Madeleine Harris (born 28 April 2001) is a British actress and artist.
Life and work[]
Harris grew up in London and Shepton Mallet, Somerset. When Harris was twelve, she met actor Idris Elba in a pub. She told him how much she liked acting and Elba as an actor. Subsequently, he arranged a contact between Harris and his agent.
In 2012, Harris got her first professional acting job in Casualty. She played Izzy Forrester who caused a car accident. After this Harris appeared in the television programmes Me and Mrs Jones and The White Queen. In 2013 she played the 460 years old vampire Hetty in the TV series Being Human.
In 2014, she appeared in the film Paddington, beating more than 100 competitors for the role. She stars in the film alongside Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, and Nicole Kidman. Harris played Judy Brown, the daughter of the family with whom Paddington lives, and later reprised the role in the sequel Paddington 2.
From 2013 to 2016 she starred as Karen in the sitcom Man Down.
Throughout the mid-2010s Harris still attended school, and manages to combine her school work and her acting jobs. Harris also likes other artistic disciplines. She has enjoyed writing her own stories since she was young.
Today she's semi-retired, and she is also a professional (tattoo) artist.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Casualty | Izzy Forrester | "Duty of Care", "Death and Doughnuts" |
2012 | The Charles Dickens Show | Betsy | "Child Labour" |
2012 | Me and Mrs. Jones | Poppy | Recurring role |
2013 | Being Human | Hetty | "The Trinity" |
2013 | The White Queen | Princess Margaret of York | "The Princes in the Tower", "The Final Battle" |
2013 | The Psychopath Next Door | Katie Moran | TV film |
2013–2016 | Man Down | Karen | Main role |
2014 | Paddington | Judy Brown | Main role |
2016 | Father Brown | Milly Le Broc | "The Missing Man" |
2017 | Paddington 2 | Judy Brown |