Madeleine Harris

Madeleine Harris
Born	Madeleine Harris 2001 (age 15–16) United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012–present

Madeleine Harris (born 2001) is a British actress.

Madleine Harris grew up in London and Shepton Mallet, Somerset. When Harris was 12 she met the actor Idris Elba in a pub. She told him how much she liked acting and Elba as actor. Subsequently Elba 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 television the 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 got a role 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 plays Judy Brown, the daughter of the family with whom Paddington.

From 2013 to 2016 she starred as Karen in the sitcom Man Down.

As of 2014 Harris still goes to 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.

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