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

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'' (2014). She has since starred in the

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'' (2019), the

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'' (2021), and the

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'' (2023).

Early life and education

Miah Grace Madden was born in

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and is from Rose Bay, a suburb east of Sydney. She is the daughter of Lee Madden, who was a

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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. She is the younger half-sister of

Madeleine Madden Madeleine Madden (born ) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Egwene al'Vere in the Amazon Prime series ''The Wheel of Time''. Early life and education Madeleine Madden was born in 1996 or 1997, the daughter of Lee Madden (Ga ...

. She attended

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Career

Madden began her career playing a younger version of

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's character in the 2012 film '' The Sapphires''. She reprised a young Mauboy again in her " Never Be the Same" music video. She landed her first major television role as Athena Freeburn in the ABC TV drama ''

''. Madden played April Tucker in the 2017 film ''

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''. She appeared in the 2018

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series ''

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''. In 2019 and 2020, Madden starred in two children's science fiction series: the

series ''

'' (2019) as Kymara and the

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series ''

The Gamers 2037 ''The Gamers 2037'' is an Australian television program for children which made its 9Go! debut on 14 November 2020. Cast * Miah Madden as Kite * Marvin Rowland as Galahad * Ashleigh Ross as Xeon * Keaton Stewart as Game Master * Sarah Spackma ...

''(2020) as Kite. She hosted the third season of the

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series ''Crash the Bash'' and had a recurring role in the ABC Me comedy-drama ''

Mustangs FC ''Mustangs FC'' is a 2017 Australian comedy-drama TV series aimed at young teenagers and starring Emmanuelle Mattana as the lead character. The show is set in suburban Australia, and focuses on Mustangs FC, an all-girls soccer team, and focuse ...

''. In 2021, Madden starred as Maddie in the

teen series ''

'' and joined the cast of the Nickelodeon fantasy ''

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'' as Tayla Devlin for its second season. In 2023, Madden starred as Charlie Levett in the

and

drama series ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

* " Never Be the Same" (2014),

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madden, Miah Living people 21st-century Australian actresses Actresses from Sydney Australian child actresses Indigenous Australian actresses People from the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)

Miah Madden Miah Grace Madden is an Australian actress and presenter. She began her career as a child actress in the film ''The Sapphires (film), The Sapphires'' (2012) and the ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television series ''The Gods of Whea ...

Year of birth missing (living people)