Madeline Brewer is best known for her role as Janine in Hulu’s Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning series The Handmaid's Tale, for which she earned a 2021 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series; the sixth and final season, based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling novel, was released earlier this year to critical acclaim. This year she also starred in the fifth and final season of Netflix’s You, alongside Penn Badgley. Madeline will next appear in the thriller Anniversary, with Kyle Chandler, Phoebe Dynevor, Diane Lane, and Zoey Deutch, as well as in I Live Here Now with Lucy Fry.
Madeline’s theater work includes her acclaimed turn as Sally Bowles in the Olivier Award-winning London production of Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre, where she starred opposite Callum Scott Howells. Her film work includes Hustlers from STX Entertainment, where she starred alongside Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, and Julia Stiles, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival; leading roles in the Blumhouse and Netflix thriller CAM, which premiered at the AFI Festival and is available on Netflix; and BRAID, directed by Mitzi Peirone, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Additional credits include Focus Features’ Captive State, directed by Rupert Wyatt and featuring Ashton Sanders and Vera Farmiga; The Ultimate Playlist of Noise for Hulu and American High, alongside Keean Johnson; Space Oddity, directed by Kyra Sedgwick with Kevin Bacon and Alexandra Shipp, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival; the thriller Where Are You with Anthony Hopkins and Angela Sarafyan; as well as Flesh and Blood, directed by Mark Webber, which premiered at SXSW; Hedgehog with Ann Dowd, which screened at Cinequest; and Open Road’s Separation with Brian Cox and Rupert Friend.
Madeline made her television debut as fan-favorite Tricia Miller in Netflix’s original comedy-drama series Orange is the New Black, created by Jenji Kohan. She also starred in Netflix’s critically acclaimed series Black Mirror, in the episode “Men Against Fire,” with Malachi Kirby and Michael Kelly. Other television roles include Miranda Cates in Eli Roth’s Hemlock Grove for Netflix, Julie Kelly in Bret Easton Ellis’ series The Deleted for Fullscreen, and guest roles on Grimm and Stalker.
Born in Philadelphia and raised in Pitman, NJ, Madeline is a graduate of AMDA, the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, in New York City, where she studied musical theater. Immediately after graduating, she landed the lead role in the world premiere of Liberty: The Musical. Madeline is also a classically trained singer.