Californication Insider

Played by: Madeleine Martin

Occupation: Middle School student

Signature look: Gothic/punk. Long dark hair with straight bangs, black eyeliner, and dark clothes.

Personality: Quiet, intelligent and insightful. She inherited her father’s truthfulness and kindness and both of her parents love of music.

Becca’s backstory: Becca was born in New York City, but moved to Los Angeles, California around age nine or ten. Shortly after, her parents split up and she went to live with her mother and her mother’s new boyfriend, Bill Gross, and his daughter, Mia.

VIRTUES AND VICES

Moral values: Kindness and helping out those in need

Vices(s): Occasionally cursing

Regret(s): Her mom and dad breaking up.

Personal Goal(s): Becoming a kick ass rockstar.

MADELEINE MARTIN as Becca

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Eye Color: Brown

Education: School of American Ballet

Actor Bio:
Madeleine Martin captured Broadway’s attention when, at age seven, she starred in the Broadway National Tour of The Sound of Music, with Richard Chamberlain. At the age of ten, she received rave reviews for her performance in the title role of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Her performance was so heartbreakingly stunning that she was invited to be the youngest presenter in its history at the 2003 Tony® Awards. Next, Martin starred in Martin McDonough’s The Pillowman. The New York Times Arts & Leisure section profiled her at the age of 12. In 2008, Martin won the National Youth Theater Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Jean Fordham” in the Tony®- and Pulitzer® Prize-winning play August: Osage County. Martin spent four seasons as the voice of “JoJo” on Disney’s animated television series JoJo’s Circus. She has guest starred on Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hope & Faith and Saturday Night Live. An accomplished dancer, she has performed with the world-renowned New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center in Christopher Wheeldon’s Scenes de Ballet, as well as Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Nutcracker. She is a student at the School of American Ballet.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Movies:
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (variety of voices) 2006

TV Shows:
Californication (Becca) 2007
Feeling Good with JoJo (Voice JoJo’s) 2006
Hope & Faith (Ivana Charles) 2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (April) 2004
Disney’s “Out of the Box” (series regular)
JoJo’s Circus (Voice JoJo’s) 2003
Law & Order (Annie) 2003

Stage:
Broadway: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A Christmas Carol (MSG),Pillowman.
Broadway/national tours: Les Misérables, The Sound of Music.
Dance: NYCB’s The Nutcracker (Polichinelle), Sleeping Beauty (NYCB).

Big break:
Madeleine Martin was the youngest presenter in history at the 2003 Tony® Awards.

Best-known character: Californication (Becca)