‘Anora’ Oscar Nominations: Sean Baker, Mikey Madison And Yura Borisov On L.A. Fires, First Russian Nom In Nearly 50 Years And Baker’s Next Project

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Sean Baker’s film Anora landed six Oscar nominations Thursday morning. Among them, Best Picture, Best Actress for rising star Mikey Madison, and Best Supporting Actor for Yura Borislov, making him the first Russian actor to be nominated in almost 50 years.

Speaking to Deadline after the nominations announcement, Madison called the nominations, “Exciting, overwhelming, beautiful,” and said her plan was to order some pancakes at her New York hotel “and just kind of soak it up and digest it.

It’s really just a total dream come true.” RELATED: Oscars Snubs & Surprises: Denzel Washington Nicole Kidman & ‘Kneecap’ Iced Out; ‘The Apprentice’s Sebastian Stan Finally Gets Some Hollywood Love For Trump Portrayal However, her mind was very much on her native Los Angeles too. “I’m a true Angeleno,” she said, “and so the past couple weeks, my heart has been completely broken for Los Angeles.

The community coming together celebrating film in such a beautiful way is really wonderful, and I’m really grateful for that and to be a part of that community.” Fortunately, she and her family have not lost their homes in the tragic events. “There have been a handful of close calls for both me and my parents and my brother and my sister as well,” she said. “I’m so very grateful that we’re all OK and we’re all back home just feeling a lot of gratitude to be in our own homes, but there’s so much devastation just a handful of miles away from where we are.