Mikey Madison is an American actor born and raised in Los Angeles. She trained as a competitive equestrian before turning to acting, and first drew attention as the rebellious eldest daughter Max Fox in the FX comedy-drama Better Things.

Her film work includes Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the horror revival Scream. Her breakthrough came with Sean Baker's Anora (2024), in which her lead performance as a young Brooklyn sex worker who impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2026, she stars as Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen in Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, a companion piece to The Social Network, opposite Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong.