Miah Madden

Miah Madden
Madden in 2020
Born	Miah Grace Madden Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education	St Catherine's School, Waverley
Occupation(s)	Actress, presenter
Years active	2012–present
Relatives	Madeleine Madden (half-sister)

Miah Grace Madden is an Australian actress and presenter. She began her career as a child actress in the film The Sapphires (2012) and the ABC Television series The Gods of Wheat Street (2014). She has since starred in the ABC Me series The Unlisted (2019), the 10 Shake series Dive Club (2021), and the Network 10 and Paramount+ series Paper Dolls (2023).

Early life and education

Miah Grace Madden ^[1] was born in Sydney and is from Rose Bay, a suburb east of Sydney. She is the daughter of Lee Madden, who was a Gadigal man with some Bundjalung heritage, and Belinda Kirkpatrick. Her father died in a car accident in 2003 when Miah was two and her mother was pregnant with her sister Ruby. ^[2] She is the younger half-sister of Madeleine Madden. ^{[3] [1]}

She attended St Catherine's School, Waverley. ^{[4] [5]}

Career

Madden began her career playing a younger version of Jessica Mauboy's character in the 2012 film The Sapphires . She reprised a young Mauboy again in her "Never Be the Same" music video. ^[6] She landed her first major television role as Athena Freeburn in the ABC TV drama The Gods of Wheat Street .

Madden played April Tucker in the 2017 film Australia Day . She appeared in the 2018 NITV series Little J & Big Cuz .

In 2019 and 2020, Madden starred in two children's science fiction series: the ABC Me series The Unlisted (2019) as Kymara and the 9Go! series The Gamers 2037 (2020) as Kite. ^[7] She hosted the third season of the Nickelodeon Australia series Crash the Bash ^[8] and had a recurring role in the ABC Me comedy-drama Mustangs FC .

In 2021, Madden starred as Maddie in the 10 Shake teen series Dive Club ^{[9] [10]} and joined the cast of the Nickelodeon fantasy The Bureau of Magical Things as Tayla Devlin for its second season.

In 2023, Madden starred as Charlie Levett in the Network 10 and Paramount+ drama series Paper Dolls . ^{[11] [12]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Sapphires	Young Julie
2013	The Darkside
2017	Australia Day	April Tucker
2023	The Overthrow	Iris	Short film
2025	Half Past Midnight	Harper	Short film
TBA	Black Prince	Sophie	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Redfern Now	Young Mattie	Episode: "Consequences"
2014	The Moodys	Billy	Mini-series; episode: "Australia Day"
	The Gods of Wheat Street	Athena Freeburn	Main role; 6 episodes
2016	Hyde & Seek	Alicia	Mini-series; 1 episode
2017–2021	Little J & Big Cuz	Monti	Recurring role (series 1–4; 12 episodes)
2019	Mustangs FC	Jas	Recurring role (series 2; 11 episodes)
	Crash the Bash	Herself	Series 3; 6 episodes
	The Unlisted	Kymara	Main role; 15 episodes
2020–2021	The Gamers 2037	Kite	Main role; 26 episodes
2021	Dive Club	Maddie	Main role; 12 episodes
	The Bureau of Magical Things	Tayla Devlin	Recurring role (series 2; 15 episodes)
2022	Bali 2002	Danni	Mini-series; 2 episodes
2022–2025	Play School	Herself - Presenter	Series 57–60; 17 episodes
2023	Koala Man	(voice)	Episode: "Deep Pockets"
	The Clearing	Max Dhurrkay	Mini-series; 6 episodes
2023–2024	Paper Dolls	Charlie Levett	Main role; 8 episodes
2024	Eddie's Lil' Homies	Lottie (voice)	Main role; 10 episodes
	Troppo	Tayla	Series 2; 8 episodes
2025	Return to Paradise	Ayesha Abara	Episode: "Death Trip"
	He Had It Coming	Jess	6 episodes

Music videos

• "Never Be the Same" (2014), Jessica Mauboy

References

1. "Miah Grace Madden" (PDF). Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "Belinda Kirkpatrick's story: widowed whilst pregnant and mum to an 18-month-old". Single Mother Survival Guide (Podcast). 25 June 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
3. Thompson, Courtney (16 March 2021). "Meet the Maddens". Marie Claire Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
4. "Miah Madden (OG 2019) partnered with UN Women Australia in their latest campaign". St Catherine's School. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
5. Taffel, Jacqui (2 October 2017). "Two Sydney schoolkids with their eyes on Hollywood". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
6. "Australia's pop princess Jess Mauboy unveils her demons in new single Never Be the Same". News.com.au (News Limited). 13 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
7. "Escape the game with Miah Madden from The Gamers 2037". K-Zone. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
8. "Meet Miah Madden". Who. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
9. "Dive Club: Miah Madden Gets Dropped In The Deep End". 10 Play. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
10. Macdonald, Emily (12 March 2021). "Dive Club: Aubri Ibrag, Miah Madden cast in new Netflix series". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
11. "Paper Dolls: Australian Original series lands on Paramount+ | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data". www.screenhub.com.au. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
12. Paper Dolls (TV Series 2023– ), IMDB, retrieved 6 January 2024

External links

• Miah Madden at IMDb