AFTRA, the American union for actors and broadcasters.
Matarazzo wrote that she was literally in the same boat right now, and that lots of fellow actors were too, according to Variety. She added that she remembered a time when actors did not have to earn a minimum amount to qualify.
Haven had said they needed to earn $4,000 by the end of the month to qualify for SAG health cover starting in January. They wrote they would do pretty much any job and invited producers to contact them by email about hiring on a SAG production.
Health cover under the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan is not automatic. Members must meet a minimum earnings threshold, meaning a set amount of paid union work, to qualify, according to Variety. For the year covered in the 2026 report, that figure was $28,933. The threshold is expected to rise by about $900 a year until 2030.
Matarazzo later wrote she was glad Haven had received an offer that will let them qualify for 2027. Her own most recent credit was the 2025 short film Paper Tiger.
Audiences will know Matarazzo from a long screen career. After starring in Welcome to the Dollhouse, she appeared in The Devil's Advocate and Scream 3, and later turned up in multiple episodes of Netflix's Wednesday.
For viewers, this is a reminder of how the acting business works off screen. Even familiar faces must keep earning at a set level to keep union health benefits, and a quiet spell can put that cover at risk.
