Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Madison began acting at just two weeks of age, appearing mostly in television commercials for the first few years.

She gained wider acclaim for starring in the war drama film Brothers (2009), for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.

Madison went on to star in a number of horror and thriller films, beginning with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), gaining a reputation as a scream queen.

Bailee Madison was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,[3][4] to Patricia Riley (nee Williams) and Daniel Hotte.

She starred alongside Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce, portraying the role of Sally Hurst, a lonely withdrawn child who is sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend.

[10] In 2015, she began playing Grace Russell, the daughter of Cassie Nightingale, in the Hallmark series Good Witch.

[14][15] In 2021, Madison played the female lead in a teen Christian musical drama, A Week Away, alongside Kevin Quinn.