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Mikey Madison
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Madison at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1999-03-25) March 25, 1999 (age 25)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2013–present

Mikey Madison (born March 25, 1999) is an American actress. She started her career playing the sullen teenager Max Fox in the FX comedy series Better Things from 2016 to 2022. She has since played Manson Family follower Susan "Sadie" Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Amber Freeman in Scream (2022) and the title role of a ... in Sean Baker's Anora (2024).

Early life

Madison was born in Los Angeles, California. She has a twin brother, and three other siblings. After her sister married a film writer, Madison left competitive horseback riding to try acting and landed her first role in 2013.

Career

Madison began her acting career appearing in numerous short films, including Retirement (2013), Pani's Box (2013), and Bound for Greatness (2014). In 2014, Madison starred in her first feature film, Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey, at age 15. The film was not released until 2017. In 2016, she began a starring role as Max Fox in the FX comedy-drama series Better Things created by Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon. The series was renewed for a fifth and final season in 2022.

From 2017 to 2018, she guest starred in the Bravo dark comedy series Imposters. In 2018, Madison appeared in the drama films Monster and Nostalgia. She earned further recognition for her role as the Manson Family member Susan "Sadie" Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's comedy-drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). She also appeared as Candi the Barista in the animated black comedy film The Addams Family, which was released in October 2019.

In September 2020, Madison was cast as Amber Freeman, the secondary antagonist in the fifth Scream film, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The film was released on January 14, 2022. .....

Filmography

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Film

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2013 Retirement Daughter Short film
Pani's Box Pani Short film
2014 Bound for Greatness Haley Stevenson Short film
2017 Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey Liza
2018 Monster Alexandra Floyd
Nostalgia Kathleen
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Susan "Sadie" 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)

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2016–2022 Better Things Max Fox Main role, 46 episodes
2017–2018 Imposters Young Maddie 2 episodes
2024 Lady in the Lake Not yet released Judith Weinstein Post-production; Main role, mini-series

See also

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