Mikey Madison: The journey to become the youngest female lead to win an Oscar

Thus, the race to the title of "Best Actress" at the 2025 Oscars has officially fallen when the beautiful beauty Mikey Madison surpassed veteran Demi Moore. This is the first golden statue in Mikey Madison's career.

In fact, before this year's Oscars took place, many people predicted that the Best Actress trophy would go to Demi Moore, who had an extremely haunting performance in the movie The Substance. Prior to that, Demi also dominated pre- Oscar awards, including the Golden Globe Awards, the Critics' Choice Awards, and the SAG Awards. Mikey Madison's spectacular victory made even the MC of the show exclamation, emphasizing the keyword "surprise" when calling the name of the young beauty.

Of course, "surprise" does not mean "unworthy". The Gen Z beauty may not be as excellent as her seniors (in the eyes of some viewers), but her performance in the movie Anora is still extremely excellent. It is known that this is also the first time Mikey Madison has won an Oscar in his career.

In Anora, the beauty born in 1999 plays a female dancer who works in a nightclub in New York. Her life changed after meeting the son of a Russian oligarch. The two are in a hurry to get married without knowing that there are a series of troubles in the future waiting for them. The film has many bold scenes, bringing the image of a charming Mikey Madison that has never been seen in the eyes of the audience.

Ani is also probably the most psychologically heavy role in Mikey Madison's career. The young actress shared about sleepless nights, about the feeling of helplessness when trying to grasp the psychological depth of Ani - a character who carries with her wounds and strength that she has never experienced: "I can't and don't want to pretend to understand all about her life. What I can do is listen, observe and try to reflect in the most honest way." And it is undeniable that, after efforts, listening and observing, Mikey Madison has brought a perfect, rounded Ani as much as possible, enough for her to be able to confidently touch the golden statuette.

Mikey Madison, whose full name is Mikaela Madison Rosberg, was born in March 1999 in San Fernando Valley, California. She has two brothers, one who is a twin and two sisters. The actress has parents who are both psychologists.

Since childhood, Mikey Madison has had a special passion for cinema. She once shared with The Cut that films such as Stand By Me, The Hunger Games and Pretty in Pink have deeply influenced her. However, her original dream was not to become an actress but to pursue a career in professional horseback riding.

From the seventh grade, Mikey Madison decided to homeschool so that he could spend all his time in the stable with his pet pony. "I really taught myself to be with the horse all day," she says. Mikey Madison loves the feeling of caring for and bonding with horses, seeing it as an integral part of life.

However, at the age of 14, Madison began to be fascinated by acting. She realized that, despite her love of horse riding, it was still a highly personal sport and sometimes made her feel lonely.

"I love the habit of going to the stables every day, but it's a pretty isolated sport," she explains. "I feel like I'm being called to a different path."

It was from that impulse that Madison decided to try her hand at acting - a choice that brought her to the glory of the 2025 Oscars.

Madison's mother enrolled her in acting classes, and soon she managed and began taking roles in short films as well as a low-budget feature film (Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey, made by Oscar-winning director Terry Sanders). However, this film was not released until 2017.

In 2016, when he was not yet 18 years old, Mikey Madison took a big step forward in his career when he was chosen to play Max, the eldest daughter of the character played by Pamela Adlon in FX's comedy-drama series Better Things.

The film, co-created and starring Pamela Adlon, revolves around the life of an actress and single mother who struggles to balance her career and family.

Madison once shared in a Criterion Collection video that, because she was not old enough to take on this role, her first income was deposited into a Coogan account - a type of trust fund for young underage actors. The foundation is named after Jackie Coogan, one of the most popular child stars of the silent film era, who starred alongside Charlie Chaplin in The Kid – a film that Madison admired.

The Better Things series ran for 5 seasons and won the Peabody Award in 2017 for its humanistic content and authentic perspective on life.

While the film was airing, Madison continued to appear in a number of other projects, including the role of the younger version of Inbar Lavi in the Imposters series (Bravo) and small roles in two feature films: Monster (a courtroom thriller) and Nostalgia (an independent film that brings together many prominent Hollywood faces).

In 2022, Mikey Madison starred in the film Scream - the sequel to the legendary horror series, marking his return after an 11-year absence and the first film without Wes Craven, a horror film legend, directing.

And it was also thanks to her excellent performance in Scream that Madison attracted attention from Sean Baker, making him decide to write the script for Anora with the main role for herself - Mikey Madison.

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