Madison was relatively unknown before Anora. She had had small parts in the fifth instalment of the Scream horror franchise and in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. The writer and director of Anora Sean Baker had seen her on screen before, and wrote the part of Ani especially for her.

Anora’s Sean Baker, Mikey Madison & Cast On Making An Indie Oscar Breakthrough And Doing “Things We’re Told We Can’t Do Anymore”

Mikey Madison of “Anora” watched the Oscar nominations from her hotel room bed, screaming along with her mother on FaceTime

But it’s Madison’s hair that proved Oscar-worthy on her most recent outing. The actor was photographed outside CBS Studios yesterday (January 23) in New York City, with her long brunette hair in dreamy, soft Hollywood waves.

TheWrap magazine: "I don’t like to do anything halfway," says the soft-spoken actress whose turn as a sex worker earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress The post ‘It’s All or Nothing for Me’: How Mikey Madison Gave Her Powder Keg Performance in ‘Anora’ appeared first on TheWrap.