Margot Robbie

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Who Is Margot Robbie?

Margot Robbie is an –nominated actor known for her roles as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad and controversial figure skater in the biopic I, Tonya. Following in the footsteps of her Australian countrywomen and , Robbie first took the film world by storm in 's 2013 movie The Wolf of Wall Street. More recently, she portrayed actor in 's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood and earned a supporting Oscar nod for her role in Bombshell. In July 2023, Robbie headlined and produced the –directed Barbie movie, which became the year's highest-grossing blockbuster and earned a Best Picture Oscar nomination.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Margot Elise Robbie
BORN: July 2, 1990
BIRTHPLACE: Dalby, Queensland, Australia
SPOUSE: Tom Ackerley (2016-present)
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Cancer

Notable Family Members: daughter of Doug Robbie daughter of Sarie Kessler married to Tom Ackerley (2016–present) sister of Cameron Robbie sister of Lachlan Robbie sister of Anya RobbieChildhood and Early Career on Neighbours

Margot Elise Robbie was born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia on July 2, 1990, and grew up in Gold Coast, a city 500 miles north of Sydney. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist who raised her and her three siblings after her parents divorced. Her father is Doug Robbie.

Robbie told Vanity Fair that she thought she might be a magician, but an interest in drama in high school led her to Melbourne and a kids' show, The Elephant Princess, co-starring the up-and-coming . She has been professionally acting since her teens.

Before she left for Hollywood, Australian audiences knew her from the TV soap opera Neighbours, which began airing five years before her birth. Fearing she failed her audition, she decided to vacation in Canada but had to return quickly when she found out she had won the part of the vivacious Donna Freedman in 2008. Donna's kiss with a female friend stirred controversy, though she remained a viewer favorite and was nominated for several awards. She left Neighbours in 2010 (in a "boring old happy ending"), and her first American TV show, Pan Am (2011), crash-landed after one season.

Margot Robbie (born July 2, 1990, Dalby, Queensland, Australia) Australian actress who was known for her scene-stealing magnetism and the depth of her performances in a variety of roles.

Robbie's parents divorced when she was a small child, and she grew up living with her mother, a physiotherapist, in the area of . She frequently spent time at her grandparents' farm in , Queensland. Interested in performing from a young age, she took classes at Somerset College, a private school in Mudgeeraba, . After graduating in 2007 she appeared in two local movies—Vigilante (2008) and I.C.U. (2009)—before moving to . There she was cast as a teen on the daytime Neighbours, in which she appeared from 2008 to 2011. Planning to pursue a career in , she worked with a speech coach to learn an American accent.

Soon after arriving in , Robbie was cast in a major role as a flight attendant in the 1960s-set TV series Pan Am (2011–12), but the show was canceled after a single season. She then had a small part in the British time-travel (2013). Her breakthrough came when she was cast as the trophy wife of the title character () in 's dark comedy (2013).

In 2015 Robbie starred with and in the postapocalyptic drama Z for Zachariah and appeared opposite in the movie . However, that year she gained the most notice for her uncredited appearance in's , in which she explained subprime loans while taking a bubble bath. In 2016 Robbie played a British TV reporter in , set during the , and portrayed Jane in . But her most notable role that year—and the one for which she is perhaps most widely known—was that of Harley Quinn, the psychotic girlfriend of () in the supervillain movie .

In (2017) Robbie appeared in her first leading role, playing ill-fated star Tonya Harding. For her performance, Robbie received an nomination. She also won praise for her portrayal of in (2018), starring . Robbie shone as actress in 's (2019). Also that year she played a bank robber in a drama, Dreamland, which she produced through LuckyChap Entertainment, a production company that she cofounded in 2014.