Madison Daniel has been singing and acting since birth and is now living her dream in sunny Los Angeles.  At just 20 years old, Madison has already scored some mega roles, including her recent stint playing Hugo Weaving’s daughter in the Aussie drama Seven Types of Ambiguity.

“I was in LA when my Australian manager called me and said that the casting director for ABC really liked my work,” the Peninsula resident says. “I filmed a scene for her to watch that wasn’t for any particular project so I just had fun with it. About a week later my manager called me again and said, ‘Hey, you’ve got this role on a new ABC series playing Hugo Weaving’s daughter’.”

Luckily, the show’s filming schedule lined up with her planned trip home, and soon after touching back down in Melbourne Madison was shooting alongside superstars like Hugo and Xavier Samuel.  “Hugo is such a cool and interesting character in himself so it was awesome to call him ‘Dad’.”

Since the series wrapped up, Madison has returned to LA and is busy auditioning around the city for such producers as Leonardo DiCaprio and Kevin James, and offices such as Warner Bros, Paramount and Fox.  “I’m really getting into comedy as I’ve always enjoyed auditioning for Disney and Nickelodeon. My plan is to be cast in a CW Network teen series,” she says. “I’m also writing (music) every day and working with producers creating new songs and filming music videos.”

Madison’s family have been nothing but supportive of her dream; her grandfather was a “musical genius” who taught her piano and music theory, and her auntie is a singer. “Hands down my biggest inspiration comes from my family and I’m learning more and more each day how important their support, spirit and guidance has been for me to manifest what I want to achieve, be myself at whatever cost and believe that I can do anything that I set my mind to.”

So, besides her family, what does Madison miss most about home?  “The non-LA traffic - it seriously sucks. I miss driving too; I take on average 28 Ubers a week! I also miss not being across the road from the beach instead of travelling 30 minutes to an hour to Santa Monica or Venice.”

A self-professed ‘Hannah Montana’ who’s got the best of both worlds, Madison loves travelling between Australia and the US to pursue her goals. Stay tuned, folks!