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Madeline Zima

Madeline Zima

Actor, also producer · Born September 16, 1985 (41) · New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Madeline Rose Zima (born September 16, 1985) is an American actress. She is mostly known for her six years as Grace Sheffield on the TV series The Nanny or more recently as Mia Cross on the Showtime dramedy Californication and as Gretchen Berg on Heroes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Madeline Zima, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 16, 1985 (41)
From
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
53 on MovieCove · 70 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 8% in 30 days

What are Madeline Zima's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
26%
Morality
17%
Survival
16%
Ideas
5%
Power
4%
Family bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 11 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

12 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 4 of 12 analyzed roles.

Hero
4 of 12
Ally
3 of 12
Shadow
2 of 12
Shapeshifter
2 of 12
Threshold guardian
1 of 12
Show the 12 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Dread
9
Melancholic
11
Hopeful
7
Warm
6
Other
26

How their films linger

Unsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet12
  • Ambiguous10

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Madeline Zima's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 46 of their 53 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Madeline Zima's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

70 credits, 53 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Love Is the Monster(2025)

    as Ana

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Watson(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Marnie Prisuta

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • High Potential(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Mia Ashford

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Subservience(2024)

    as Maggie

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Morning After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Holly

  • Hypochondriac(2022)

    as Blossom

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Diary of a Spy(2022)

    as Leila

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • NCIS: Hawai'i(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Abby Nelson

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Hacks(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Jules

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Insight(2021)

    as Abby

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Bliss(2021)

    as Doris

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Perry Mason(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Velma 'Red' Fuller

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • VHYes(2019)

    as Maiden #1

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Bombshell(2019)

    as Eddy

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Chain of Death(2019)

    as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • La Petite Mort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Doom Patrol(2019)

    Show 5 episodes · as Casey Brinke / Space Case

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Orchard Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Abigail

  • Painkillers(2018)

    as Chloe Clarke

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • You(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Good Girls(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Lila

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Dream Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Jessica

  • I Am Watching You(2016)

    as Nora Nichols

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Weepah Way for Now(2015)

    as Lauren

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • From A to B (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Samantha

  • #Stuck(2014)

    Executive Producer · as Holly

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Breaking the Girls(2012)

    as Alex Layton

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Crazy Kind of Love(2013)

    as Annie

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Gilded Lilys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Abigail

  • Betas(2013)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jordan Alexis

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Crazy Eyes(2012)

    as Rebecca

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Lake Effects(2012)

    as Lily

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Grimm(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Emily Troyer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Family Tree(2011)

    as Mitzi

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • First Dates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Kelly

  • My Own Love Song(2010)

    as Billie

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Trance(2010)

    as Jessica

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Vampire Diaries(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlotte

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The Collector(2009)

    as Jill Chase

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Streak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Stella

  • Legacy(2008)

    as Zoey Martin

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • In Treatment(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Karla

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Californication(2007)

    Show 48 episodes · as Mia Lewis

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • 3 lbs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Cassie Mack

  • Heroes(2006)

    Show 11 episodes · as Gretchen Berg

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Ghost Whisperer(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Maddy Strom

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Marissa

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember(2004)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • A Cinderella Story(2004)

    as Brianna

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Lucy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Teen Lucy

  • The Nightmare Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alexis Hall

  • Gilmore Girls(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Lisa

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Rachel Green

  • Strong Medicine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Pam

  • Lethal Vows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Danielle Farris

  • The Secret Path(1999)

    as Jo Ann Foley (age 14)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Second Chances(1998)

    as Melinda Judd

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • 'Til There Was You(1997)

    as Gwen, Age 12

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • King of the Hill(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as (voice) · as Susan Clemmons (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • 7th Heaven(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Alice Miller

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • The Nanny: Oy to the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Grace Sheffield (voice)

  • JAG(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Cathy Gold

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Touched by an Angel(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Ally

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • The Nanny(1993)

    Show 144 episodes · as Grace Sheffield

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Mr. Nanny(1993)

    as Kate Mason

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle(1992)

    as Emma Bartel

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Samantha Silver

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Twin Peaks(1990)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tracey

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Bench (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 69 titles, 68 of them dated from 1990 to 2026; peak year 1992.

Biggest box office

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)

$88M worldwide

Highest rated

The Secret Path (1999)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The Nanny (1993)

Film career

19902026

Peak 1992 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 9 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting69 of 69: 68 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thProducing1 of 69: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s14 · acting2000s17 · acting2010s24 · 24 acting · 1 crew2020s13 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 5% of 19 roles
920212

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Madeline Zima's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 53 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 53 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed22

Most divisive · actor

Legacy (2008)

91st percentile spread · 67% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Secret Path (1999)

Midcredits 96th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Madeline Zima's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles5–74 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles30–69 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles26–79 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles22–88 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles11–78 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Madeline Zima work with?

People who share at least 2 of Madeline Zima's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adam Huss shares the most, 2.

Actors

Mixed roles