Madison Tevlin is a Canadian actress and broadcaster.Jenna Benchetrit
"'I'm proving everyone wrong': Actors with Down syndrome enjoying new era of media representation"

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, February 19, 2022. She is most noted for her 2022

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talk show ''Who Do You Think I Am?'', for which she received a

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nomination for Best Host in a Talk Show or Entertainment Series at the

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''. Tevlin, who has Down syndrome, first attracted widespread attention in 2015 when a video of her singing

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's " All of Me" went viral on the internet, even attracting attention from Legend himself. She subsequently had guest acting roles in the television series '' Mr. D'' and ''

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''. She has stated that one of her key goals is to challenge misunderstandings, by presenting her own story as a person who still has passions, talents and goals to pursue, and is capable of much more than people typically expect of her based on her disability.Jen McNeely
"Meet Madison Tevlin, host of new talk-show series, ‘Who Do You Think I Am?’"
''She Does the City'', January 21, 2022. In ''Who Do You Think I Am?'', Tevlin interviews guests who have also experienced prejudice and misrepresentation around a variety of issues; guests on the show have included comedian

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, singer

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, actor Lane Webber, drag performer

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, and indigenous advocate Laura Vukson.

Awards

In December 2024, Madison Tevlin was included on the

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's '' 100 Women'' list.

References

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* Canadian television actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian child actresses Canadian television talk show hosts Actors with Down syndrome Living people Canadian people with disabilities Year of birth missing (living people) Television presenters with disabilities {{Canada-screen-actor-stub