Martin has been seen on Broadway in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, August: Osage County and The Pillowman.
Other theatre work includes A Christmas Carol, Harper Regan, Les Misérables and The Sound of Music.
Screen work includes "Californication" (Showtime), Disney's "Out of the Box," "Jojo's Circus," "Criminal Minds," "Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU" and "Hope and Faith."
| Full given name: | Madeleine Martin |
| Where you were born/where you were raised: | New York, NY |
| What your parents did/do for a living: | College professors |
| Siblings: | Two older brothers |
| Special skills: | Lighting a match with one hand |
| Something you're REALLY bad at: | Hula hooping |
| First Broadway show you ever saw: | Phantom of the Opera |
| Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations when first starting out? | Minnie Mouse |
| If you could go back in time and catch any show, what would it be? | Gigi |
| Current or upcoming show other than your own you have been recommending to friends: | Matilda. My friend Tim wrote the music and lyrics. |
| Favorite showtune(s) of all time: | "Being Alive" from Company |
| Some favorite musicals: | Gigi and Carousel |
| Some favorite modern plays: | The Glass Menagerie and Our Town |
| Some favorite modern playwrights: | Simon Stephens and Martin McDonagh |
| Broadway or screen stars of the past you would most have loved to perform with: | Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire |
| Your personal acting idols, living or dead: | Amy Morton and Rondi Reed of Steppenwolf |
| The one performance — attended — that you will never forget: | Roundabout's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Douglas Hodge was mesmerizing. |
| Music that makes you cry, any genre: | When I was doing Harper Regan at Atlantic Theater Company I would listen to Coldplay to get me in the right state of mind for an emotional scene. |
| MAC or PC? | MAC |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "You Only Live Once" by The Strokes |
| Most-visited websites: | drumroller51.blogspot.com |
| Last book you read: | "Meditations on First Philosophy" |
| Must-see TV show(s): | "Sherlock" on BBC |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Les Enfants du Paradis" |
| Some films you consider classics: | All of John Hughes' movies |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | "Grandma" at The Big Apple Circus |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | Watching "New Girl" |
| Favorite cities: | New York, Vancouver and Portland. |
| First CD/Tape/LP you owned: | A disco compilation tape I bought when I was 8. My favorite song was "We Are Family." |
| Moment you knew you wanted to perform for a living: | I enjoyed getting laughs in The Sound of Music. |
| Favorite pre-/post- show meal: | Anytime I'm in a play I go to La Masseria. The frisée salad is my favorite. |
| Favorite liquid refreshment: | Cappuccino. I have a Nespresso machine in my dressing room. |
| Pre-show rituals or warm-ups: | I like to take a dance class, usually hip hop, before a show. |
| Worst flubbed line/missed cue/onstage mishap: | I was late for an entrance in August: Osage County because I was writing Valentines. |
| Craziest audition story: | I auditioned for a horror movie once where they tied me to a chair and told me to try to escape. I didn't get the part. |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? What edition? | I played a girl whose grandmother was poisoning her with mercury on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," and I was on the regular "Law & Order" twice: once playing a cancer patient and then a daughter of the murder victim. |
| Favorite screen/commercial gigs: | I did an episode of "Criminal Minds" that was a blast to work on mainly because Matthew Gray Gubler was directing. |
| What drew you to this project? | Sam Gold and Roundabout Theatre Company and William Inge |
| Most challenging role you have played: | I had to play a boy for one scene in The Pillowman. It required a lot of mental preparation. |
| Leading lady role you've been dying to play: | Emily Webb in Our Town. |
| Leading man role you wish you could play: | Hamlet |
| Something about you that surprises people: | My brother thinks he's Batman. |
| Career you would want if not a performer: | I'd own a flower shop. |
| Three things you can't live without: | My brothers and my best friend, Lindsay. |
| "I'll never understand why…" | … my brothers don't load the dish washer. |
| Words of advice for aspiring performers: | It's important to have other creative outlets to keep a level head as an actor. |
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