Maddie Atkins

* Adult
* Young

**Maddie Atkins** is a character in Netflix's *Ginny & Georgia*. She is portrayed by Kelly McCormack, while her teenage counterpart is portrayed by Sarah Abbott.

## History

### Background

Maddie is the daughter of Ed Atkins and Daisy Atkins, and the younger half-sister of Georgia. Together, they grew up in a trailer park in Alabama, close to the border between Alabama and Georgia.

As a result of Ed’s abuse and Daisy’s issues with substance abuse, Georgia mainly looked out for Maddie, leading to them ending up in a lot of risky situations with no adult supervision together. Maddie mentioned going to high school, and being a cheerleader, before being expelled.

Although not seen or mentioned when Georgia lived in the trailer park in Alabama or when she left, Maddie shows up when Georgia started working in a hotel in New Orleans and ran a poker ring in it. Initially, she lets Maddie stay with her, until Maddie almost lets Ginny drown when alone in a hotel room, pushing Georgia to kick her out, claiming she can’t support to look after Maddie anymore. Maddie is angered by this, and before leaving takes all the money from the poker ring with her.

Maddie reveals that somewhere after Georgia left her parents in Alabama, Maddie’s father started abusing her instead.

## Throughout The Series

### Season 1

Maddie first appears whilst sitting in Blue Farm, and MANG mocks her fashion style. It isn’t long until Maddie notices Ginny has a Southern accent, and asks her about it.

Maddie surprises Georgia by going to her house late at night, and awaiting her in the living room, in the dark. When Ginny returns home from the Halloween party, Georgia tries to introduce her and her son, Caleb, to her, but Ginny is angered at the revelation of Georgia having more family she never knew about, and storms off.

When Georgia returns home, she catches Maddie cooking a dish that they used to eat when growing up. Georgia asks her why she’s here and how she found them, and Maddie explains that she simply missed Georgia and found out through the viral video of Hunter’s song for Ginny. When Georgia sees Austin and Maddie’s son Caleb bonding together, Georgia decides to eat with them. Later that night, Maddie gives Georgia some family photos, which Georgia is happy about, until she sees a photo of their parents, which triggers her and leads her to hiding the pictures.

Georgia and Maddie decide to hang out at Blue Farm, where they talk about the past, and they also talk with Joe. Maddie seems to notice something between Georgia and Joe, but Georgia laughs it off. They all start dancing to a song when the restaurant is empty.

Joe takes Georgia and a drunk Maddie home, and both of them help Maddie get into bed. When Georgia sees Maddie’s phone, she can’t help but open it and, to her surprise, she finds out Maddie is only here to help PI Gabriel gather information about Georgia and her past, in exchange for money. Georgia is upset about this.

The following day, Georgia demands Maddie and Caleb leave. When Maddie starts a confrontation, Georgia urges everyone to leave. Georgia tells Maddie she gave her twice the amount of money the PI was going to give her, and tells her to go. Maddie gets angry, and tells Georgia that it’s not about the money, but that Maddie makes Georgia think of her father, who abused her. Georgia seemingly gets triggered by this, but Maddie reveals that she knew how it feels, because she tells her that after Georgia left, he did the same to her. Not knowing how to respond to this, Georgia tells Maddie to simply leave because of traffic. Maddie takes Caleb and they go away, but not before Maddie angrily exclaims that Georgia is still as selfish as before in front of Ginny and Austin.

## Personality

Maddie is witty, sarcastic and in a lot of ways the polar opposite of Georgia when it comes to not only her personality, but also her look, interests and how she views her background and home in Alabama. She has a strong Southern accent, similar to Georgia. Unlike Georgia, she still keeps in touch with their parents and looks back fondly on their upbringing, despite the abuse and trouble they went through.

Although Maddie claims she returned to Georgia’s life because she missed her, it is later revealed she went to Georgia only because PI Gabriel Cordova ordered her to in exchange for money, exposing her sneaky, insincere side. This is also seen when Maddie stole all of Georgia’s money from the poker ring back in New Orleans, after Georgia sent her away after Maddie having almost let Ginny drown in a hotel room, and Maddie seems to harbor a lot of anger for Georgia after the latter instance and being forced to go.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Caleb Atkins

Caleb is Maddie’s son. Not much is known about their relationship, other than that Maddie seems to care for him and she takes him with her when visiting Georgia.

#### Georgia Miller

Georgia is Maddie’s older half-sister, and they have a bit of a rocky relationship. Growing up, Georgia mainly looked out for Maddie, due to their parents’ neglect. When Georgia ran away from home when she was 14 years old, Maddie eventually returned to her life a few years later when she was living in New Orleans, but Georgia kicked her out for her irresponsible behavior compared with the fact that she couldn’t afford to take care of her along with Ginny. Maddie holds a lot of resentment towards Georgia for this, and is angry at Georgia for leaving her to fend for herself and distance herself from Maddie.

#### Ginny Miller

Ginny is Maddie’s half-niece. Although Ginny is initially put off by her for her style and because of the fact Georgia never told her she has a half-sister, she eventually gets to know Maddie a lot better after a few days and even bonds with her along with Austin and Maddie’s son Caleb. But after Georgia tells Maddie to leave, Ginny didn’t seem affected by it.

#### Austin Miller

Austin is Maddie’s half-nephew. Maddie and Georgia notice that Austin and Maddie’s son Caleb get along, and it reminds them of their own childhood memories.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* *Boo, Bitch*
* *I'm Triggered*