By this time the pilot, the Nanny was picked up and Madeline moved from the East Coast to LA, when the Nanny became a hit show. On the Nanny, where writing changed daily, Madeline honed her comic timing on the six year CBS comic hit that is now a linchpin of the Lifetime daily programming. Nanny, Our Song,a pilot with George Hamilton, and finally The Nanny. Madeline followed that dramatic thriller a short film that Daryl Hannah directed that was a favorite at Sundance called the last Supper, where Madeline as a tiny wily child scared away her mother's abusive boyfriend by convincing him that she and her mother were cannibals. Madeline was getting good critical notice for her first film role. It was both Madeline and Juliane Moore's first film moreover was directed by Academy award-winning director and writer Curtis Hanson.
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She booked the movie and has never stopped working since that time. She came back for one more audition and booked the role of Emma. She actually quit show business, the week when she was urged to come in for her sixth call back for The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. She and her sister, Vanessa were discovered by Woody Allen for his movie Alice. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, grew up in Pennsylvania and early on had a New York agent that kept her busy modeling and doing commercials. Equally skilled at comedy, improv and drama, she's worked continuously for the last decade in critically acclaimed projects. Madeline Zima at twenty is one of the most seasoned and diverse young actresses today.