D irector Sean Baker’s Oscar-nominated film Anora stars 25-year-old Mikey Madison, and fans are eager for more information about the relatively unknown actress. Anora follows th

TheWrap magazine: "I don’t like to do anything halfway," says the soft-spoken actress whose turn as a sex worker earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress The post ‘It’s All or Nothing for Me’: How Mikey Madison Gave Her Powder Keg Performance in ‘Anora’ appeared first on TheWrap.

In many ways Anora feels like a fairy tale. Except that the film's title character - Ani to her friends - is a stripper and occasional sex worker. And her Prince Charming is the spoiled son of a Russian oligarch.

When Sean Baker and Mikey Madison arrive at the Deadline shoot for this article, it's a beautiful, clear blue-sky day in Los Angeles. Just for a moment, it's almost as though the fires and smoke of the past few weeks are an imagined horror.