Whereas many predicted Demi Moore to win, Madison nabbed her first-ever Oscar after Anora swept a lot of the evening’s prime classes, together with Finest Image.
Mikey Madison is an Oscar winner!
Madison took residence the win for Finest Actress for her work in Anora on the 2025 Oscars Sunday evening.
Introduced the award by final 12 months’s winner, Emma Stone, the shocked 25-year-old referred to as the second “surreal” as she proceeded to thank the solid and crew she labored alongside with within the indie movie.
“That is very surreal,” Madison stated. “I grew up in LA however Hollywood all the time felt up to now for me. To be standing on this room is absolutely unbelievable.”
She additionally thanked her mother and pop, her youthful siblings and her twin brother, Miles, whom she referred to as her “greatest good friend.”
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“Not that you’ve got a selection,” Madison quipped, earlier than thanking the group of Brighton Seashore, the place a lot of the movie was shot.
Madison, who performs a intercourse employee from Brooklyn who will get her Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch within the movie, took a second throughout her speech to thank the intercourse employee group, who she stated she’s going to proceed to assist as her profession marches ahead.
“I wish to once more acknowledge and honor the intercourse employee group. I’ll proceed to assist and be an ally. The ladies that I’ve had the privilege of assembly from that group have been one of many highlights of this whole unbelievable expertise,” she added.
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Madison gained the Academy Award over fellow nominees, Demi Moore (The Substance), Cynthia Erivo (Depraved), Karla Sofia Gascón (Emilia Pérez), and Fernanda Torres (I am Nonetheless Right here).
For her titular function in Anora, Madison obtained many accolades this awards season. Along with the Oscar, she additionally gained the Golden Globe and BAFTA.
Anora additionally took residence a handful of trophies Sunday evening, together with Sean Baker for Finest Director, Finest Unique Screenplay, Finest Movie Enhancing and the most important award of the evening: Finest Image.
