Early life

Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas, to Timothy Lynn Sweeten and Elizabeth Anne Millsap. Sweeten has younger, twin brothers, Sullivan and the late Sawyer, who played her twin brothers Geoffrey and Michael Barone on the sitcom. Sweeten comes from a family of nine children. The names of rest of her siblings are Claudia, Maysa, Emma, Guiliana, Elliette and Jaymeson. The family now lives in Southern California.

Career

Sweeten began her acting career by attending the Kay Scott School of Performing Arts in San Saba, Texas, at age 3. While attending Kay Scott, Sweeten, at age four, was cast in the television movie A Promise to Carolyn. From there, she went on to book several commercials in Dallas. Madylin also captured the title of World's Universal Beauty, a title that is part of the oldest children's scholarship competition called "Our Little Miss". Later that year, she auditioned for several television pilot roles in Los Angeles and was discovered by producers of Everybody Loves Raymond. Sweeten played Ally Barone, the eldest child and only daughter of Raymond and Debra Barone for nine seasons, starting in 1996, until the show's end in 2005.

While building her television career, Sweeten has also been involved in several feature films. These include, The Christmas Path, A Dog of Flanders, a voice-over on Toy Story 2 and the critically acclaimed film and winner of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, American Splendor.

In 2008, she played a small role as a co-worker of Jerry's in Eagle Eye.

Since 2013, she made appearances in shorts and independent films.

Personal life

Her hobbies are playing guitar and singing.

Filmography

[ Source: Wikipedia ]