After a decade of working in Hollywood, Mikey Madison is now an Oscar winner. The star of Sean Baker’s “Anora” won the Best Actress Oscar in, arguably, the most competitive race of the night. In winning the Academy Award, Madison triumphed over heralded performances from Demi Moore (“The Substance”), Fernando Torres (“I’m Still Here”), Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), and Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Perez”).
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Since “Anora” was awarded the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Madison has won numerous honors for her performance, including the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and Best Lead Performance from both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the Independent Spirit Awards. She won Best Actress from the Washington D.C. Critics Association, Seattle Film Critics Society, Boston Society of Film Critics, and St.Louis Film Critics Association, among other critic organizations.
Madison first made waves for her role on FX’s “Better Things” as the on-screen daughter of star and creator Pamela Adion. Her other film credits include “Liza, Liza, Skies are Grey,” 2018’s “Monster,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” and 2022’s “Scream.”
What Madison will do next on either the big or small screen is unclear.
Earlier in the ceremony, “Anora” won Adapted Screenplay for writer and director Sean Baker.
“Anora” is available on digital download services.
Editor-at-Large Gregory Ellwood is one of the entertainment industry's most respected journalists and critics. Based in Los Angeles, he's the only current awards expert who previously worked on Oscar campaigns at a major movie studio. Over the years, he has written for the LA Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Vox, among others. He also co-founded the entertainment news site HitFix, which spawned a legion of influential Emmy and WGA Award-winning alumni.
