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Madeleine Madden (born 29 January 1998) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Egwene al'Vere in the Amazon Prime series The Wheel of Time.

Madeleine Madden
Madden in 2019
Born	(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 24) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present
Parent	Hetti Perkins (mother)
Relatives	Charles Perkins (grandfather) Miah Madden (half-sister) Rachel Perkins (aunt)

Early life

Madden grew up around Redfern, a Sydney inner city suburb, and attended Rose Bay Secondary College.[1][2] The daughter of Lee Madden (Gadigal and Bundjalung) and art curator and writer Hetti Perkins, Madden grew up in a political family; she is the great-granddaughter of Arrernte elder Hetty Perkins and the granddaughter of activist and soccer player Charles Perkins.[3][4][5] Her aunt is director Rachel Perkins. She has two older sisters and two younger half-sisters, including actor Miah Madden. Their father died in a car accident in 2003.[6]

Career

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.[3][4]

Television

Madden starred in Australia's first Aboriginal teen drama, Ready for This, and in the critically applauded Redfern Now.[5][7] She has also starred in The Moodys, Jack Irish, My Place and The Code. In 2010, she starred in the mini series 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 mini series Picnic at Hanging Rock,[8] Crystal Swan in the TV mini series Mystery Road and Immy DuPain in the series Pine Gap. She currently stars as Egwene al'Vere in Amazon's adaptation of The Wheel of Time novels.[9]

Film

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.[8][10] Her first film acting job was at 8 years old. She aims to become a director in the future.[11]

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

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Ralph	Maddie	Short
2011	Moth	Trinni	Short
2012	The Hoarders	Lily	Short
2013	Around the Block	Williemai
2014	Frontier	Toora	Short
2016	Gimpsey	Jaze	Short
2018	Cooee	Ripley	Short
2019	Dora and the Lost City of Gold	Sammy Moore

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	My Place	Laura	Episode: "2008 Laura"
2012–13	Redfern Now	Chloe	Episodes: "Stand Up", "Pokies"
2014	The Moodys	Lucy	Episode: "Australia Day"
	Jack Irish: Dead Point	Marie	TV film
	The Code	Sheyna Smith	Episodes: "1.1", "1.2"
2015	Ready for This	Zoe Preston	Main role (13 episodes)
2016	The Weekend Shift	Laura	TV series
	Tomorrow, When the War Began	Corrie Mackenzie	TV miniseries
2017	High Life	Holly McMahon	TV series
	Doctor Doctor	Millie	Episode: "Picture of Innocence"
2018	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Marion Quade	TV miniseries
	Mystery Road	Crystal Swan	TV miniseries
	Pine Gap	Immy Dupain	TV miniseries
	Tidelands	Violca	Main role
2021	The Wheel of Time	Egwene al'Vere	TV series[12]
2022	Ark: The Animated Series	Helena Walker	Voice role[13]

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Ark: Survival Evolved	Helena Walker/HLNA	Voice role

References

External links

• Madeleine Madden at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Madeleine Madden

Madeleine Madden (* 29. Januar 1997 in Sydney)[1] ist eine australische Schauspielerin, die sich für die Rechte der indigenen Bevölkerung ihres Heimatlands einsetzt. In Deutschland wurde sie bekannt durch ihre Rolle in der Fernsehserie Das Rad der Zeit.

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