"Physicality is so important for a character," the actress, who previously fought Brad Pitt in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," tells Entertainment Weekly. The first time Sean Baker saw Mikey Madison ...

Writer/director Sean Baker does his own casting so he was reviewing many contenders for the role of Ivan, son of a Russian oligarch in Anora. Mark Eydelshteyn impressed Baker by sending him a ...

Mikey Madison, the breakout star of “Anora,” has won the 2025 Academy Award for best actress. Madison, 25, wins for her performance as Brooklyn sex worker Anora “Ani” Mikheeva in the film. “This is ...

The Oscar-nominated 'Anora' star previously won the BAFTA for best leading actress. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor On Saturday, the 25-year-old actress won the award for best lead performance, film, ...

In the end, this year’s Oscars ceremony was (almost) all about Anora. That’s an exaggeration, of course, but our own Josh Kurp called it early (last September) while labelling Sean Baker’s movie as a ...