Mikey Madison as Ani in Anora
While the Los Angeles-born actress began her career with small projects here and there, her big break came in the shape of Max Fox on the TV series Better Things in 2016. From there, she had roles in the films Monster, Nostalgia, Scream and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Manson family member Susan “Sadie” Atkins.
In Anora, Mikey plays the titular sex worker who falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch—a role Sean Baker wrote with her in mind after seeing Scream.
“He had just seen me in a horror film,” she told W Magazine. “He went opening weekend and called me the next day. I was familiar with his work—The Florida Project and Tangerine, which I love, love, love. We set a meeting, had coffee. He pitched me this idea for, at the time, a Russian mafia film. He asked me if I wanted to do it. I said yes.”
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