Born: September 16, 1985

Fans of 1990s prime-time sitcoms will invariably remember actress Madeline Zima as the sugar-sweet, angelic Grace, six-year-old daughter of British theatrical producer Maxwell Sheffield (Charles_Shaughnessy), on the Fran_Drescher series comedy The_Nanny. In fact, when Zima landed that part, she had already tackled child roles in features as diverse as The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992) and Mr._Nanny (1993). The Drescher series, of course, represented Zima's breakthrough, and by the late '90s, the young actress (who remained with the sitcom cast for all six seasons, until it wrapped in 1999) had blossomed into a starkly beautiful teenager. She branched out into more adult-oriented material with an uncanny portrayal of the young Lucille_Ball in the telemovie Lucy (2003), then returned to series programs with a regular role on the quirky David_Duchovny-headlined Showtime comedy drama Californication (2007). Nathan Southern, Rovi

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