Hollywood Is in Its Quirky-Girl Era

Offbeat queens like Jenna Ortega, Ayo Edebiri and Mikey Madison are thriving, and it's a vibe shift we can get behind

- KAT PETTIBONE

Traditional hot girls will always be hot. But for those of Us who grew up feeling more like Laney Boggs than Cher Horowitz, the loud celebration of women who live and act outside the box on-screen and offis all that.

Funny, unfiltered A-listers who are proudly just a little bit awkward are a resistance. The Bear's Ayo Edebiri is an Emmy and Golden Globe winner who's done brand work for It Girl staples like Loewe and Prada, but she's also someone who always thanks Ireland in award speeches because — she famously joked in 2023 — she played Jenny the donkey in The Banshees of Inisherin. (Her delivery was so dry, we're only mostly sure she was joking.) Fresh off her Oscar win for Anora, Mikey Madison has reportedly been turning down big-budget megafranchise roles in favor of parts in films like