Madeline Weinstein

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Madeline Weinstein
Born (1993-05-22) May 22, 1993 (age 31) [1] [2]
New York City
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Madeline Weinstein is an American actress best known for starring in the Netflix comedy-drama Alex Strangelove (2018) and the independent films Beach Rats (2017) and Between the Temples (2024). [3] She had a recurring role in the HBO drama Mare of Easttown (2021).

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On stage, she acted on Broadway in the Tom Stoppard play The Real Thing (2014), and the fantasy epic Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2018–2019). She has also acted in Off-Broadway productions of Euripides's Medea (2020) and the Itamar Moses play The Ally (2024).

Early life and education

Weinstein was born to a secular Jewish family in New York. She describes her Jewish identity as somewhat "anti-traditionalist" and akin to a legacy of "Jewish labor leftist organizing." [4] Weinstein graduated Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 2014. [5]

Career

Weinstein made her Broadway debut in a revival of the Tom Stoppard play The Real Thing (2014). The production starred Ewan McGregor as Henry, Cynthia Nixon as Charlotte and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Annie. Weinstein plays the 17 year old daughter of Charlotte and Henry. [6] The play which explores themes of marriage and infidelity received mixed reviews. [7] The following year played the daughter of the titular character in the world premiere production of the Tracy Letts play Mary Page Marlowe (2016) at the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago. [8] During this time she had minor roles on television acting in the CBS procedural Elementary in 2015, the police drama Blue Bloods , and the NBC crime drama Shades of Blue both in 2017.

She made her feature film debut in the Neon coming-of-age independent film Beach Rats (2017). The film which focuses on sexual repression in Brooklyn was directed by Eliza Hittman and starred Harris Dickinson. Guy Lodge of Variety praised the cast including Weinstein writing, "[She], too, deserves applause for her deft, well-salted turn as Frankie’s more-perceptive-than-she-seems girlfriend". [9] The following year she starred in the Netflix romantic comedy Alex Strangelove and returned to Broadway playing Polly Chaplman in the fantasy epic Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as part of the original cast production. [10] [11]

In 2020 she acted in the modern minimalist production of the Euripides tragedy Medea starring Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Weinstein played Clara, the 24-year-old young lover and catalyst of the play. [12] The following year she took a supporting role in the Nana Mensah directed comedy-drama Queen of Glory (2021) and had a recurring role in the HBO limited series Mare of Easttown (2021) starring Kate Winslet. [13] In 2024 she took a supporting role as a student activist and campus protestor in the Itamar Moses political play The Ally at The Public Theater and as a flirty daughter of a rabbi in the Nathan Silver comedic film Between the Temples (2024). [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Beach Rats Simone(Directing Award, Sundance)
2018Hair WolfRebeccaShort film (Jury Award, Sundance)
Alex Strangelove Claire
You Look Good in BlueKaraShort film
2021 Queen of Glory Kaitlin
2024 Between the Temples Gabby

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Elementary Allie NewmeyerEpisode: T-Bone and the Iceman
2017 Blue Bloods Carla ReddingEpisode: Genetics
Shades of Blue Female InternEpisode: The Quality of Mercy
2018Kappa ForceJen SilverWebseries; 6 episodes
2021 Mare of Easttown Becca Lynch4 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRolePlaywrightVenueRef.
2014 The Real Thing Debbie Tom Stoppard American Airlines Theatre, Broadway [15]
2016 Mary Page Marlowe Wendy Gilbert Tracy Letts Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago [16]
2018–2019 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Polly Chapman Jack Thorne Lyric Theatre, Broadway [17]
2020 Medea Clara Euripides Brooklyn Academy of Music, Off-Broadway [18]
2024 The Ally Rachel Itamar Moses The Public Theater, Off-Broadway [19]

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