Lindsey Normington

Lindsey Elaine Normington born 24 July 1996 is an actress director writer and stripper best known for her role as Diamond the antagonistic coworker of the titular character in Sean Bakers Palme dOr and Academy Awardwinning film Anora 2024 She also organized the first unionized strip club in the United States Normington grew up in Rockford Michigan At age 7 she saw a high school production of Little Shop of Horrors which inspired her to perform in plays and musicals all throughout her childhood and teenage years She graduated from Grand Valley State University GVSU in 2018 where she played Sally Bowles in a college production of Cabaret In 2018 as a senior at GVSU she created a oneperson show called Figurehead that was an official selection at the 2019 United Solo Festival in New York City where she earned the award of Best Emerging Actress In 2023 Normington codirected the narrative short How To Without A Doubt Get Rich And Famous In LA that won the Open Projector Night award from the Grand Rapids Film Society Normington has appeared on television as a background dancer in The Idol and Blindspotting in music videos for Five Finger Death Punch Ghost girl in red and She Past Away as well as a lead actress in several short films In 2024 she played a supporting role in Anora In 2025 she had a speaking role in the HBO series Hacks and was added to the cast of Margots Got Money Troubles In 2023 she played an active role in organizing the only unionized strip club in the United States the Star Garden in Hollywood