Biografia

Describes herself as very shy and says her sisters usually have to talk to guys for her.

Her acting mentors were her former La tata (1993) co-stars Fran Drescher and Charles Shaughnessy.

Madeline sings, plays guitar, horseback rides, writes songs, and she writes screenplays.

Was cast to play a teen-aged Lucille Ball in a movie/mini-series for CBS for 2003. This was a period piece were Madeline would play the Lucy ed io (1951) star from ages 13 to 18 and was scripted to film a scene with a teen-aged Bette Davis, with whom Ball attended drama school. For the role, Madeline would have to cut her long hair in a bob. The movie was tentatively-titled the "I Love Lucy" movie or "Redhead". The movie's final title was Lucy (2003).

Is of Portuguese descent.

It would be nice to not have to prove myself and for people to know that I'm good and can play a role. Whatever role that is that lets people know that I can play the next role is what I want to do.

I took Latin and Spanish. I can speak a very small amount of Spanish, but Latin has sort of gone away! Unless I was joining the Catholic Church, there would be no need to learn Latin.

Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.

I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.

It's just not a good idea to drink and drive; that is just common sense. But common sense is not that common!