Biography: Madeline Zima was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and became a child actor at an early age, appearing in a Downey commercial among others. After a handful of movie auditions, she snagged a lead role in "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992)", directed by Curtis Hanson. She followed that with a part in a short film directed by Daryl Hannah called Last Supper, and later appeared in "Mr. Nanny (1993) ... show all Madeline Zima was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and became a child actor at an early age, appearing in a Downey commercial among others. After a handful of movie auditions, she snagged a lead role in "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992)", directed by Curtis Hanson. She followed that with a part in a short film directed by Daryl Hannah called Last Supper, and later appeared in "Mr. Nanny (1993)" (with Hulk Hogan), Law and Order, and a pilot, Our Song (as George Hamilton's daughter) before taking on the role of the precociously neurotic Gracie in the sitcom "Nanny, The" (1993)".
Madeline moved from the East Coast to LA when the Nanny became a hit show; after six years on CBS the program went into syndication and now runs on Lifetime. She has also appeared in TV films such as "Secret Path, The (1999) (TV)" and "Sandy Bottom Orchestra, The (2000) (TV)". Madeline has recently been cast to play Lucille Ball as a teenager, in the CBS mini-series, Redhead.
Currently, when not working in LA and attending college, she is working on a novel.
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