Myrtle Simmons (daughter-in-law; both versions of Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Nikki Grady-Simmons (adopted; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Relatives
Marilyn 'Madam' DeVille (Great granddaughter)
Fatima Wilson(granddaughter)
Helen McCarter (granddaughter; both versions of Diary of Mad Black Woman)
Jackie (granddaughter; Madea's Family Reunion The Play)
Gina (granddaughter)
Vianne (granddaughter; I Can Do Bad All By Myself The Play)
Maylee (granddaughter; I Can Do Bad All By Myself The Play)
Lisa (granddaughter; Madea's Family Reunion The Play)
Tina (granddaughter; Madea's Family Reunion The Play)
Darlene (granddaughter; Madea's Farewell)
Laura (granddaughter; A Madea Homecoming)
Ellie (granddaughter; A Madea Homecoming)
Robin (granddaughter; Madea's Farewell)
Charles McCarter (grandson-in-law)
Orlando (grandson-in-law)
Keisha (great-granddaughter)
Shemar (great-granddaughter)
Malik (great-grandson; Madea's Farewell)
Titi (great-granddaughter; Madea's Farewell)
Timothy (great-grandson; A Madea Homecoming)
Ruby (aunt; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Vickie (niece)
Shirley (niece; Madea's Big Happy Family)
Angela (niece)
Eileen Murphy (niece; A Madea Christmas The Film)
Sonny (nephew; Madea Goes to Jail The Play)
Brian (nephew; films)
Donna (niece; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Victoria Breaux (niece; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Vianne (niece; A Madea Family Funeral)
Isaac (nephew; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Anthony (nephew-in-law; A Madea Family Funeral)
Mike (grandnephew)
Tiffany (grandniece; films)
BJ (grandnephew; films)
Lisa Breaux (grandniece; Madea's Family Reunion The Movie)
Vanessa Breaux-Henderson (grandniece; Madea's Family Reunion The Movie)
Nima (great-grandniece)
Jonathan (great-grandnephew)
AJ (grandnephew; A Madea Family Funeral)
Silvia (grandniece; A Madea Family Funeral)
Jesse (grandnephew; A Madea Family Funeral)
Jason (grandnephew-in-law; Madea's Big Happy Family The Play)
Calvin (grandnephew-in-law; Madea's Big Happy Family The Film) and has acted with Eddie Murphy in one of the madea films
Harold (grandnephew-in-law; Madea's Big Happy Family)
Will (grandnephew-in-law)
Carol (grandniece-in-law)
Lacey Murphy (grandniece; A Madea Christmas The Film)
Kimberly (grandniece; Madea's Big Happy Family The Film)
Tammy (grandniece; Madea's Big Happy Family The Play)
Byron (great-grandnephew; Madea's Big Happy Family)
H.J. (great-grandnephew; Madea's Big Happy Family The Film)
Will (great-grandnephew; Madea's Big Happy Family The Film)
C.J. (great-grandnephew; Madea's Big Happy Family The Film)
Sarah (cousin; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
May (cousin; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Pete (cousin; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Isaac Sr. (cousin; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Grover (cousin; Madea's Family Reunion The Film)
Aunt Bam (cousin; both plays and films)
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]
