Dora Madison Burge

{{Short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Dora Madison Burge | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date =  | birth_place = Hutto, Texas, U.S. | other_names = Madison Burge, Dora Madison | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2005–present }}

'''Dora Madison Burge''', sometimes credited professionally as '''Madison Burge''' and '''Dora Madison''', is an American actress. She is known for starring as Becky Sproles on the NBC/DirecTV drama ''Friday Night Lights'' from 2009 to 2011. She starred as Jessica "Chilli" Chilton on the NBC drama ''Chicago Fire'' from 2015 to 2016.

==Personal life== Burge was born in Hutto, Texas,<ref>Louma, S. (February 27, 2010), [http://movies.rightcelebrity.com/madison-burge-american-actress/1547 "Madison Burge: American Actress"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312195952/http://movies.rightcelebrity.com/madison-burge-american-actress/1547 |date=2011-03-12 }}, ''movies.rightcelebrity.com''.</ref> as the youngest of six children. She attended Round Rock Christian Academy and was accepted to the University of North Texas, but deferred to pursue an acting career.<ref name="Austin360">{{cite news |last=Roe|first=D. |url=http://www.austin360.com/tv/content/tv/stories/2009/08/0825madison.html |title=Hutto teen lands role in 'Friday Night Lights' After years acting in local productions, Madison Burge hits the big time." to film "Friday Night Lights |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=August 25, 2009}}</ref>

==Career== After appearing in a number of short films, in 2009, Burge made her television debut as Becky Sproles in the NBC/DirecTV drama ''Friday Night Lights'' in the fourth season until the show ended with the fifth season in 2011. According to a local interview, Burge said prior to being cast, she did not watch the show, but that did not limit her abilities when auditioning for the part as she was "so right on" for the role.<ref name="Austin360"/>

In 2011, Burge appeared in the religious sports drama ''Seven Days in Utopia'', and appeared as Lexi Samuels in three episodes of the first season of the ABC Family drama ''The Lying Game''.

Also in 2011, Burge appeared in the horror comedy ''Humans vs Zombies'', based on the live action role-playing game.

In 2012, Burge appeared in the family movie ''Cowgirls 'n Angels'' and actually performed some of the stunts on horseback.

In 2013, she appeared in another family movie ''My Dog Champion''.

In 2013, Burge appeared in My Jerusalem's music video "Mono". She also had a recurring role in the eighth and final season of the Showtime crime drama ''Dexter'' as Niki Walters, the daughter of Vince Masuka (C. S. Lee).

In 2014, Burge had a recurring role as Zoe in seven episodes of the short-lived CW science fiction romantic drama ''Star-Crossed'', which starred her former ''Friday Night Lights'' co-stars Aimee Teegarden and Grey Damon.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jean|last=Bentley|url=http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/the_cws_star-crossed_recruits_friday_night_lights_star_dora_madison_burge-2014-01|title=The CW's 'Star-Crossed' recruits 'Friday Night Lights' star Dora Madison Burge|work=Zap2It|date=January 29, 2014|accessdate=2015-11-03|archive-date=2014-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823033814/http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/the_cws_star-crossed_recruits_friday_night_lights_star_dora_madison_burge-2014-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> That same year, she played Dora in the Sasquatch horror film ''Exists'' directed by Eduardo Sánchez.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3329850/exists-clip-goes-behind-scenes-bigfoot-exclusive/|title='Exists' Clip Goes Behind-the-Scenes With Bigfoot! (Exclusive)|website=bloody-disgusting.com|date=28 January 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, Burge joined the cast of the NBC drama ''Chicago Fire'' (replacing Charlie Barnett who played Peter Mills) as Jessica "Chili" Chilton, the paramedic in charge in the third season. Burge was added to the main cast in the fourth season. In 2016, her character was written out of the show.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kate|last=Stanhope|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/chicago-fire-chili-exit-matt-885694|title='Chicago Fire' Boss Confirms Exit: There Are "No Plans for Chili to Come Back" |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 19, 2016|accessdate=2016-08-15}}</ref>

In 2017, she co-starred with James Van Der Beek as Karen in the short-lived Viceland sitcom ''What Would Diplo Do?''.

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film roles ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2005 | ''Dear Viddy'' | Hasna | Short film |- | 2006 | ''Jumping Off Bridges'' | Student | |- | rowspan="2" | 2007 | ''The Substitute'' | Student | Short film |- | ''Trick or Treat'' | Teen Girl #1 | Short film |- | rowspan="2" | 2009 | ''Wasting Away'' | | |- | ''One More Chance'' | | Short film |- | rowspan="3" | 2011 | ''The Man Who Never Cried'' | Janie | Short film |- | ''Seven Days in Utopia'' | Luke's Sister | |- | ''Humans vs. Zombies'' | Tommi | |- | 2012 | ''Cowgirls 'n Angels'' | Kansas | |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''Formosa TX'' | Mina | Short film |- | ''My Dog the Champion'' | Madison | |- | rowspan="3" | 2014 | ''Exists'' | Dora | |- | ''Lily and Lucille's Hip Creature'' | Emily Caruso | Short film |- | ''The Loft'' | Zoe Trauner | |- | rowspan="2" | 2015 | ''Erased'' | | Short film, voice role |- | ''Divine Access'' | Amber | |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 | ''Everybody Wants Some!!'' | Val | |- | ''Chee and T'' | Franco | |- | rowspan="4" | 2017 | ''Song to Song'' | Denise | |- | ''Night of the Babysitter'' | The Babysitter | |- | ''The Honor Farm'' | Laila | |- | ''Stars Are Already Dead'' | Law | |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | ''Bliss'' | Dezzy | |- | ''VFW'' | Gutter | |- |2022 |''Christmas Bloody Christmas'' | Lahna | |- |2023 |''Big Boys'' |Allie | |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television roles ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2009–2011 | ''Friday Night Lights'' | Becky Sproles | Series regular, 26 episodes <br/> Recurring cast (season 4) <br/> Main cast (season 5) |- | 2011 | ''The Lying Game'' | Lexi Samuels | Recurring role, 3 episodes |- | 2012 | ''Southland'' | Tracy Haywood | Episode: "Thursday" |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''Dexter'' | Niki Walters | Recurring role, 8 episodes |- | ''Ironside'' | | Episode: "Uptown Murders" |- | rowspan="3" | 2014 | ''Star-Crossed'' | Zoe | Recurring role, 7 episodes |- | ''Chicago P.D.'' | Alissa Martin/Jellybean Chilton* | Episode: "Call It Macaroni" |- | ''NCIS: New Orleans'' | Tilda | Episode: "The Recruits" |- | rowspan="2" | 2015–16 | ''Chicago Fire'' | rowspan="2" |Jessica “Chili” Chilton* | Series regular, 17 episodes <br/> Recurring cast (season 3) <br/> Main cast (season 4) |- | ''Chicago Med'' | Recurring role, 2 episodes |- | 2017 | ''What Would Diplo Do?'' | Karen | Series regular, 5 episodes |- | 2019 | ''Into the Dark'' | Marissa | Episode: "All That We Destroy" |}

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