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name: "Madeline Zima"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 September 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
updated: "2026-09-17T03:39:54.263736+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Madeline Zima

Actor. Born 16 September 1985 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 September 1985, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** Madeline Rose Zima, Mad, Madsters, Maddie, مادلین زیما, Мейделін Роуз Зіма

## Biography

Madeline Zima is an American actress. She was born on 16 September 1985 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Zima began her career as a child, appearing in a Downy fabric softener commercial at the age of two. She played Grace Sheffield on the CBS sitcom *The Nanny* (1993–1999) and later Mia Lewis on the Showtime series *Californication* (2007–2011). She also portrayed Gretchen Berg on the NBC series *Heroes* (2006–2010).

Her film roles include *The Hand That Rocks the Cradle* (1992), *A Cinderella Story* (2004) and *The Collector* (2009). In 2020 she appeared as Velma 'Red' Fuller in the HBO series *Perry Mason*. She has two younger sisters, Vanessa Zima and Yvonne Zima, who are also actresses.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hacks* (2021), Fi1m 83, as Jules — [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *Perry Mason* (2020), Fi1m 66, as Velma 'Red' Fuller — [page](https://film.one/tv/perry-mason.md)
- *Heroes* (2006), Fi1m 68, as Gretchen Berg — [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)

## Also known for

- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Charlotte
- *You* (2018), Rachel
- *Grimm* (2011), Emily Troyer
- *A Cinderella Story* (2004), Brianna
- *Bombshell* (2019), Eddy
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), Maddy Strom
- *The Collector* (2009), Jill Chase
- *Doom Patrol* (2019), Casey Brinke / Space Case

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