Mikey Madison Has Been Waiting for a Film Like Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ [Video]

“I was constantly exerting a lot of energy to play her, because she is so different from me. I think that I’m more of a low-energy person, and she is certainly not.”

Mikey Madison has been dreaming of a film like Anora since she started acting as a teenager on Better Things. “It’s been a dream of mine to have that kind of collaboration with a filmmaker like Sean [Baker].” That dream has come true in a big way, with the film and her performance picking up a lot of awards buzz. “I’m so happy that people are excited about the film because I’m so proud of it.” Madison plays Ani, a young sex worker who falls for the son of a Russian oligarch. But the …