Madelyn Deutch (born March 23, 1991) is an American actress, musician and writer. She is known for writing, acting in a lead role, and composing the musical score for the feature film ''

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''.

Early life

Deutch was born in

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. She is the elder daughter of actress

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and director

Howard Deutch Howard Deutch (born September 14, 1950) is an American film and television director who worked in collaboration with filmmaker John Hughes, directing two of Hughes's best-known screenplays, ''Pretty in Pink'' and '' Some Kind of Wonderful''. Sinc ...

and sister of actress

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. Her mother, from

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, is of

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ancestry while her father, from

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, is of

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ancestry.

Career

She is known for her recurring role in mini TV series '' Texas Rising''. She played the role of Dakota in season 1 of

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's '' Outcast'' and she will also be seen in season 2. She acted alongside her mother and sister in '' Mayor Cupcake''. Deutch was seen as Alex in the 2014 American drama film '' 50 to 1'' which is based on the true story of

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, an undersized

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racehorse who won the

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. In 2017, she played the lead role alongside her sister

in her mother's directorial debut ''The Year of Spectacular Men''. She portrays a young woman fresh out of college who kindles and torches relationships with several men, including characters played by

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and

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. She also wrote the script for the film.

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

Music career

She is a member of the LA-based band BLEITCH with Piers Baron. She has composed and performed songs with Bleitch for her movie ''The Year of Spectacular Men''. Singles (with BLEITCH) * 2014 - This is Our Youth (part of background soundtrack of Episode 75 "Lost Cause" of ''

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'' * 2015 - Paint by Numbers * 2015 - Crime * 2015 - Speaking of Moments

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deutch, Madelyn 1991 births Living people 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American women musicians Actresses from Los Angeles American film actresses American television actresses American people of Irish descent Jewish American actresses 21st-century American Jews