Mikey Madison to Receive New Hollywood Award at Deauville Festival

This year, she shone on the Croisette in Anora, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

One of his first appearances on the big screen was in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino, in which she plays Sadie, one of the daughters of Charles Manson's Family. Although brief, her role remained memorable. She is the one screaming in agony and getting carbonized by Leonardo DiCaprio in his swimming pool. A few years later, she dons the iconic ghostface mask in Scream 5. Trying to kill Jenna Ortega, she ends up all fired up.

In AnoraPalme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, she does not catch fire, but it is her career that is ignited. A true revelation for her first major role, Mikey Madison steals the show as a young prostitute whose life changes the night she meets the son of a Russian oligarch. A modern-day Cinderella that she plays perfectly and accurately.

As a logical consequence, the young 25-year-old actress will be awarded the New Hollywood Prize at the next edition of the Deauville American Film Festival, intended to highlight the faces of tomorrow's seventh art:

“After establishing herself as one of the most sought-after actresses of her generation, her talent shines through in the film Anora, winner of the Palme d'Or.”

Interviewed by Vogue France on the occasion of the screening of the film by Sean Baker On the Croisette, the actress confided in her family's astonishment when, as a teenager, she told them about her artistic projects, even though she was so shy. Now, here she is in the spotlight.

Anora was written for her by the director after seeing these previous, fully inhabited performances:

“The characters she had played before had a lot of humor, as well as very cheeky attitudes. I was looking for someone who could fight, and I felt she could do it.”

For Firsthe emphasized his admiration for Mikey Madison:

“I've never worked with an actress who is so involved. Just imagine: she did three months of pole-dancing training for 20 seconds on screen. 20 seconds! It's crazy. She learned Russian, and to speak with a New York accent…”

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The Palme d'Or will be previewed at the Deauville Festival, which will be held from September 6 to 15, before being released in theaters on October 30. Daisy Ridley and Sebastian Stan will also receive the New Hollywood Award.