May Theodora Benben- Who is Madeleine Stowe’s daughter?

May Theodora Benben is the daughter of Madeleine Stowe. May Theodora Benben’s mother is an American actress. She is known for her breakthrough role in the 1987 crime-comedy film Stakeout. She also starred in films including Revenge, Unlawful Entry, The Last of the Mohicans, Blink, and 12 Monkeys. She won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress with Short Cuts.

May Theodora Benben: Bio Summary

How old is Madeleine Stowe’s daughter?

May Theodora Benben is the only daughter of Madeleine Stowe and Brian Benben. She was born in 1996 in the United States of America. May Theodora is 28 years old as of 2024. The actress revealed she started to change when her daughter was born. She told the Tampa Bay Times

“When I had my child, at first I didn’t know how to talk to her the way I thought would be interesting. I felt myself being censored. And afterward you sort of let go of all that, and it’s okay.” She revealed that she had no idea how to communicate with girls at all and never learned how to be a “girls’ girl. However, all this changed when she had her daughter, May.

Stowe and her husband Benben tied the knot in 1982 in a beautiful wedding ceremony in the presence of their friends, families, and loved ones. The couple first met on the set of a movie they starred in together, The Gangster Chronicles. They dated for a about year before they tied the knot.

May Theodora’s parents have been married for more than 40 years and counting. May Theodora Benben lives with her parents in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. Talking about how she met her husband Brian Benben the actress told Tampa Bay Time,-

“He’s a wild man, I was totally turned on to that because I was this little mouse, and I couldn’t understand why somebody this vibrant would pay any attention to me. He was constantly doing things to get my attention, and that’s the most flattering thing in the world.“

Who is Madeleine Stowe’s husband?

Madeleine Stowe’s husband, Brian Benben is also an American actor. He gained popularity for his role as Martin Tupper in the HBO comedy television series Dream On, as Larry in I Come in Peace (1990), and also as Sheldon Wallace in the ABC medical drama Private Practice.

In 1978, Madeleine Stowe got her first role in an episode in the police drama series Baretta. She went on to do different TV works with guest appearances on The Amazing Spider-Man, Barnaby Jones, and Little House on the Prairie. In 1978, she played a leading role as Mary in the television movie, The Nativity (1978).

May Theodora Benben’s mother, Stowe appeared in her first breakthrough role in the feature film Stakeout with Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez. The film debuted at No.1 at the box office.

After the birth of May Theodora Benben her mother’s onscreen appearances became increasingly rare as the actress became much focused on being a mother. She later stated in an interview: “I never thought, ‘I’m retiring,’ but I didn’t feel that ‘thing’ revving in me. I was much more focused on May. It was frustrating at times, but now I see how she’s turned out, I wouldn’t have it any other way.“

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Although May Theodora Benben’s father, Brian’s first national exposure was in the 1981 NBC miniseries-then-series The Gangster Chronicles,  in which he met her mother, Benben is perhaps best known for his leading role in the 1990–96 HBO television series, Dream On. He played a “by the book” FBI agent in the 1990 film Dark Angel (known in the U.S. as I Come in Peace).