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Mikey Madison
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Madison at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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March 25, 1999
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).
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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. |
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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. |
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2016–2022 | Better Things | Max Fox | Main role, 46 episodes | |
2017–2018 | Imposters | Young Maddie | 2 episodes | |
2024 | Lady in the Lake | Judith Weinstein | Post-production; Main role, mini-series |
See also
In Spanish: Mikey Madison para niños