Miah Madden

Miah Grace Madden (born is an Australian actress and presenter. She began her career as a child actress in the film The Sapphires and the ABC Television series The Gods of Wheat Street (2014). She has since starred in the ABC Me series The Unlisted (2019); the 10 Shake series Dive Club (2021) the Network 10 and Paramount+ series Paper Dolls (2023); and in the 2026 Netflix Australian period drama TV series My Brilliant Career.

Early life and education Miah Grace Madden Sydney and is from Rose Bay, a suburb east of Sydney. She is the daughter of Lee Madden, who was a Gadigal man with some Bundjalung heritage, and Belinda Kirkpatrick. Her father died in a car accident in 2003 when Miah was two and her mother was pregnant with her sister Ruby. She is the younger half-sister of Madeleine Madden.

She attended St Catherine's School, Waverley.

Career Madden began her career playing a younger version of Jessica Mauboy's character in the 2012 film The Sapphires. She reprised a young Mauboy again in her "Never Be the Same" music video. She landed her first major television role as Athena Freeburn in the ABC TV drama The Gods of Wheat Street.

Madden played April Tucker in the 2017 film Australia Day. She appeared in the 2018 NITV series Little J & Big Cuz.

In 2019 and 2020, Madden starred in two children's science fiction series: the ABC Me series The Unlisted (2019) as Kymara and the 9Go! series The Gamers 2037 (2020) as Kite. She hosted the third season of the Nickelodeon Australia series Crash the Bash and had a recurring role in the ABC Me comedy-drama Mustangs FC.

In 2021, Madden starred as Maddie in the 10 Shake teen series Dive Club and joined the cast of the Nickelodeon fantasy The Bureau of Magical Things as Tayla Devlin for its second season.

In 2023, Madden starred as Charlie Levett in the Network 10 and Paramount+ drama series Paper Dolls.

In 2026 she stars as Betty, a housemaid, in the Netflix Australian period drama TV series My Brilliant Career. <

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 The Sapphires Young Julie 2013 The Darkside 2017 Australia Day April Tucker 2023 The Overthrow Iris Short film 2025 Half Past Midnight Harper Short film Black Prince Sophie Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2013 Redfern Now Young Mattie Episode: "Consequences" 2014 The Moodys Billy Mini-series; episode: "Australia Day" The Gods of Wheat Street Athena Freeburn Main role; 6 episodes 2016 Hyde & Seek Alicia Mini-series; 1 episode 2017–2021 Little J & Big Cuz Monti Recurring role (series 1–4; 12 episodes) 2019 Mustangs FC Jas Recurring role (series 2; 11 episodes) Crash the Bash Herself Series 3; 6 episodes The Unlisted Kymara Main role; 15 episodes 2020–2021 The Gamers 2037 Kite Main role; 26 episodes 2021 Dive Club Maddie Main role; 12 episodes The Bureau of Magical Things Tayla Devlin Recurring role (series 2; 15 episodes) 2022 Bali 2002 Danni Mini-series; 2 episodes 2022–2025 Play School Herself - Presenter Series 57–60; 17 episodes 2023 Koala Man (voice) Episode: "Deep Pockets" The Clearing Max Dhurrkay Mini-series; 6 episodes 2023–2024 Paper Dolls Charlie Levett Main role; 8 episodes 2024 Eddie's Lil' Homies Lottie (voice) Main role; 10 episodes Troppo Tayla Series 2; 8 episodes 2025 Return to Paradise Ayesha Abara Episode: "Death Trip" He Had It Coming Jess 7 episodes 2026 My Brilliant Career Betty

Music videos "Never Be the Same" (2014), Jessica Mauboy