By the time Madeline Carroll made her acting debut in 2005 at the age of nine on the improv comedy show Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance, starring Howie Mandel, she'd already been working for more than half her life. She began modeling when she was three years old and had also done numerous television commercials. A native of Los Angeles, her first film appearance was in When a Stranger Calls (2006) starring Camilla Belle.
Other roles followed in major motion pictures such as The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Swing Vote (2008), co-starring alongside Kevin Costner, The Spy Next Door (2010) opposite Jackie Chan and a lead role in Rob Reiner's Flipped (2010). She went on to play Shannon in I Can Only Imagine (2018) and Hannah in God Bless the Broken Road (2018).
She has appeared on the small screen in the ABC hit series Lost and Grey's Anatomy, as well as in Night Stalker, Wanted, Cold Case, All of Us, Scandal and the TV movie Beautifully Flawed (2019).
Filmography:
God Bless the Broken Road (2018)
I Can Only Imagine (2018)
Zer0-Tolerance (2017)
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
Flipped (2010)
The Spy Next Door (2010)
Astro (2009)
Swing Vote (2008)
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
When a Stranger Calls (2006)