Madylin Anne-Michele Sweeten (born June 21, 1991) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Alexandra "Ally" Barone on the popular family sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005). Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, the eldest of four children born to Timothy Lynn "Tim" Sweeten and Elizabeth Anne Gini (Millsap). She is the sister to Sawyer Sweeten. Madylin Anne-Michele Sweeten is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Alexandra "Ally" Barone on the popular family sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005). Sweeten is the eldest of four children born to Timothy Lynn "Tim" Sweeten and Elizabeth Anne Gini (Millsap). Her younger siblings include her sister Maysa Sweeten and twin brothers, Sawyer Sweeten and Sullivan Sweeten, and, by her mother's remarriage to Jerry Gini, she has four half-sisters, Elliette Gini, Emma Gini, Guiliana Gini, and Jaymeson Gini.