 Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Timlin debuted on the big screen as Amy, a 14-year-old girl with diabetes, in the 2005 film "Derailed" alongside Clive Owen and Melissa George, who played her parents.Timlin played Maddy in a short film, "The Isabel Fish", directed by Lara Zizic for the Columbia Film Festival.In 2007, Timlin appeared in the music video, "Sleeping Lessons," by Albuquerque, New Mexico based indie-rock band, The Shins.