Mikey Madison | |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2013–present |
Mikey Madison is an American actress. She started her career playing the sullen teenager Max Fox in the FX comedy series Better Things from 2016 to 2022. [1] She has since played Manson Family follower Susan "Sadie" Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), [2] Amber Freeman in Scream (2022) and the title role of a sex worker in Sean Baker's Anora (2024).
Madison is originally from Los Angeles, California. Her parents are both psychologists, and she was raised alongside her twin brother and three other siblings. [3] [4] After her sister married a film writer, Madison left competitive horseback riding to try acting and landed her first role in 2013. [5]
Madison began her acting career appearing in numerous short films, including Retirement (2013), Pani's Box (2013), and Bound for Greatness (2014). In 2014, Madison starred in her first feature film, Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey , at age 15. [6] The film was not released until 2017. In 2016, she began a starring role as Max Fox in the FX comedy-drama series Better Things created by Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon. [7] The series was renewed for a fifth and final season which aired in 2022. [8]
From 2017 to 2018, she guest starred in the Bravo dark comedy series Imposters . [9] In 2018, Madison appeared in the drama films Monster and Nostalgia . She earned further recognition for her role as the Manson Family member Susan "Sadie" Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's comedy-drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). [10] She also voiced the character Candi the Barista in the animated black comedy film The Addams Family , which was released in October 2019.
In September 2020, Madison was cast as Amber Freeman, the secondary antagonist in the fifth Scream film, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. [11] The film was released on January 14, 2022. [12] [13] In 2024, Madison starred as the titular stripper, Anora, in the Sean Baker film Anora which premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival [14] [15] and won the Palme d'Or. [16]
† | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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2013 | Retirement | Daughter | Short film | |
Pani's Box | Pani | Short film | ||
2014 | Bound for Greatness | Haley Stevenson | Short film | |
2017 | Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey | Liza | ||
2018 | Monster | Alexandra Floyd | ||
Nostalgia | Kathleen | |||
2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Susan "Sadie" Atkins | [17] | |
The Addams Family | Candi the Barista | Voice | [18] | |
2021 | It Takes Three | Kat Walker | [19] | |
2022 | Scream | Amber Freeman | [17] [20] | |
2023 | All Souls | River | [21] | |
2024 | Anora | Anora (Ani) | [17] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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2016–2022 | Better Things | Max Fox | Main role, 46 episodes | [17] |
2017–2018 | Imposters | Young Maddie | 2 episodes | [18] [22] |
2024 | Lady in the Lake | Judith Weinstein | Main role, miniseries | [23] |
Year | Organization | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Deauville American Film Festival | Hollywood Raising-Star Award | — | Won | [24] |
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