Madeleine Mantock

Madeleine Mantock (born 26 May 1990) is a British actress. She is known for her television work on the series Into the Badlands[1] and a remake of the series The Tomorrow People.[2] Since 2018, she has appeared in the lead role of witch Macy Vaughn on The CW series Charmed.

Madeleine Mantock
Mantock at San Diego Comic-Con in 2018
Born (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990
Nottingham, England, UK
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Early life and education

Mantock is of Afro-Caribbean heritage and white.[3] She attended Arts Educational Schools, London where she obtained her BA in Musical Theatre.[4]

Career

Mantock primarily works in television, starring as main character Scarlett Conway in Casualty, before she graduated drama school.[4] She was part of the series for 36 episodes from 2011 to 2012. She then appeared on Lee Nelson's Well Funny People in 2013, before moving to the United States to be a main character, Astrid, on The Tomorrow People, which was canceled after one season. She then played the small role of Julie in the film, Edge of Tomorrow. In 2015 she was cast in a main role, Veil, on AMC's Into the Badlands. Her character for Into the Badlands has received positive response.[5]

Mantock then had a role in the 2017 film, Breaking Brooklyn, and filmed her main role in Age Before Beauty. In March 2018, she was cast in the lead role of Macy Vaughn in The CW's fantasy drama series Charmed, a reboot of the 1998 series of the same name. The reboot centers on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches.[6]

In 2018 she appeared in the supporting role of Miss Clara in the BBC adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel The Long Song, set in nineteenth century colonial Jamaica.

Filmography
Year Work Role Notes
2011–12 Casualty Scarlett Conway Regular role
2013 Lee Nelson's Well Funny People Miss Summers
2013–14 The Tomorrow People Astrid Finch Main role
2014 Edge of Tomorrow Julie
2015–17 Into the Badlands Veil Main role; seasons 1–2
2016 The Truth Commissioner Laura
2017 Breaking Brooklyn Faith Bryant
2018 Age Before Beauty Lorelei
2018–present Charmed Macy Vaughn Main role
2018 The Long Song Miss Clara

References
  1. "Veil". AMC. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. Highfill, Samantha (6 November 2013). "'The Tomorrow People': Madeleine Mantock on romance, Jedekiah's boss". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. @missmads (5 July 2018). "I am Afro-Caribbean and Caucasian. The internet is wrong about a lot of things!" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  4. "Madeleine Mantock". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  5. "The Carcosa Interview: Madeleine Mantock Talks Into the Badlands - Black Nerd Problems". blacknerdproblems.com. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. Roots, Kimberly (March 5, 2018). "Charmed: Madeleine Mantock Set as Third and Final Sister in CW Reboot". TVLine. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
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