Demi Moore congratulates Mikey Madison on Best Actress win after brutal Oscars 2025 defeat

Demi Moore is giving Mikey Madison her flowers!After Moore’s reaction went viral when she lost in the category Best Actress at the 97th annual Academy Awards on Sunday — her first Oscar nomination in her four-decades-long career — to the 25-year-old “Anora” star, Demi, 62, stepped up to sing Madison’s praises.“The Substance” actress was the frontrunner for the Oscar after she swept award season with a Golden Globe, a Critics Choice win, and a SAG victory for her role as Elisabeth Sparkle, a TV superstar whose career falls in the toilet after she turns 50 — until she finds a magic drug that turns her into a younger version of herself, but comes with major side effects.Sharing a video of her Oscars-day prep on Instagram Monday, Moore shared that she was “so overwhelmed with gratitude for this journey.”“It’s been the ride of a lifetime and we’re just getting started,” she continued, while thanking her team, the movie’s cast and crew, as well as “my fellow nominees, and everyone who has made this experience so full of joy and light.”That’s when she turned the focus on Madison, who shockingly swooped in on what many considered to be Moore’s Best Actress Oscar win.“And a huge congratulations to #MikeyMadison,” Moore concluded.“Can’t wait to see what you do next.”Madison was just as shocked as everyone else when her name was announced as the Best Actress winner during Sunday’s star-studded show at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, beating out Moore, Karla Sofia Gascón, Cynthia Erivo and Fernanda Torres.In “Anora,” Madison plays a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch.

Once his family gets word of the marriage, they go to great lengths to try and get it annulled.Besides the actress’ big win, the Sean Baker-directed flick scored four other Academy Awards.

Madison called the victory “a dream come true.”Moore sat in the front row and appeared to grit her teeth when her name was not called.Lookin...