Helena Howard on ‘Madeline’s Madeline’: ‘It attacks your senses’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
“It attacks your senses,” declares Helena Howard of “Madeline’s Madeline.” The young actress made her film debut in Josephine Decker’s experimental movie, and the role has generated ample buzz for Howard, including nominations from the Gotham Awards and Independent Spirit Awards.
Howard plays the titular Madeline, a young girl dealing with unspecified mental health issues and finds a vital outlet in acting. She is the youngest member of an experimental physical theater company, under the direction of a revered director Evangeline (Molly Parker). Evangeline mines the pain of her new muse Madeline to create her newest work, fueling tensions between the teen and her mother Regina (Miranda July).
SEEIndependent Spirit Awards nominations 2019: Full list of Spirit nominees in all categories
Director Josephine Decker discovered Howard at a teen arts festival and approached the actress after a moving performance of a monologue from David Harrower’s “Blackbird.” Not...
Howard plays the titular Madeline, a young girl dealing with unspecified mental health issues and finds a vital outlet in acting. She is the youngest member of an experimental physical theater company, under the direction of a revered director Evangeline (Molly Parker). Evangeline mines the pain of her new muse Madeline to create her newest work, fueling tensions between the teen and her mother Regina (Miranda July).
SEEIndependent Spirit Awards nominations 2019: Full list of Spirit nominees in all categories
Director Josephine Decker discovered Howard at a teen arts festival and approached the actress after a moving performance of a monologue from David Harrower’s “Blackbird.” Not...
- 12/17/2018
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
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