[2] As an actor Madhan has appeared in New Zealand television shows including the comedy / drama series Rude Awakenings (2006).
[3] She spent three years from 2007 in the role of Shanti in New Zealand's longest-running television drama and soap opera series Shortland Street.
[1] Madhan had guest roles in the New Zealand crime drama series The Blue Rose in 2012, and Agent Anna II in 2014.
[10] In 2018 Madhan directed Julia Croft in the play Power Ballad that toured New Zealand, Australia and parts of the United Kingdom.
[17][18] She said of programming HEtheyShe by non-binary BIPOC (Māori/Samoan) poet Cypris Afakasi and Arts Laureate Moe Laga:“I’m a strong believer that artists do an important and specific job.