Madeleine Madden

Madeleine Madden

Born: January 29, 1997
in Australia
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Madeleine Madden (born 29 January 1997) is an Australian actress. In 2010, at age 13, Madden became the first teenager in Australia to deliver an address to the nation, when she delivered a two-minute speech on the future of Indigenous Australians. It was broadcast to 6 million viewers on every free-to-air television network in Australia. She said she grew up in a very political family; she is the great-granddaughter of Arrernte elder Hetty Perkins, the granddaughter of activist and soccer player Charles Perkins, and the daughter of art curator and writer Hetti Perkins. Her aunt is director Rachel Perkins.

Madden starred in Australia's first indigenous teen drama, Ready for This, and in the critically applauded Redfern Now. She has also starred in The Moodys, Jack Irish, My Place and The Code. In 2016 she starred in the miniseries Tomorrow, When the War Began which is based on the John Marsden series of young adult books. In 2018 she played Marion Quade in the miniseries Picnic at Hanging Rock, Crystal Swan in the TV miniseries Mystery Road and Immy DuPain in the series Pine Gap. She has been cast as Egwene al'Vere in Amazon's upcoming adaptation of The Wheel of Time novels.

Madden has starred in short films by Deborah Mailman, and Meryl Tankard and co-starred with Christina Ricci and Jack Thompson in Around the Block. Her first film acting job was at 8 years old. She aims to become a director in the future.

When she was 21, Madden made her big Hollywood debut as Sammy in the 2019 Nickelodeon film Dora and the Lost City of Gold.

Movies for Madeleine Madden...

Title: ARK: The Animated Series
Character: Helena Walker (voice)
Released: March 21, 2024
Type: TV
In a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, people from throughout human history have been resurrected. When 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker awakes there after tragedy, she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords, all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world.
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Title: The Wheel of Time
Character: Egwene al'Vere
Released: November 18, 2021
Type: TV
Follow Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the “Aes Sedai” as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes one of them might be the reincarnation of an incredibly powerful individual, whom prophecies say will either save humanity or destroy it.
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Jarli
Title: Jarli
Character: Jarli (voice)
Released: November 7, 2021
Type: Movie
Jarli is an adventurous Australian Aboriginal girl with dreams of heading to space. Jarli's first two ingenious attempts to fly into the stratosphere result in grounded aircraft, however, all is not lost.
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I've Been Thinking About What You Look Like
Title: I've Been Thinking About What You Look Like
Character: Otto
Released: October 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Two outsiders alone in Tokyo, and two avatars treading carefully in a Japanese chatroom, embark on an unlikely search for identity through the modern, distorted lens of the projected self and society's ideals on what love means.
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Title: Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Character: Sammy
Released: August 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.
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Title: Tidelands
Character: Violca
Released: December 14, 2018
Type: TV
Ex-con Cal McTeer's return to her hometown of Orphelin Bay blows the lid off a generations-long conspiracy of silence around murder, drugs and Sirens.
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Title: Pine Gap
Character: Immy Dupain
Released: October 14, 2018
Type: TV
A team of talented Australian and American intelligence analysts work together to ensure global stability in one of the world's most important and secretive joint intelligence facilities... Pine Gap. But the relationship between the Australian and American intelligence analysts working at Pine Gap isn’t always rosy.
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Title: Mystery Road
Character: Crystal Swan
Released: June 3, 2018
Type: TV
When there is a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station, Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate. Working with local cop Emma James, Jay’s investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
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Title: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Character: Marion Quade
Released: May 6, 2018
Type: TV
Valentine's Day, 1900. Three schoolgirls and their governess mysteriously disappear in Hanging Rock, Australia, without a trace.
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Title: Doctor Doctor
Character: Millie
Released: September 14, 2016
Type: TV
The story of Hugh Knight, a rising heart surgeon who is gifted, charming and infallible. He is a hedonist who, due to his sheer talent, believes he can live outside the rules. His "work hard, play harder" philosophy is about to come back and bite him.
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Title: Tomorrow When the War Began
Character: Corrie
Released: April 23, 2016
Type: TV
This dramatic adventure series tells the story of a group of teenagers who are separated from their families following an invasion of their country, a conflict they never saw coming.
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Title: Ready for This
Character: Zoe Preston
Released: October 5, 2015
Type: TV
Six teens arrive at Arcadia House to pursue their dreams. For some it's the opportunity of a lifetime, for others it's a last chance. All are strangers and the last thing they expect to find is family.
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Jack Irish: Dead Point
Title: Jack Irish: Dead Point
Character: Marie
Released: April 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.
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Title: The Moodys
Character: Lucy
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: TV
A comedy series about the lovable, seasonally dysfunctional Moody family. Each episode is set on a different holiday gathering which includes fights, bad gifts, boring uncles, shocking family secrets and bizarre eccentricities.
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Around the Block
Title: Around the Block
Character: Williemai
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
A young Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.
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Title: Redfern Now
Character: Chloe
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: TV
Six extraordinary stories one unmissable series. Redfern Now is the first drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians.
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Moth
Title: Moth
Character: Trinni
Released: August 1, 2011
Type: Movie
In 1970s Australia, when 'care' equalled repression, three girls escape from their institution for one brief moment of liberty.
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Ralph
Title: Ralph
Character: Maddie
Released: June 8, 2009
Type: Movie
For ten year-old Madeline, it takes more than just day dreaming to survive school; it takes a friend.