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.

Sean Baker won best director at the Oscars on Sunday for “Anora,” bookending a dominant awards season for the American filmmaker whose stories seek to humanize sex workers and immigrants. The comedy-drama stars Mikey Madison as a Brooklyn exotic dancer who marries the impetuous son of a Russian oligarch.

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 next Sunday's Oscars: The film about a Brooklyn sex worker and her whirlwind affair with a Russian oligarch's son has emerged in recent weeks as an awards season front-runner.

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