Born in Prague, Madeleine grew up between Connecticut, Munich, Vermont, and London. She returned to the States for college, where she had a liberal arts education in Drama and Queer Studies and graduated cum laude. She co-founded Vassar Burlesque, a tight-knit community built for embodied explorations of gender and sexuality through performance. Those explorations involved shiny things and tassels.

She is currently enrolled at Atlantic Acting School and will graduate in May 2025. She has trained at Northwestern University, Vassar College, and the Stella Adler Summer Conservatory. Her undergraduate training focused on experimental and devised theater. She has also trained in Practical Aesthetics, Viewpoints, Suzuki, the Chuck Jones voice technique, and Alexander Technique. Madeleine has trained as a mezzo-soprano singer. She has a background in improv at Northwestern University and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective.

She is also an enthusiastic, though not technically skilled, dancer.

Her passions include:

• Looking at dogs as they pass by and saying, “Look at that dog!”

• Eavesdropping

• Long walks followed by a swim

• Hosting intimate dinners

• Earnestly complimenting well-dressed strangers