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 Baker's Palme d'Or and Academy Award-winning 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 one-person 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 co-directed 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 Margot's 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.
Acting
Movie
Anora
as Diamond
2024
TV
Hacks
as Cherry
2021
TV
The Idol
as Pole Dancer
2023
TV
All Rise
as Eden Porter
2019
TV
Elsbeth
as Alaïa Jade
2024
TV
Margo's Got Money Troubles
as Rose
2026
Movie
Busboys
as June
2026
Movie
Sandbagger
as Lee
2019
Movie
Snuff Queen
2022
Movie
Anti-Gone
as Lynxa
Movie
Reference Movements
as Penny
2023
Movie
Borderline
as Amy
2022
Movie
How To (Without A Doubt) Get Rich And Famous In LA
as Lindsey
2020
Movie
Normie
2025
Movie
We'll Still Be Here
as Mel
2025
Movie
Compliance
as Sarah
2026
Movie
Lifewasters
as Marla
2025
Movie
Together Forever
as Sydney
2026
Movie
Vomit
as Aja
2026
Movie
Going Sane: The Rise and Fall of the Center for Feeling Therapy
2026
Movie
Muscle Beach
as Alice
2026
Movie
Bach Sh*t Crazy
Movie
Pismo
Movie
FaceTape
as Soda
2026