Watch Mikey Madison’s speech at ELLE’s 2024 Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles.
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00:00Thank You L and Nina Garcia as well
00:04it's
00:06Really, so surreal to be looking out into this incredible room full of women
00:13Women who I've admired my entire career as an actress and look up to
00:19To look out and also see my mom my sister my best friend
00:25All women who have empowered
00:28supported and loved me I
00:31Never imagined that I'd be in a position to be in the same space with you all together. I
00:39Grew up very shy
00:43And introverted and I fell in love with acting and making movies
00:48Through the connection and intimacy that is shared in that environment
00:52Everyone coming together to create some kind of art that gets to be experienced collectively
01:00I'm so thankful to my director Sean Baker for casting me in a Nora
01:07he saw something in me that I didn't see in myself a
01:11Character so different from who I am and there was something so liberating about living in her reality
01:19To experience her fight in more ways than one
01:23her tenacity
01:25her sexuality and her deep hopefulness
01:29I've always had the instinct to be more of an observer
01:34Always more so on the outside looking in on life
01:38playing Annie
01:40Changed me not just as an actress, but as a person
01:45She taught me the value of my own voice
01:48That my opinions are important and that I have the right to take up space in my world
01:55Being honored in this room surrounded by so many spectacular woman women is an is an honor
02:01That I probably won't process till months from now, but I do want to say thank you
02:08and
02:09that in times like these
02:12Where the world is so divided. It's it's important for us as women to come together
02:18To champion each other to try to feel more united and celebrate
02:24femininity in all forms
02:27So, thank you again and congratulations to the other wonderful honorees