Mikey Madison

Mikey Madison (born March 25, 1999) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Max Fox on the FX comedy-drama series Better Things (2016–present) and as Manson Family follower Susan Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).[1][2]

Mikey Madison
Madison in 2019
Born (1999-03-25) March 25, 1999
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Personal life

Mikey Madison was born on March 25, 1999, in Los Angeles, California. She has a twin brother.[3] She stopped pursuing competitive horseback riding to try acting after her sister married a film writer.[4]

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.[5] 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,[6] which renewed for a fifth season set to air in 2021.[7]

From 2017 to 2018, she guest starred in the Bravo dark comedy series Imposters. In 2018, Madison appeared in the drama films All Rise and Nostalgia. She earned further recognition for her role as Susan "Sadie" Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's comedy-drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).[8] 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 in an undisclosed role in the fifth Scream film, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.[9] The film is scheduled to be released on January 14, 2022.[10][11]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Retirement Daughter Short film
2013 Pani's Box Pani Short film
2014 Bound for Greatness Haley Short film
2017 Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey Liza
2018 All Rise Alexandra Floyd
2018 Nostalgia Kathleen
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood "Sadie"
2019 The Addams Family Candi the Barista (voice)
2019 Rhino Kat Walker
2022 Scream TBA Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2016–present Better Things Max Fox Main role
2017–2018 Imposters Young Maddie 2 episodes

References
  1. "Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K.'s 'Better Things' First Trailer". Screencrush.com. July 19, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. Carras, Christi (July 27, 2019). "What did the real characters in 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' look like?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. Shanahan, Christina (November 24, 2016). "Why you should binge watch Better Things over the Long Weekend, according to Mikey Madison". InStyle. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  4. Nordstrom, Leigh (October 13, 2016). "Meet Mikey Madison From FX's 'Better Things'". wwd.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  5. "Mikey Madison". FX Networks. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  6. Swift, Andy (September 20, 2016). "Atlanta, Better Things Renewed at FX". TVLine. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  7. Lewis, Adam (2020-05-26). "FX Announces the Renewal of 'Better Things' and 'The Weekly'". mxdwn. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  8. Hirschberg, Lynn (February 3, 2020). "Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood Gets a Sequel at Quentin Tarantino's Dream Party". Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  9. Kroll, Justin (September 10, 2020). "Mason Gooding And Dylan Minnette Join Ensemble Of New 'Scream' Movie". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  10. Miska, Brad (August 28, 2020). "Relaunch of 'Scream' Slashing Into Theaters on January 14, 2022!". BloodyDisgusting. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  11. Kroll, Justin (June 24, 2020). "New Scream Movie From Spyglass Media Will Be Released by Paramount (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 10, 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.