Bailee Madison by no means supposed to be an actor, however a single audition and an award-winning breakout function in “Bridge to Terabithia” paved the way in which for her to change into one of many extra recognizable little one actors of her time, with visitor roles on community TV exhibits and components in main movies. Her star energy is barely persevering with to rise, as she retains touchdown lead roles in teen dramas, showing on well-liked streaming providers, and making an attempt out new film genres.

After showing as a baby in a number of commercials, Madison tried out for a film whereas her older sister, Kaitlin Vilasuso, was doing a special audition. That audition led to a task within the movie “Lonely Hearts,” reverse Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, and John Travolta. Although her mom mentioned that the one look could be the extent of her display profession, practically 20 years later the actress exhibits no indicators of slowing down as she continues to increase her attain, including director, singer, and creator to her checklist of abilities. With a stacked resume and initiatives everybody is certain to know her from, right here is every thing you should learn about actress Bailee Madison.

After such a robust begin, Bailee Madison continued to indicate her performing chops with components in movies spanning a number of genres. The actress had three extra films come out in 2007, making it a busy 12 months for her. She entered discovered footage territory with “Look,” was within the TV drama “Saving Sarah Cain,” and tried comedy with the Nickelodeon movie “The Final Day of Summer season.”

Over the following a number of years, Madison appeared in secondary little one roles as a part of a number of star-studded initiatives. She performed Isabelle, the daughter of Sam (Tobey Maguire) and Grace (Natalie Portman), within the 2009 psychological thriller “Brothers.” The actress performed one other daughter within the 2011 romantic comedy “Simply Go along with It,” alongside Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. She was the youthful self of Hilary Swank’s Betty Anne Waters within the 2010 authorized biopic “Conviction.” As in “Bridge to Terabithia,” she additionally performed the sister to Elle Fanning’s Phoebe within the 2008 film “Phoebe in Wonderland.”

Nonetheless, Madison wasn’t simply taking part in the lead’s daughter or youthful self at this level in her profession. She took on the lead little one function, Sally Hurst, within the Guillermo del Toro-produced 2010 horror fantasy, “Don’t Be Afraid of the Darkish.” Famed critic Roger Ebert complimented the actress in his review of the film, calling her “an efficient younger actress” who performed her function with “pluck, intelligence and a righteous mood.”

Whereas showing on numerous TV exhibits, Bailee Madison added quite a few TV movies to her checklist of initiatives as nicely. From Hallmark entries to seasonal kids’s movies, the actress has accomplished her share of made-for-TV films.

One in all her first got here in 2007 with “Judy’s Bought a Gun.” The film follows a detective making an attempt to stability her profession and casework together with her private life. Madison appeared as Brenna, daughter of lead character Judy (Louise Lombard). The actress additionally has a number of Hallmark films to her identify, like “A Style of Romance,” “Date with Love,” and “Good Cookies.”

Alongside customary TV movies, Madison appeared in a number of vacation initiatives. Her first was the Nickelodeon unique film “Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh,” though her character, Mary Alice Johansson, didn’t seem in the primary “Drake and Josh” TV present. Different Christmas-themed TV films the actress has been part of embody 2013’s ‘Pete’s Christmas” as Katie, 2014’s “Northpole” because the elf Clementine, its 2015 sequel “Northpole: Open for Christmas,” and 2016’s “Vacation Pleasure.” Madison additionally boasted a task within the 2016 Halloween TV film “The Night time Earlier than Halloween.”

Bailee Madison’s subsequent main TV function was as a part of the primary forged of the Hallmark Channel collection “Good Witch.” The collection was primarily based on a string of TV movies that started with 2008’s “The Good Witch.” Set within the city of Middleton (although “Good Witch” was really filmed in Ontario), the present adopted Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell), the lead of the movies, and her teen daughter Grace, performed by Madison.

The actress starred on the collection for 5 of its seven seasons, together with her character leaving for school on the finish of the fifth 12 months. Like her mom, Grace has a little bit of “instinct” that could be magic. The younger witch’s capacity manifests as a capability to sense one thing, like a tragic accident, earlier than it occurs. Over the course of 5 seasons, Grace practices controlling her powers, grapples with being a witch, and graduates as valedictorian earlier than heading off to varsity.

When Madison departed on the finish of Season 5, she penned a heartfelt Instagram submit about what “Good Witch” meant to her and the way she noticed herself within the character. “Grace has been a personality whose journey all through the years has typically mirrored my very own,” the actress wrote. When the collection resulted in 2021, Madison posted once more, reinforcing her constructive expertise with the present. “I really feel so lucky to have been capable of carry Grace to life for five fantastic years,” she posted on X, previously often called Twitter.

Like many actors, Bailee Madison has ventured into the podcast realm. Relatively than a rewatch podcast, nevertheless, the actress had a weekly present together with her sister Kaitlin Vilasuso from 2018 to 2019 referred to as “Just Between Us.” The sisters are 13 years aside in age and canopy a variety of matters and experiences between them, from performing to elevating kids. 

Whereas discussing their lives as a complete, Madison shares about her journey as an actor and the way that has impacted her psychological well being. Vilasuso discusses the ups and downs of being a mom and watching her little one develop. Listeners are additionally taken on household holidays and celebrations.

Along with sharing their lives, the sisters interviewed quite a lot of individuals, from pop singer Meghan Trainor and actress Miranda Cosgrove to creator Kati Morton and chef Nealy Fischer. The hosts additionally took calls and write-ins from listeners, giving recommendation on completely different conditions relying on what the listener requested.

Bailee Madison continued her performing profession in 2021 by taking up lead roles in musical films. She joined the ranks of different well-liked actresses like Lucy Hale and Selena Gomez with “A Cinderella Story: Starstruck,” an entry within the “A Cinderella Story” movie collection. Madison performed Finley, a farm lady with desires of creating it huge as a singer. When she squanders her likelihood through an unlucky film audition, she attire as a cowboy named “Huck” to strive once more. The actress stars alongside Michael Evans Behling from “All American.”

Her second musical movie of the 12 months was the Netflix unique film “A Week Away.” The film follows Will (Kevin Quinn), a teen within the foster care system who heads to a summer time camp along with his new foster mom and brother. Whereas there, he meets and connects with Avery, performed by Madison, the daughter of the person who runs the camp. The movie accommodates quite a lot of music from Christian artists.

Whereas Madison sings in each movies, the actress has additionally pursued a solo musical profession. In January 2024, she launched her single “Kinda Enjoyable” by means of Pink Van Information. She wrote the track with Blake Richardson in the course of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

Bailee Madison’s most up-to-date lead function on tv might take some viewers again to their days with Freeform, the community that featured teen classics like “The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager,” “Switched at Start,” and “The Fosters.” Max has been making an attempt to revive well-liked teen content material, as with 2021’s now-canceled “Gossip Lady” reboot, and that has solely continued with its contribution to the “Fairly Little Liars” universe.

On Max’s “Fairly Little Liars,” Madison stars as Imogen, a teen who’s pregnant throughout Season 1 of the collection. Over the course of the season, Imogen and 4 different teen women strive to determine how their moms are concerned with the thriller messages they’re receiving from an unknown particular person identified solely as “A.” The collection is about in the identical universe as the unique “Fairly Little Liars,” however takes place within the city of Millwood, Pennsylvania as an alternative of Rosewood. 

The second season took the present down a darker highway, particularly for Imogen, as she involves phrases with every thing she went by means of within the first season, from her being pregnant to her mom’s loss of life. “She’s the primary character I’d say I’ve been capable of play that I, like, really actually speak about as a human,” Madison shared on “The Drew Barrymore Show.” “I like the present and I grew up the most important fan of the unique, so it’s so kismet and full circle.”