Mikey Madison is viewed as a major Oscars contender for her lead performance in Anora. As the star of Sean Baker's 2024 drama about a sex worker's life after falling in love and getting married, Madison delivered a career-best performance. She was immediately put on potential lists for the 2025 Oscars Best Actress nominations following the initial screenings of Anora out of the Cannes Film Festival. The calls for Mikey Madison to win an Oscar for her role have only grown as the film opened in theaters and the awards season campaigning kicks into high gear.

Suggesting that Mikey Madison should be nominated for an Oscar is one thing, but going as far as to say that she should or will win Best Actress is another. Doing so would require her peers viewing her performance as the best of the best from the entire year. That could be difficult with a...