Madeline Zima

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Recent Role:
Tobby Thompson on Royal Pains
Gender:
Female
Born:
9-16-1985
Birthplace:
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth Name:
Madeline Rose Zima
AKA:
Madsters, Maddie, Mad
Actress Madeline Zima was born on September 16, 1985 in New Haven, Connecticut to Dennis and Marie Zima. Her younger sisters, Vanessa and Yvonne, are actresses as well. She became a child actor at 23 months of age, appearing in a Downey commercial among others. After a handful of movie auditions, she snagged a lead role in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle directed by Curtis Hanson. She followed that with a part in a short film directed by Daryl Hannah called Last Supper, and later appeared in Mr. Nanny (1993) (with Hulk Hogan), Law and Order, and a pilot, Our Song (as George Hamilton'sMore daughter) before taking on the role of the precociously neurotic Gracie in the sitcom The Nanny (1993).





Madeline moved from the East Coast to LA when The Nanny became a hit show; after six years on CBS the program went into syndication and now runs on Lifetime. She has also appeared in TV films such as The Secret Path (1999) (TV) and The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (2000) (TV). Madeline was cast to play Lucille Ball as a teenager, in the CBS mini-series, Redhead. She also starred in A Cinderella Story (with Hilary Duff and Chad Micheal Murray) playing one of the stepsisters.





Madeline is a regular on the dramedy Californication also starring David Duchovny.

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  • TV.com Q&A: Madeline Zima of Californication

    As Mia in Showtime's Californication, actress Madeline Zima really gets to play-act. Zima comes off as courteous and intelligent and the kind of girl you can bring home to mom. But once the cameras start rolling, she gets down and dirty for the role of Mia, a calculating, manipulative, and saucy woman who steals Hank's (David Duchovny) novel for herself.

    Oh, and she punched Hank in the face while having sex with him. Did we mention Mia just turned 17?

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    So much better than Lindsay Lohan. No wonder she was the director's choice to star in Parent Trap. hide show

    I cannot wait to see Madeline in Californication, all grown up and doing a quality show, by all accounts. She although not overexposed like her Lohanesque peers, actually has the acting chops and charisma to be a star. Why do we reward the drunken drug slobs like Lohan instead of the low key hard working people with real talent like Madeline?

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