The Daughter From Everybody Loves Raymond Grew Up To Be Gorgeous
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Get ready for a throwback to the late 1990s and early 2000s! Back then, “Everybody Loves Raymond” was one of the hottest shows on television. The sitcom was centered on sports writer Ray Barone and his family. The show entertained audiences for nine seasons, wrapping up in 2005. During its run, the show racked up more than 200 awards and nominations, including an impressive 15 Emmy wins.
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It’s been a while since a new episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond” aired, but that doesn’t mean fans have forgotten the iconic show or its characters. One of the show’s most memorable cast members was Madylin Sweeten, the actress who played the main character’s daughter, Ally Barone. Born in 1991, Sweeten was just 5 years old when the show first debuted in 1996. How has she been doing since the show ended?
She got her start in pageants
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Before she became a beloved child star, the precocious Madylin Sweeten was winning over hearts in beauty pageants when she was a little girl. She was pretty successful, too, racking up more than 40 trophies in just a year and a half of competing. She started at the local level in her hometown of Brownwood, Texas. Sweeten did so well that she quickly moved past the local level and was eventually awarded the national title of “Our Little Miss.”
According to her mom, Sweeten was an unstoppable contestant. “She would win and win,” she told Pageantry. “She would talk to the judges, while the other kids were pretty shy.” Her success in pageants was an indicator of bigger things to come. At the age of 4, Sweeten landed her first television role in “A Promise To Carolyn,” a CBS film. That same year, she made her debut as Ally Barone on “Everybody Loves Raymond.”
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No, she’s not related to Jodie Sweetin
Those who think the name “Sweeten” sounds familiar might be quick to connect the dots to Jodie Sweetin, another adorable blonde sitcom star who is famous for her role as Stephanie Tanner on “Full House.” Whether or not Sweeten and Sweetin are related is a topic that comes up a fair amount on online forums, and there’s enough curiosity about it that it has even merited its own disambiguation page on Wikipedia.
While it would undoubtedly make for a fun ’90s trivia question if Sweeten were related to the “Full House” star, there’s no known connection between the two of them beyond starring in two of the decade’s most popular sitcoms. Sweetin’s name is even spelled slightly different from Sweeten’s. It’s still a pretty interesting coincidence that such a rare name, albeit one spelled differently, took over the airwaves around the same time, though. What are the odds?
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But she IS related to her on-screen brothers
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While Madylin Sweeten might not be related to Jodie Sweetin, there are celebs in her immediate family. Her on-screen twin brothers, Michael Barone and Geoffrey Barone, were played by her actual brothers, twins Sawyer Sweeten and Sullivan Sweeten. The three of them spent a lot of time together growing up since they were together at work and at home, although Madylin Sweeten appeared in more episodes than her younger brothers. Over the nine years that “Everybody Loves Raymond” was on air, Sweeten was in 206 out of 210 episodes, while her brothers appeared in 142.
Sweeten’s brothers pretty much grew up on the show. Born in 1995, they were just a year old when “Everybody Loves Raymond” first aired. Fortunately, they had their big sis around to show them the ropes. Not only was Sweeten already familiar with fame by the time the twins were walking and talking, she also would have been able to help them memorize their lines. Sweeten told Pageantry that memorizing her lines was “not a problem.” The skill came so easily to her that she often memorized her “Everybody Loves Raymond” castmates’ lines as well!
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