Madeleine Elizabeth Martin (born April 15, 1993) is an American actress, known for her role as the character Rebecca "Becca" Moody on

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comedy-drama ''

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''.

Early life

Martin grew up in New York City, United States. As her mother is from Canada, Martin has dual citizenship of both countries. She is a student at the

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.. Martin was homeschooled.

Career

At age seven, Martin appeared in the Broadway National Tour of ''

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'' with

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. Two years later she portrayed young Cosette in the Broadway National Tour of ''Les Miserables''. She appeared on Broadway in the title role in ''

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'' at the age of 10; her acclaimed performance gave her the opportunity to be the youngest presenter in history at the 2003

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Arts and Leisure section profiled her when she was 12 years old. She also acted in ''

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'' alongside

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and

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. She acted in ''A Christmas Carol'' at Madison Square Garden. Her first appearance on television came in 2003 on ''

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'', where she played the role of Annie for one episode. Also in 2003, she did the voice acting for the main character JoJo, in the cartoon TV series ''

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''. She was a series regular on Disney's '' Out of the Box''. She was called back in 2004 for another episode ("Sick"), on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', as April. In 2005 she appeared for one episode on another TV series, ''

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'', as Ivana Charles. In 2006 Martin was a voice actress in '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'', where she voiced several roles. She eventually returned to TV in 2007 to act alongside

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in the

dramedy ''

''. She plays Becca Moody, Duchovny's teenage daughter. Martin also performed several songs in Californication including "

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", " Don't Let Us Get Sick", and "

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". Martin originated the role of "Jean Fordham" on Broadway in the hit play '' August: Osage County''. In 2010 she was a co-star alongside John Cena in the WWE Studios film, ''

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''. Her performance was heavily criticized. She voiced Finn's female-counterpart, Fionna in the ''

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'' episodes "

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", "

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", "The Prince Who Wanted Everything", "Five Short Tables" and "Fionna and Cake and Fionna". She also appeared in the ''

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'' season 7 episode "Heathridge Manor". Martin performed in the Atlantic Theater Company's production of ''

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'' in 2012 and on Broadway in ''

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'' in 2013. From 2014 to 2016 she played Shelley Godfrey in the second and third season of ''

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'' and had a guest role on ''

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''. She performed in the Lincoln Center production of The Harvest in the Winter of 2016. In 2019, she portrayed Madeline in ''

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'', a recurring character in the third season. The character is a colleague of Abe's (the titular character's father) in his fight in rebellious causes.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Madeleine 1993 births Living people Actresses from New York City American child actresses American people of Canadian descent American stage actresses American television actresses American voice actresses People from Manhattan 21st-century American actresses