Rebecca Mader

Not to be confused with Rebecca Marder.

Rebecca Leigh Mader (born 24 April 1977)^[1][2] is an English actress, best known for her roles as Charlotte Lewis in the ABC series Lost, and as Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Rebecca Mader
Rebecca Mader, May 2017
Born	Rebecca Leigh Mader (1977-04-24) 24 April 1977 (age 48) Cambridge, England
Occupation(s)	Actress, producer
Years active	2000–present
Spouses	Joseph Arongino (?–2008; div.) Marcus Kayne ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	2

Life and career

Mader was born in 1977 in Cambridge, England.^[1] She worked as a model in New York City for a year, appearing in adverts for L'Oréal, Colgate and Wella Hair. She began her television career on the ABC daytime soap operas All My Children as Morgan Gordon, and One Life to Live as Margaret Cochran.^[3] She also appeared on the soap opera Guiding Light in 2003.

Also in 2003, Mader began acting in films, with Mimic 3: Sentinel, a direct-to-DVD sequel. Hitch two years later, was her first theatrical release, albeit without a credit. In 2006 she had a small role in The Devil Wears Prada as Jocelyn, the assistant editor whose suggestion for a story about springtime floral prints draws a withering reply from Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestley.^[4]

Mader has made a number of guest appearances on television shows. In 2006, she had a series regular role on the short-lived Fox legal drama Justice. In 2008, Mader began starring as anthropologist Charlotte Lewis on ABC series Lost.^[5] She appeared in the show from 2008 to 2009 and in two episodes in 2010. In 2011, she had a recurring role on No Ordinary Family, and in 2012, she made a guest starring appearance on the Fox science-fiction series Fringe as Jessica Holt.^[6] Also in 2012, Mader starred in the short-lived ABC comedy series Work It.^[7]

In June 2013, Mader made her stage debut in the role of Barrie in the one-act comedy The Third Date at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.^[8]

In December 2013, Mader was cast as the Wicked Witch of the West, a new antagonist for the second half of the third season of Once Upon a Time.^[9] She also made guest appearances during the second half of the fourth season and was later promoted to a series regular for the fifth and sixth seasons.^[10] In May 2017, Mader announced that she would not be returning for the seventh season of the show due to a creative decision by the showrunners.^[11] However, in September 2017, it was announced that Mader would be reprising her role as Zelena in a recurring capacity for the second half of the seventh season.^[12] In all, she made seven appearances in the seventh season, including the series finale "Leaving Storybrooke".

In May 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in California, Mader created the "At Home with Sean and Bex" interview series on YouTube with Once Upon a Time co-star Sean Maguire.^[13]

Personal life

Mader's first husband was businessman Joseph Arongino. They divorced in 2008.^[14]

On 29 December 2014, Mader announced her engagement to producer Marcus Kayne.^[15] The two were married on 23 November 2016^[16] and she gave birth to their first child in 2019.^[17] Mader announced the birth of her second child in 2021^{[citation needed]}.

Filmography

Mader at Magic City Comic Con in January 2015

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Mimic 3: Sentinel	Carmen	Direct-to-video
	Replay	Belinda Brown
2005	Hitch	Uncredited Cameo
2006	The Devil Wears Prada	Jocelyn
2007	Great World of Sound	Pam
2008	The Rainbow Tribe	Mrs. Murray
2008	Into the East	Felicity Young
2009	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Debora Wilton
2010	Ceremony	Esme Ball
	The Big Bang	Zooey Wigner
2011	Cougars, Inc.	Mary
2013	Iron Man 3	Sweat shop agent
2014	It's Gawd!	Holly

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Madigan Men	Kim	Episode: "Bachelors"
2001	Third Watch	Mandy	Episode: "Exposing Faith"
2003	All My Children	Morgan Gordan	Series regular; 17 episodes
	Fastlane	Nicole Martin	Episode: "Monster"
	Guiding Light	Tony's Mystery Woman	2 episodes
2004	One Life to Live	Margaret Cochran	Series regular
	Samantha: An American Girl Holiday	Aunt Cornelia	TV film
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Melanie Ferris	Episode: "The Abominable Showman"
	Stella	Pretty Girl	Episode: "Meeting Girls"
	Starved	Puma Girl / Heather	Episodes: "Pilot", "3D"
2006	Conviction	Hannah	Episode: "Breakup"
	Love Monkey	Grace	3 episodes
2006–2007	Justice	Alden Tuller	Main role
2007	Mr. and Mrs. Smith	Jordan	TV pilot
	Private Practice	Leslie	Episodes: "In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl from Somewhere Else"
2008–2010	Lost	Charlotte Lewis	Main role (seasons 4–5); starring (season 6)
2009	Ring of Deceit	Madison Byrne	TV film
2010	Law & Order: LA	Rebecca Townley	Episode: "Pasadena"
2011	Second City This Week	Celebrity Guest	Episode: "Pilot"
	No Ordinary Family	Victoria Morrow	Recurring role
	Covert Affairs	Franka	Episode: "Half a World Away"
	Friends with Benefits	Ariel	Episode: "The Benefit of Avoiding the Mindbanger"
	Alphas	Griffin	Episode: "Blind Spot"
2012	Work It	Grace Hudson	Main role
	Fringe	Jessica Holt	Episodes: "Brave New World: Part 1", "Brave New World: Part 2"
	White Collar	Abigail Kincaid	Episode: "Honour Among Thieves"
	30 Rock	Super Hot Lady	Episode: "My Whole Life Is Thunder"
2013	Drop Dead Diva	Mistress Robin	Episode: "Jane's Secret Revealed"
2014	Warehouse 13	Lisa Da Vinci	Episode: "Endless Terror"
	Blue Bloods	Tori Parsons	Episode: "Most Wanted"
2014–2018	Once Upon a Time	Zelena Wicked Witch of the West	Recurring role (seasons 3–4, 7); main role (seasons 5–6)
2015	Hawaii Five-0	Nicole Booth	Episode: "Ua'aihue"
2023	Fire Country	Faye Stone	Recurring role (Season 1)

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Aim High	Miss Walker	4 episodes