Mikey Madison
Newsweek US
|October 25, 2024
MIKEY MADISON HAS BEEN DREAMING OF A film like Anora since she started acting as a teenager on Better Things.
"It's been a dream of mine to have that kind of collaboration with a filmmaker like Sean [Baker]." That dream has come true in a big way, with the film and her performance picking up a lot of awards buzz. "I'm so happy that people are excited about the film because I'm so proud of it." Madison plays Ani, a young sex worker who falls for the son of a Russian oligarch. But the Cinderella story quickly turns dark. Madison and Baker collaborated on creating the title role. "I did a lot of work to bring her to life, I knew everything about her, and I was able to just very easily slip into that character and feel all the things she was feeling." Because of her careful
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