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Mikaela Madison Rosberg (born March 25, 1999), known professionally as Mikey Madison, is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award and BAFTA Award, in addition to nominations for two Actor Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
Madison began her acting career as a teenager with roles in short films. Her first major role came as a sullen teenager in the FX comedy series Better Things (2016–2022). She made her film debut with a starring role in Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey (2017), followed by supporting roles in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and the slasher film Scream (2022). Her breakthrough came as the titular role in Sean Baker's Anora (2024), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Madison lived in Santa Clarita, a Los Angeles suburb, for the first few years of her life, before her family moved to the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. She was raised in the San Fernando Valley. Madison initially trained as a competitive horseback rider before switching to acting at age 14. She was Homeschooling after the seventh grade. Her grandmother's cousin was a Texas cowboy named Clarence Hailey Long Jr., who appeared on the cover of the August 1949 issue of Life magazine, which served as the main inspiration for the Marlboro Man. She grew up watching films directed by Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, and Martin Scorsese.
Madison is Jews, though she was raised in a non-practicing household.
In 2016, Madison began a starring role as Max Fox, a sullen teenager, in the FX comedy-drama series Better Things created by Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon, which ran until 2022. From 2017 to 2018, she guest starred in the Bravo dark comedy series Imposters. In 2018, she appeared in the drama films Monster and Nostalgia. Madison earned recognition for her role as the Manson Family member Susan Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's period drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and was a commercial success. Also in 2019, she had a voice role as Candi, the Barista, in the animated black comedy film The Addams Family.
The following year, Madison was cast as Amber Freeman in Scream, the fifth film of the Scream franchise, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The film was released in 2022 to critical and commercial success, becoming the 28th-highest-grossing film of its year. Writing for The A.V. Club, Katie Rife called Madison a standout performer in the film. In 2024, Madison had a supporting role in the miniseries Lady in the Lake.
In March 2025, Madison guest hosted an episode of the live sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. In April 2025, Madison had been in brief negotiations to appear in , but declined due to a salary dispute. In May 2025, Madison was cast in the upcoming film Reptilia, to be directed by Alejandro Landes. By June 2025, she entered talks to star in The Masque of the Red Death for A24. In September 2025, Madison was cast as whistle blower Frances Haugen in The Social Reckoning, the sequel to 2010's The Social Network, to be released on October 9, 2026.
She describes herself as non-religious but a "very spiritual person".
Personal life
Madison lives in her native Los Angeles. She is a Veganism and adopted a dog named Jam. Madison does not use social media, saying in an interview that it does not feel "authentic or natural" to her and that she would not "have anything very impactful to add" to social media. She added that she is a "very sensitive person" who believes people should not read what others are saying about them and thus keeps herself "ignorant to that part of the internet" for her mental health.
Filmography
Film
2017 Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey Liza 2018 Nostalgia Kathleen Monster Alexandra Floyd 2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Susan Atkins The Addams Family Candi the Barista Voice 2021 It Takes Three Kat Walker 2022 Scream Amber Freeman 2023 All Souls River 2024 Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva 2026 Frances Haugen Filming +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released
Television
Awards and nominations
Major associations
2025 Academy Awards Best Actress Anora Actor Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture British Academy Film Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Rising Star Award Critics' Choice Awards Best Actress Anora Best Acting Ensemble Golden Globe Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Other awards
2019 Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2024 Astra Film Awards Best Actress Anora Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Deauville American Film Festival Hollywood Rising-Star Award Dublin Film Critics Circle Best Actress Anora Gotham Awards Outstanding Lead Performance Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Lead Performance Mill Valley Film Festival MVFF Breakthrough Performance Award National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance New York Film Critics Online Best Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actress Breakthrough Performance San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Best Actress SCAD Savannah Film Festival Breakthrough Award Seattle Film Critics Society Best Actress Anora St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Actress Toronto Film Critics Association Outstanding Lead Performance Virginia Film Festival Achievement in Acting Award Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Actress 2025 AACTA International Awards Best Actress Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Actress Best Women's Breakthrough Performance Georgia Film Critics Association Best Actress Independent Spirit Awards Best Lead Performance Irish Film & Television Awards Best International Actress National Society of Film Critics Best Actress Online Film Critics Society Best Actress Palm Springs International Film Festival Breakthrough Performance Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
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Categories: 1999 Births, Living People, 21st-century American Actresses, American Child Actresses, American Film Actresses, American Television Actresses, American Voice Actresses, 21st-century American Jews, Actresses From Los Angeles, Best Actress Academy Award Winners, Best Actress Bafta Award Winners, Jewish American Actresses, People From Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, People From Santa Clarita, California
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