Madeline Brewer: Here are top 5 facts about our beloved Janine from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Madeline Brewer is an American actress, born on May 1, 1992, in Pitman, New Jersey, to parents Mark and Laurie Brewer.
The actress rose to popularity with the series ‘Orange is the New Black’ which has an Emmy Award to it’s name, as well as with her character Miranda Cates in ‘Hemlock Grove’.
Madeline gained mainstream recognition by starring in the Netflix horror movie ‘Cam’, as the lead protagonist Alice/Lola.
The actress who currently stars in Hulu’s dystopian tragedy series ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, playing our beloved Janine, has had an amazing journey as an artist and here’s an insight into it, right from her life beginning to her dream portrayal on-screen.
#1 Personal life
Madeline was born and brought up in Pitman, New Jersey by her parents Laurie and Mark, who was an actor and a musician. Having graduated from New York’s American Musical and Dramatic Academy, she was honoured with the title ‘Miss Pitman’ in 2010.
#2 Television debut
Brewer went ahead to get inspired by her actor father, to land herself her first television role with the Emmy Award winning series ‘Orange is the New Black’, as Patricia Miller. She starred in the series in 2013 for seven episodes after which she proceeded to feature in ‘Hemlock Grove’ as Miranda Cates in 2014.
#3 Back to normal routine
The actress would work as a waitress while on her normal job routine before entering the world of television. Even after bagging a critically acclaimed, award winning movie, she didn’t let anything take over her and went back to her job not knowing that she would ever secure herself another film or series after wrapping up with ‘Hemlock Grove’.
#4 Multi-talented
Besides her forte in acting, Madeline makes for a great singer as well. Only a few might know, that besides being a talented actress, she is also a trained classical singer who has been into the study of musical theatre during her days in the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ gave her a chance to give the audience a glimpse of this talent too.
#5 Current and aspiring roles
Currently, Brewer is busy playing our popular Janine Lindo in Hulu’s dystopian tragedy series ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 4, in which she has starred since the very first season in 2017. A humorous yet troubled Janine aspires to play the fictional character Barbara Gordon, the batgirl who features alongside our batman, in a DC Comics upcoming film. A new Batman movie that stars Robert Pattinson in the lead is doing the rounds to be made soon. Well, if Madeline has a luck then we already know who our next batgirl will be!
Madeline Brewer is quite a versatile artist indeed, and we wish her all the luck for her future endeavours!
