Madisyn Shipman

Madisyn Shipman
Born (2002-11-20) November 20, 2002
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 2015–present
Notable work Game Shakers

Madisyn Shipman (born November 20, 2002) is an American actress. Shipman is known for playing Kenzie Bell in the Nickelodeon sitcom Game Shakers.

Life and career

Shipman was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. When Madisyn was nine, she decided to start working with a talent agency which helped her land 3 different roles on Saturday Night Live.[1] She also appeared in the play Enron on Broadway in 2010.[2][3]

In 2015, she was cast in the lead role as Kenzie Bell, a girl who is one of the co-founders of the titular game company, in the Nickelodeon television series Game Shakers which is produced by Dan Schneider.[4][5]

Shipman has also been writing songs and playing guitar since she was 8.[6]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009–11 Saturday Night Live different characters 3 episodes
2010 Sesame Street Madisyn TV series, one episode
2012 Modern Love Maddie TV movie
2015 Geezer Salome Film
2015–present Game Shakers Kenzie TV series, main role
2015 The Peanuts Movie Violet Film; voice role[7][8]
2016 The Angry Birds Movie Jake Film; voice role

References

  1. "Featured Grad: Madisyn Shipman". AMTC.
  2. Rachek Lee Harris (February 21, 2010). "In the Wings". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. Marilyn Stasio (April 28, 2010). "Review: ‘Enron’". Variety. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  4. Elizabeth Wagmeister (July 7, 2015). "‘Kenan & Kel’ Alum Kel Mitchell to Return to Nickelodeon With New Sitcom ‘Game Shakers’". Variety. Retrieved 2016-04-13. ...new live-action sitcom “Game Shakers,” which follows two 12-year-old girls (Cree Cicchino and Madisyn Shipman) who start a multimillion-dollar gaming company...
  5. Dan Snierson (July 7, 2015). "Kel Mitchell returns to Nickelodeon to star in Game Shakers". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-04-14. Created by Dan Schneider (iCarly, Victorious), the show centers on a pair of 7th grade girls, Babe (Cree Cicchino) and Kenzie (Madisyn Shipman), who after creating a wildly successful mobile gaming app called Sky Whale start a company in Brooklyn called Game Shakers...
  6. "Madisyn Shipman". Dan Schneider.
  7. Peter Debruge (November 2, 2015). "Film Review: ‘The Peanuts Movie’". Variety. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  8. Annie Howard (September 28, 2015). "'The Peanuts Movie' Trailer #2". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-04-14.

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