Maddie Phillips: Age, Nationality, Gen V Role, Pink Hair & More

You’ve seen the pink-haired student with the dangerous mind-control powers in Gen V and wondered who’s behind the performance. Maddie Phillips is the Canadian actress bringing Cate Dunlap to life, and her career path from teen Netflix comedies to the savage superhero satire of The Boys universe is a study in smart role transitions.

Born: September 6, 1994 ·
Age: 30 ·
Nationality: Canadian ·
Known for: Cate Dunlap in Gen V ·
Instagram followers: 448K

Eight biographical data points, one pattern: a career that moved steadily from Nickelodeon-adjacent Netflix series to darker, adult-oriented streaming content.

Is Maddie Phillips LGBTQ?

This question keeps surfacing in searches, and the short answer is that there is no information to confirm one way or the other.

Her personal life and privacy

• Phillips has never publicly stated her sexual orientation in any interview, social media post, or verified biographical source.
• Her Wikipedia entry contains no mention of relationships, partners, or orientation — a deliberate biographical gap that her editors have maintained since the page was created.

The catch: the very absence of information means that the most honest answer is “unknown.” No outlet — not IMDb, not Wikipedia, not the French, Spanish, or Indonesian language editions — has ever published a confirmed detail about her romantic life.

Her public identity and relationships

She keeps her Instagram profile (handle @themaddiep, 448K followers as of May 2025) focused on professional content: set photos, character stills, and promotional material. No partner is visible in her feed. The Indonesian Wikipedia entry notes her father is American and her mother is from London, but that’s the outermost layer of personal history she’s allowed into the public record (Wikipedia (Indonesian)).

What nationality is Maddie Phillips?

She’s wholly Canadian — born and raised, with a transcontinental childhood detour that adds texture to the story.

Place of birth: Vancouver, Canada

• Phillips was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 6, 1994 (IMDb (primary industry database)).
• She moved to Perth, Western Australia, at age 10 (IMDb).
• Her father is American, her mother is from London (Wikipedia (Indonesian)).

Current residence: Los Angeles, California

Like many Canadian actors working in the US industry, Phillips relocated to Los Angeles to pursue casting opportunities. She is listed as active in the US market, and her filmography since Project Mc2 (2015) has been entirely US-based productions, though she retains Canadian nationality. The French film database AlloCiné also lists her nationality unequivocally as Canadian (AlloCiné (French film database)).

The pattern: a Canadian passport, an American career, and an international upbringing that gave her an accent she has said confuses people who try to place her geographically.

How old is Maddie Phillips now?

This is one of the few questions with a fully confirmed, source-locked answer.

Date of birth: September 6, 1994

• Verifiable across Wikipedia, IMDb, and AlloCiné without discrepancy.
• Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Current age as of mid-2025

Thirty years old. She turned 30 on September 6, 2024. AlloCiné currently displays her age as 31, adjusting for the entry’s date, but the birth date itself is locked (AlloCiné).

Is Maddie Phillips in The Boys?

Yes — but only by cross-pollination. She’s a Gen V character who stepped into the mothership show.

Character: Cate Dunlap

• Phillips plays Cate Dunlap, a student at Godolkin University with the ability to compel people to obey her commands through touch (Wikipedia).
• Gen V is an Amazon Original spin-off set in the same universe as The Boys, produced by Eric Kripke and developed by Craig Rosenberg.

Connection between Gen V and The Boys crossing over

Phillips appeared as Cate Dunlap in The Boys Season 4 (2024). It is not a permanent cast addition — it’s a crossover episode that bridges the two series. The French Wikipedia entry confirms she was cast in the Gen V spin-off in 2022, and the series itself premiered in 2023 (Wikipedia (French)).

Why does Maddie Phillips have pink hair?

The pink hair is the single most asked question about her appearance — and the answer is both simple and frustratingly incomplete.

Character design for Cate Dunlap

• The pink hair is a confirmed character trait for Cate Dunlap in Gen V. It distinguishes her visually from the other lead students and signals a rebellious or non-conformist personality.
• A Toronto entertainment blogger reported seeing Phillips at the Gen V Season 2 premiere in Toronto wearing pink locks, suggesting the look is either her real hair colored or a very consistent wig (Mr. Will Wong (entertainment blog)).

Real-life hair choice

There is no public statement from Phillips about whether pink is her natural color preference or solely a character requirement. She does not address it in any known interview. The blog report at the Toronto premiere has medium confidence — the source is not a major outlet — but it is the only independent visual evidence available.

The implication: the pink hair works as an effective character device regardless of its real-world origin. It gives Cate Dunlap instant visual recall value in a crowded ensemble cast, and it forces viewers — and search engines — to ask the question that keeps Phillips’s face front of mind.

Who is the blonde girl in Gen V?

This question likely confuses Phillips’s pink hair with another character’s blonde look.

Identifying the blonde female characters in Gen V

• Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, has dark hair, not blonde.
• Emma Meyer (Lizze Broadway), also not blonde.
• The only recurring female character with light hair in the main cast is not Cate Dunlap — Phillips’s character has pink hair.

Phillips’s hair color and appearance

If a viewer is searching for “blonde girl” and finding Phillips, the confusion likely stems from older promotional images where lighting desaturated her pink hair to a peachy-blonde shade. Her confirmed hair for the role is pink.

The catch: this misdirected search actually works in Phillips’s favor. Every wrongly categorized “blonde” question that lands on her Wikipedia page or IMDb profile adds to her search visibility in the Gen V queries that matter most to casting directors.

What are Maddie Phillips’s movies and TV shows?

Her filmography is entirely television-based, with no theatrical film credits as of early 2025.

Filmography overview

• Project Mc2 (2015–2017, Netflix) — Devon D’Marco, a recurring role in the STEM-themed teen series (Wikipedia).
• Ghost Wars (2017–2018, Syfy) — Randeen, a supporting role in the supernatural drama (Wikipedia).
• Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020, Netflix) — Sterling Wesley, a lead role in the action-comedy series (Wikipedia).
• Gen V (2023–present, Amazon Prime Video) — Cate Dunlap, her breakout role and main claim to wider recognition (Wikipedia).
• The Boys (2024, Amazon Prime Video) — Cate Dunlap (crossover appearance, one episode) (Wikipedia).

Notable roles: a career arc

She moved from a Netflix series aimed at preteens (Project Mc2) to a Syfy genre show (Ghost Wars), then to a Netflix comedy with adult humor (Teenage Bounty Hunters), and finally to Amazon’s R-rated superhero satire (Gen V). That trajectory is a deliberate escalation in tone and target audience — and it mirrors what many young actors attempt but few execute without a gap.

“Phillips was selected in 2022 for an Amazon Original spin-off of The Boys titled Gen V.”

— Wikipedia (French)

“She began using the nickname Maddie at age six.”

— Wikipedia (Spanish)

Frequently asked questions

For someone whose career is still in its first decade, the data is clean: she has never had a film role, never been in a flop that cratered her momentum, and she chose the one spin-off that could vault her into mainstream recognition. The trade-off for that breakout is that her personal life stays off the record — and for a young actor navigating the post-streaming landscape, that might be the smartest move of all.