Calvin (grandnephew-in-law) and has acted with Eddie Murphy in one of the madea films
Harold (grandnephew-in-law)
Will (grandnephew-in-law)
Carol (grandniece-in-law)
Lacey Murphy (grandniece)
Kimberly (grandniece)
Tammy (grandniece)
Byron (great-grandnephew)
H.J. (great-grandnephew)
Will (great-grandnephew)
C.J. (great-grandnephew)
Sarah (cousin)
May (cousin)
Pete (cousin)
Isaac Sr. (cousin)
Grover (cousin)
Aunt Bam (cousin)
Mabel "Madea" Earlene Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. She is portrayed as a tough, street-smart elderly African-American woman.[1]
Madea is based on Perry's mother and his aunt. In Perry's own words, Madea is "exactly the PG version of my mother and my aunt, and I loved having an opportunity to pay homage to them. She would beat the hell out of you but make sure the ambulance got there in time to make sure they could set your arm back because the love was there inside all of it."[2]
The Madea films and plays are comedies, but all contain serious themes and are intended to deliver moral messages about issues such as infidelity, spousal abuse and consequences of one's actions.
Madea also appears outside of her movie universe in two sketches on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in one occasion as the White House Press Secretary and the second cameo as herself, always aside Fallon's impression of then president Donald Trump.[3][4]