“Dad, 65, was on a TV show about aliens , then he had another hit series set in California . He has also made several movies such as in Return to Me (2000).”, — write: www.dailymail.co.uk
The 26-year-old attended the 2025 WWD Honors at Cipriani South Street, wearing a beige blazer with no shirt or bra underneath exposing quite a bit of flesh, which is the current trend.
Both her parents are well-known actors — her father, 65, was on a TV show about aliens, then he had another hit series set in California.
He has also made several movies such as in Return to Me (2000), Evolution (2001), Connie And Carla (2004) and The Joneses (2009).
Her mom, 59, is a star as well who came to fame playing a pushy but charismatic journalist, who went on to star in the movies in Deep Impact (1998), The Family Man (2000), Jurassic Park III (2001), and Fun with Dick And Jane (2005).
Her parents are divorced.
Now this young actress is doing well as an actress on her own and has already appeared in several projects like A Mouthful of Air, The Magicians and Saint X.
So, who is she?
She is Madelaine West Duchovny — the daughter of David Duchovny and Tea Leoni.
David, who is best known for his long-running TV series The X-Files, and Tea, who was on Madame Secretary, was married to Tea from 1997 to 2014.
Tea started dating 69-year-old Tim Daly in 2014 after meeting on the set of their show Madame Secretary and they wed in July of this year.
David began dating Monique Pendleberry in 2017 and they married in February 2025.
Madelaine has a brother named Kyd Miller Duchovny. Her paternal uncle is actor and director Daniel Duchovny.
Madelaine made her TV debut on season 11 of The X-Files with her dad and his costar Gillian Anderson.
She is best known for the film A Mouthful of Air, the SyFy series The Magicians, the Netflix series Painkiller, and the Hulu series Saint X.
After living her first ten years in Los Angeles, she moved with her family to New York City.
During her senior year of high school she performed in a staging of Slut: The Play to help a friend who was directing.
That led to her becoming interested in acting.
New York native David received his breakthrough with the role of Fox Mulder in The X-Files.
Another big role was as Hank Moody on the television series Californication (2007–2014).
He also executive-produced and starred in the historically based cop drama Aquarius (2015–2016).
His film work includes minor roles in Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991) and Beethoven (1992).
Also in 1992, he played Roland Totheroh in the biographical comedy-drama Chaplin with Robert Downey Jr.
In the 2000s, he starred in Return to Me with Minnie Driver (2000), Evolution with Orlando Jones (2001), Connie and Carla with Nia Vardalos (2004), House of D with Robin Williams (2004), and The Joneses with Demi Moore (2009).
Madelaine holds a B.A. in English literature from Princeton University, and an M.A. in English literature from Yale University.
Tea starred on the television sitcoms Flying Blind (1992–1993) and The Naked Truth (1995–1998).
Her breakthrough role was in the 1995 film Bad Boys, which led to leading parts in Deep Impact (1998), The Family Man (2000), Jurassic Park III (2001), Spanglish (2004), and Fun with Dick and Jane (2005).
Fun with Dick and Jane costarred Jim Carrey.
From 2014 to 2019, Leoni starred as Elizabeth McCord on the CBS drama series Madam Secretary.