Mikey Madison won the best actress Oscar on Sunday for “Anora,” a role that catapulted the 25-year-old into a burgeoning film career after achieving initial success on television. The Brooklyn-set comedy-drama had received six nominations.

In Anora, Mikey Madison plays and dresses the part of a Brooklyn sex worker, from her coordinated sheer lace set to her hair tinsel. Between all the butterflies, drama, action, laughs, and tears the film evokes,

LOS ANGELES -- "Anora" was crowned best picture at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, handing Sean Baker's gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood's top prize. Adrien Brody won best actor for his performance in "The Brutalist" and Mikey Madison won best actress for "Anora.

When it comes to Mikey Madison, subtlety isn’t exactly her style — just ask anyone who watched her command the screen as Ani in Anora. Ani, a sex worker from Brooklyn who marries the son of Russian oligarchs after meeting at the club where she works,

Sean Baker’s “Anora” won best film, best director and best actor for Mikey Madison at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in what could be a preview of Sunday’s Oscars: The film about a Brooklyn

By Julia Kelm Anora (2024) is about a young sex worker from Brooklyn, Ani — Mikey Madison — who gets a chance to live a more luxurious life when she meets and impulsively marries Vanya — Mark

Mikey Madison has won the Oscar for Best Actress at the 97th Academy Awards. She won this award for her role in the movie Anora.

This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Actress have generated a lot of buzz, thanks to Demi Moore’s major comeback with her first-ever nomination for her bold role in The Substance. Moore, of course, has been a movie star for decades,

Anora” won best picture at the 97th Academy Awards, closing out a fairy-tale Oscars night for Sean Baker’s raw and irreverent tale of a Brooklyn sex worker. “The Brutalist,” “Wicked,” and “Emilia Pérez” also picked up wins.

Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday.

At just 25, Mikey Madison has already claimed a British Academy Film Award ( BAFTA) and an Independent Spirit Award for her bold performance in Anora. Now, she adds the ultimate accolade—an Oscar!