Mikey Madison is having her breakout year. The actor earned her first Oscar nomination playing the titular character in Sean Baker's movie "Anora," also up for best picture. In the lead-up to the Oscars on March 2, she won the BAFTA for lead actress. Madison thanked director Baker, her co-stars and her mom in her speech.

Mikey Madison has called out the unfair treatment of sex workers following her Leading Actress win at the 2025 Baftas, saying people in this line of work "deserve respect". Speaking at the Baftas winners press conference,

Goldblum, who plays the Wizard in Jon M. Chu’s movie musical, later took to the stage, playing piano during the In Memoriam segment, which remembered the likes of Dame Maggie Smith, James Earl Jones, and Shelley Duvall.

The Associated Press is here to help those without a BritBox subscription with a rundown of the best and most memorable moments of the night, where “Anora” did not sweep (though Mikey Madison did triumph over best actress front-runner Demi Moore), “Conclave” won big and “Emilia Pérez” proved it’s still a contender.

Anora star Mikey Madison paid tribute to sex workers after winning Best Leading Actress at the BAFTA Film Awards. In the Neon film, Madison plays a sex worker from Brooklyn who meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. She beat others including Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, and Saoirse Ronan to the acting prize.

Also in the running were Cynthia Erivo, Karla Sofía Gascón, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Demi Moore and Saoirse Ronan

Speaking at the BAFTA Film Awards in London, Oscar-nominated "Anora" star Mikey Madison reveals how she is coping with life in the limelight. (Feb. 16)