Bailee Madison
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
This young actress has worked with a number of the industry's biggest
stars in a variety of diverse and challenging roles. She won rave
reviews and a Critics Choice Movie Award nomination for her powerful
work on the feature film,
Brothers (2009), opposite
Tobey Maguire,
Natalie Portman and
Jake Gyllenhaal. She played the young
"Betty Ann Waters" in Fox Searchlight's
Conviction (2010), with
Hilary Swank and
Minnie Driver.
Most recently, Bailee had a starring role in producer
Guillermo del Toro's thriller,
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010),
with Katie Holmes and
Guy Pearce, Bailee was recommended
for the role by her Brothers (2009)
co-star, Natalie Portman. She played a
withdrawn child being haunted by insatiable demons; the film was
released in August 2011. Bailee starred as the daughter of
Marisa Tomei and the granddaughter of
Bette Midler and
Billy Crystal in the film Parental Guidance (2012), a
co-production between 20th Century Fox and Walden Media.
In 2011, Variety named Bailee an honoree for her philanthropic efforts
with "Alex's Lemonade Stand" at the "Variety Power Of Youth Awards",
which pays homage to the industry's most talented young activists. A
driven and talented young actress, Bailee is equally committed to using
her public profile to raise awareness for those less fortunate. Between
filming major motion pictures, Bailee has been devoting her time and
energy to "Alex's Lemonade Stand", an organization that encourages
children, nationwide, to raise money to find a cure for childhood
cancer through running their own lemonade stands.
Her other feature films include
Letters to God (2010) and
Hallmark's
A Taste of Romance (2012)
with Teri Polo. For her role in Columbia
Pictures' comedy,
Just Go with It (2011), with
Adam Sandler and
Jennifer Aniston, Bailee earned rave
reviews with "The Wall Street Journal".
Bailee captured audiences hearts with her role of "May Belle Aarons" in
Disney's
Bridge to Terabithia (2007),
and has left lasting impressions with her performances in the
independent film,
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
(starring Felicity Huffman and
Elle Fanning), and on television in NBC's
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
She appears as "Maxine Russo" in Disney Channel's
Wizards of Waverly Place (2007),
for its fourth and final season. When Bailee isn't working or studying,
she loves cooking with her family.
When Bailee's not traveling, she loves spending time at home with family and friends,
barbecuing, swimming, and playing on her swing set. Of course her dog,
Maddy, is always by her side.
stars in a variety of diverse and challenging roles. She won rave
reviews and a Critics Choice Movie Award nomination for her powerful
work on the feature film,
Brothers (2009), opposite
Tobey Maguire,
Natalie Portman and
Jake Gyllenhaal. She played the young
"Betty Ann Waters" in Fox Searchlight's
Conviction (2010), with
Hilary Swank and
Minnie Driver.
Most recently, Bailee had a starring role in producer
Guillermo del Toro's thriller,
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010),
with Katie Holmes and
Guy Pearce, Bailee was recommended
for the role by her Brothers (2009)
co-star, Natalie Portman. She played a
withdrawn child being haunted by insatiable demons; the film was
released in August 2011. Bailee starred as the daughter of
Marisa Tomei and the granddaughter of
Bette Midler and
Billy Crystal in the film Parental Guidance (2012), a
co-production between 20th Century Fox and Walden Media.
In 2011, Variety named Bailee an honoree for her philanthropic efforts
with "Alex's Lemonade Stand" at the "Variety Power Of Youth Awards",
which pays homage to the industry's most talented young activists. A
driven and talented young actress, Bailee is equally committed to using
her public profile to raise awareness for those less fortunate. Between
filming major motion pictures, Bailee has been devoting her time and
energy to "Alex's Lemonade Stand", an organization that encourages
children, nationwide, to raise money to find a cure for childhood
cancer through running their own lemonade stands.
Her other feature films include
Letters to God (2010) and
Hallmark's
A Taste of Romance (2012)
with Teri Polo. For her role in Columbia
Pictures' comedy,
Just Go with It (2011), with
Adam Sandler and
Jennifer Aniston, Bailee earned rave
reviews with "The Wall Street Journal".
Bailee captured audiences hearts with her role of "May Belle Aarons" in
Disney's
Bridge to Terabithia (2007),
and has left lasting impressions with her performances in the
independent film,
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
(starring Felicity Huffman and
Elle Fanning), and on television in NBC's
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
She appears as "Maxine Russo" in Disney Channel's
Wizards of Waverly Place (2007),
for its fourth and final season. When Bailee isn't working or studying,
she loves cooking with her family.
When Bailee's not traveling, she loves spending time at home with family and friends,
barbecuing, swimming, and playing on her swing set. Of course her dog,
Maddy, is always by her side.