West Duchovny

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West Duchovny
Born
Madelaine West Duchovny

(1999-04-24) April 24, 1999 (age 25) [1]
OccupationActress
Parents
Relatives Daniel Duchovny (uncle)
Amram Ducovny (paternal grandfather)
External image
Searchtool.svg Duchovny in 2023.

Madelaine West Duchovny [2] (born April 24, 1999) [1] is an American actress. [3] She is best known for the film A Mouthful of Air , the SyFy series The Magicians , [4] the Netflix series Painkiller , [5] [6] and the Hulu series Saint X .

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Early life

Duchovny is the daughter of actors David Duchovny and Téa Leoni and has a younger brother. [2] [7] Duchovny's paternal uncle is actor and director Daniel Duchovny. After living her first ten years in Los Angeles, she moved with her family to New York City. [8] Duchovny had no interest in acting and planned on attending college to study pre-medical before her senior year of high school, where she decided to perform in a staging of Slut: The Play to help a friend that was directing, and liked the experience. [9] [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 The Report Feinstein Intern
2021 A Mouthful of Air Cream
2022 Linoleum Darcy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018SickJonniTV movie
The X-Files MaddyEpisode: "My Struggle IV"
2019 The Magicians Whitley3 episodes
2020Vegas HighPaigeTV movie
2023 Saint X Alison [11] Main cast
Painkiller Shannon Schaeffer

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