Margot Elise Robbie (; born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer. Known for her work in both
blockbuster and
independent films, she has received
several accolades, including nominations for two
Academy Awards
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, four
Golden Globe Awards
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, and five
British Academy Film Awards
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. ''
Time
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'' magazine named her one of the
100 most influential people in the world in 2017 and she was ranked as one of the world's highest-paid actresses by ''
Forbes
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'' in 2019.
Born and raised in
Queensland
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, Robbie began her career in 2008 on the television series ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
'', on which she was a regular until 2011. After moving to America, she led the television series ''
Pan Am
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was an American airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United State ...
'' (2011–2012), and had her breakthrough in 2013 with the black comedy film ''
The Wolf of Wall Street''. She achieved wider recognition with starring roles as
Jane Porter in ''
The Legend of Tarzan'' (2016) and
Harley Quinn in the
DC superhero films ''
Suicide Squad'' (2016), ''
Birds of Prey'' (2020) and ''
The Suicide Squad'' (2021).
Robbie received critical acclaim and a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Actress
The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year ...
for her portrayal of disgraced figure skater
Tonya Harding
Tonya Maxene Price (née Harding; born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater, retired boxer and a reality television personality. Born in Portland, Oregon, Harding was raised primarily by her mother, who enrolled her in ice s ...
in the biopic ''
I, Tonya'' (2017). This acclaim continued with her roles as
Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
Eli ...
in the period drama ''
Mary Queen of Scots'' (2018),
Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover ...
in the comedy-drama ''
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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'' (2019), and a fictional
Fox News
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employee in the drama ''
Bombshell'' (2019); she received
BAFTA Award nominations for all three and a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the lattermost.
Robbie is married to filmmaker
Tom Ackerley. They are co-founders of the production company
LuckyChap Entertainment, under which they have produced several films, including ''I, Tonya'' and ''
Promising Young Woman'' (2020), as well as the television series ''
Dollface'' (2019–2022) and the miniseries ''
Maid
A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. In developed Western nations, full-time maids ...
'' (2021).
Early life and education
Margot Elise Robbie was born on 2 July 1990 in
Dalby, Queensland, to Doug Robbie, a former farm-owner and
sugarcane
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tycoon, and Sarie Kessler, a
physiotherapist. She is the second youngest of four; older siblings Anya and Lachlan and younger brother Cameron.
[ Additional on 19 December 2016.]
Her parents separated when she was five.
Robbie and her siblings were raised by their single mother and had minimal contact with their father. The family lived on a farm belonging to her grandparents in the
Gold Coast hinterland. An energetic child, Robbie often put on shows in her house.
She was enrolled in a
circus school
Circus schools are institutions that offer professional and sometimes degree-level training in various circus skills such as acrobatics, aerial arts, object manipulation, and other specialized physical skills. The rise of the circus school as a ...
by her mother, where she excelled in
trapeze, in which she received a certificate at age eight. In high school, Robbie studied drama at
Somerset College. As a teenager, she worked three jobs simultaneously: she tended a bar, cleaned houses, and worked at
Subway
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.
After graduation, with only a few commercials and independent thriller films on her résumé, Robbie relocated to
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
to begin acting professionally.
Career
2008–2015: Early work and breakthrough
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Robbie's first acting roles came when she was in high school. She starred in two low-budget independent thriller films, called ''Vigilante'' and ''
I.C.U.'', both released years later. She described the experience of being on a
film set as "a dream come true". She made her television debut in a 2008 guest role as Caitlin Brentford in the drama series ''
City Homicide
''City Homicide'' is an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 and 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne. The main characte ...
'' and followed this with a two-episode arc in the children's television series ''
The Elephant Princess'', in which she starred alongside
Liam Hemsworth.
With the encouragement from her agent at the time, Robbie auditioned for the television soap opera ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
''. In June 2008, she began playing
Donna Freedman
Donna Freedman (also Brown) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Margot Robbie. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 2 June 2008. Donna was initially introduced as a gu ...
, a role that was meant to be a guest character, but Robbie was promoted to the regular cast after she made her debut. In her three-year stint on the soap, she received two
Logie Award nominations.
Shortly after arriving in America, Robbie landed the role of Laura Cameron, a newly trained flight attendant in the period drama series ''
Pan Am
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was an American airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United State ...
'' (2011). The series premiered to high ratings and positive reviews but was cancelled after one season due to falling ratings.
Robbie made her feature film debut in
Richard Curtis' romantic comedy ''
About Time'' (2013), co-starring
Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson (; born 12 May 1983) is an Irish actor and screenwriter. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, with whom he has appeared in a number of films and theatre projects. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts from Dublin Ins ...
and
Rachel McAdams. It tells the story of a young man with the ability to time travel who tries to change his past in hopes of improving his future. To play Gleeson's unattainable teenage love interest, she adopted a British accent. The film was a modest critical and commercial success, with a reviewer for ''
Variety'' praising the cast, while also criticising the stock characters as being too familiar.
Robbie's breakthrough came the same year with the role of Naomi Lapaglia, the wife of protagonist
Jordan Belfort in
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of many major accolades, incl ...
's biographical black comedy ''
The Wolf of Wall Street''. Co-starring
Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort, the film recounts his perspective on his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on
Wall Street
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, which led to his downfall. In her audition for the role, Robbie improvised a slap on DiCaprio during a fight scene which ultimately won her the part. The film and her performance received positive reviews; she was particularly praised for her on-screen
Brooklyn accent. Critic
Sasha Stone wrote of Robbie's performance, "She's Scorsese's best blonde bombshell discovery since
Cathy Moriarty in ''
Raging Bull
''Raging Bull'' is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir '' Raging Bull: M ...
''. Robbie is funny, hard and kills every scene she's in." ''The Wolf of Wall Street'' was a box office success, grossing $392 million worldwide, making it Scorsese's highest-grossing film to date. Robbie was nominated for the
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and won the
Empire Award for Best Newcomer.
She later said that the fame and attention the movie brought her led her to consider quitting acting, but her mother talked her out of it.
With the aim to produce more female-driven projects, Robbie and her future husband Tom Ackerley and their respective longtime friends, Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara, started their own production company
LuckyChap Entertainment. The company was founded in 2014 and its name was inspired by
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is conside ...
.
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Robbie appeared in four films released in 2015. The first of these was opposite
Will Smith
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968), also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor and rapper. He began his acting career starring as a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom '' The Fresh ...
in
Glenn Ficarra and
John Requa's $158.8 million-grossing romantic comedy-drama film ''
Focus''. In the film, she played an inexperienced
grifter learning the craft from Smith's character; she learned how to
pickpocket from
Apollo Robbins for the role. Reviews of the film were generally mixed, but Robbie's performance was praised;
Peter Travers of ''
Rolling Stone
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'' wrote, "Robbie is wow and then some. Even when ''Focus'' fumbles,
hedeals a winning hand."
She was nominated for the
Rising Star Award at the
68th British Academy Film Awards
The 68th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 8 February 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2014. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Telev ...
.
Her next appearance was alongside
Michelle Williams and
Kristin Scott Thomas
Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress who also holds French citizenship. A five-time BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for '' Four Weddings ...
in
Saul Dibb
Saul Dibb (born 18 August 1968) is an English director and screenwriter. His father is the documentary maker Mike Dibb.
Born in London, England, Saul Dibb is a graduate of the University of East Anglia. He is best known for co-writing and dire ...
's war romantic drama ''
Suite Française'', a film based on the second part of
Irène Némirovsky's 2004
novel of the same name. In the film, she played a woman falling for a German soldier during the
German occupation of France during World War II
The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...
, a role which Leslie Felperin of ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' found "underwritten".
She followed this with
Craig Zobel
Roger Craig Zobel is an American filmmaker and actor whose work includes music videos, film, and television. He has directed the films '' Compliance'' (2012), ''Z for Zachariah'' (2015), and '' The Hunt'' (2020). On TV he has directed episodes of ...
's post-apocalyptic drama ''
Z for Zachariah'' opposite
Chris Pine and
Chiwetel Ejiofor, in her first leading role. Partially based on
Robert C. O'Brien
Robert Charles O'Brien Jr. (born June 18, 1966) is an American attorney who served as the 27th United States national security advisor from 2019 to 2021. He was the fourth and final person to hold the position during the presidency of Donald Tru ...
's
book of the same name, the film follows Ann Burden (Robbie) as she finds herself in an emotionally charged love triangle with the last known survivors of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization. In preparation for the film, Robbie dyed her hair brown and learned to speak in an
Appalachian accent. The film received positive reviews, and Robbie's performance was widely praised, with Drew McWeeny of
HitFix asserting that "Robbie's work here establishes her as one of the very best actresses in her age range today." Her fourth release of 2015 was a
cameo appearance
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in
Adam McKay's comedy-drama ''
The Big Short
''The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine'' is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis about the build-up of the United States housing bubble during the 2000s. It was released on March 15, 2010, by W. W. Norton & Company. It spent 28 weeks on ' ...
'', in which she breaks the
fourth wall
The fourth wall is a performance convention in which an invisible, imaginary wall separates actors from the audience. While the audience can see through this ''wall'', the convention assumes the actors act as if they cannot. From the 16th cen ...
to explain
subprime mortgages while in a bathtub. ''The Big Short'' was a commercial and critical success and Robbie's cameo became a
trending topic six years later, in the wake of the
GameStop short squeeze, as her explanation provided reference points for what was happening with the GameStop and related stocks.
2016–2018: Worldwide recognition
In 2016, Robbie reunited with Ficarra and Requa, playing a British
war correspondent in the film adaptation of ''
The Taliban Shuffle
''The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan'' is a memoir by U.S. journalist Kim Barker about her experiences reporting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was published in 2011.
Reception
BookBrowse rated the book 4/5.
Film a ...
'' called ''
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'', co-starring
Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...
and
Martin Freeman. The comedy-drama was a commercial failure, though it was a modest critical success. Later that year, Robbie took on the part of
Jane Porter in
David Yates
David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter, who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions. He is best known for directing the final four films in the ''Harry Potter'' ser ...
's adventure film ''
The Legend of Tarzan''. She was adamant about not losing weight and ensuring the role was not a
damsel in distress
The damsel in distress is a recurring narrative device in which one or more men must rescue a woman who has either been kidnapped or placed in general peril. Kinship, love, or lust (or a combination of those) gives the male protagonist the motiv ...
like in previous
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...
adaptations: "I definitely didn't want her to be a damsel in distress, and I just wanted her to be actively finding a way out of the situation. I didn't want her to be sitting around waiting for someone to come save her but also to be, in the meantime, fixing the problem herself." Reviews of the film were generally unfavourable, but
Manohla Dargis of ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'' credited Robbie for "holding her own" in her supporting role alongside the all-male cast with
Alexander Skarsgård and
Samuel L. Jackson. Dargis further praised the film by writing, "What makes it more enjoyable than a lot of recycled stories of this type is that the filmmakers have given Tarzan a thoughtful, imperfect makeover."
Robbie became the first person to portray
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with the ...
villain
Harley Quinn in
live-action
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when she signed on to
David Ayer's 2016 superhero film ''
Suicide Squad'' alongside an
ensemble cast
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Structure
In contrast t ...
that included Will Smith,
Jared Leto
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and
Viola Davis. She admitted to having never read the comics, but felt a huge responsibility to do the character justice and satisfy the fans. Robbie began preparing for the role of the
supervillainess
A supervillain or supercriminal is a variant of the villainous stock character that is commonly found in American comic books, usually possessing superhuman abilities. A supervillain is the antithesis of a superhero.
Supervillains are often u ...
six months prior to the film shoot; her schedule consisted of
gymnastics
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,
boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
,
aerial silk
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training and learning how to hold her breath underwater for five minutes. She performed the majority of her own stunts in the film. ''Suicide Squad'' was a commercial success and was
tenth-highest-grossing film of 2016 with global revenues of $746.8 million, and Robbie's performance was considered its prime asset. Writing for ''
Time
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'',
Stephanie Zacharek found Robbie to be "a criminally appealing actress, likable in just about every way" despite finding flaws in the character and
Christopher Orr of ''
The Atlantic
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It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'' called her performance "genuinely terrific". At the annual
People's Choice Awards
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ceremony, she won the
Favorite Action Movie Actress award and was also awarded the
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie.
In October 2016, Robbie hosted the
season 42 premiere of
NBC's late-night sketch comedy ''
Saturday Night Live
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''; her appearances included a parody of
Ivanka Trump. The series logged its strongest season premiere ratings in eight years. Robbie collaborated with Domhnall Gleeson in
Simon Curtis' ''
Goodbye Christopher Robin'' (2017), a biographical drama about the lives of ''
Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard.
The first collection of stories about the character was the book ''Win ...
'' creator
A. A. Milne and his family. The film, and her performance, received modest reviews and was a commercial failure.
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Her final release of 2017 and LuckyChap Entertainment's first release was
Craig Gillespie
Craig Gillespie (born 1 September 1967) is an Australian-American film, television, music video, and commercial director. He is best known for directing the films ''Lars and the Real Girl'' (2007), ''Fright Night'' (2011), ''I, Tonya'' (201 ...
's sports black comedy ''
I, Tonya'', based on the life of American figure skater
Tonya Harding
Tonya Maxene Price (née Harding; born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater, retired boxer and a reality television personality. Born in Portland, Oregon, Harding was raised primarily by her mother, who enrolled her in ice s ...
(Robbie) and her connection to the
1994 assault on rival
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American figure skater and actress. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympi ...
. In preparation, Robbie met with Harding, watched old footage and interviews of her, worked with a voice coach to speak in Harding's
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Thou ...
accent and vocal timbre at different ages, and underwent several months of rigorous skating instruction with choreographer
Sarah Kawahara. ''I, Tonya'' premiered at the
2017 Toronto International Film Festival to critical acclaim. James Luxford of ''
Metro'' deemed it Robbie's best performance to date, and
Mark Kermode
Mark James Patrick Kermode (, ; ; born 2 July 1963) is an English film critic, musician, radio presenter, television presenter and podcaster. He is the chief film critic for ''The Observer'', contributes to the magazine '' Sight & Sound'', pr ...
of ''
The Observer
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'' wrote, "Like the jaw-dropping triple-axel jump that made champion figure skater Tonya Harding famous, Margot Robbie's performance in this satirical, postmodern tale of the disgraced star is a tour-de-force tornado that balances finely nuanced character development with impressively punchy physicality.
..Robbie never puts a foot wrong as the proud Portland outsider". She received numerous accolades for her performance, including nominations for an
Academy Award
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, a
BAFTA Award, a
Golden Globe Award
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, a
Screen Actors Guild Award
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and a
Critics' Choice Movie Award
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, all for Best Actress. She became the first actress to receive an Oscar nomination for portraying a real-life
Olympic
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Sports
Competitions
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...
athlete.
Robbie began 2018 with the voice role of
Flopsy Rabbit in ''
Peter Rabbit'', a computer-animated comedy from director
Will Gluck, which is based on the
Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter (, 28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', which was ...
book series. The animated feature was a box office success, grossing $351.3 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million. Her next two 2018 filmsthe neo-noir thriller ''
Terminal
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Computing Hardware
* Terminal (electronics), a device for joining electrical circuits together
* Terminal (telecommunication), a device communicating over a line
* Computer terminal, a set of primary input and output dev ...
'' and comedy-horror ''
Slaughterhouse Rulez
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''S ...
''were critical and commercial failures, but Robbie's performance in the former was praised, with Jeffrey M. Anderson of ''
The San Francisco Examiner
The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863.
Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporat ...
'' writing, "Robbie is a bright one, and even though ''Terminal'' isn't much, it offers a chance to watch her shine."
The historical drama ''
Mary Queen of Scots'', directed by
Josie Rourke
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, was her final release of 2018. The film featured
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Una Ronan ( , ; born 12 April 1994) is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas since adolescence, she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations fo ...
as the
titular character
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and Robbie as her cousin
Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
Eli ...
, and it chronicles the
1569 conflict between their two countries. Robbie had initially turned down the role for being "terrified" of not living up to the history of portrayals of the Queen. Before each day of shooting, she spent three hours in the make-up chair while a prosthetic nose, painted on boils and blisters were applied. The film premiered at the annual
AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the History of cinema in the United States, motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private fun ...
, to mostly mixed reviews; critics dismissed the film for its screenplay and several historical inaccuracies, but praised the performances of Robbie and Ronan and their chemistry. Yolanda Machado of ''
TheWrap
''TheWrap'' is an American online news website covering the business of entertainment and media via digital, print and live events. It was founded by journalist Sharon Waxman
Sharon I. Waxman (born c.1963) is an American author, journalist, ...
'' wrote, "
w down to Ronan and Robbie for taking two legendarily complex characters,
..and completely owning both roles. Ronan's fiery Mary and Robbie's emotionally complex Elizabeth truly reign divine on screen." For her portrayal, Robbie received nominations for a
BAFTA Award and for a
Screen Actors Guild Award
Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...
.
2019–present: Established actress
![Margot Robbie 2019 by Glenn Francis (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Margot_Robbie_2019_by_Glenn_Francis_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Robbie's first release of 2019 was the LuckyChap Entertainment production ''
Dreamland'', a poorly received period crime thriller set during the 1930s
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a combination of both natural factors (severe drought) an ...
. She began executive producing the comedy series ''
Dollface'', which aired on
Hulu
Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television serie ...
from 2019 to 2022. In the same year, she starred as
Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover ...
alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and
Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ...
in
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, Black comedy, dark humor, Nonlinear narrative, non-lin ...
's comedy-drama ''
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is ...
'', with Robbie being Tarantino's only choice to play the late actress. With the
Tate-LaBianca Murders serving as a backdrop, the film tells the story of a fading
character actor
A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to b ...
(DiCaprio) and his
stunt double
In filmmaking, a double is a person who substitutes FOR another actor such that the person's face is not shown. There are various terms associated with a double based on the specific body part or ability they serve as a double for, such as stunt ...
(Pitt) as they navigate
New Hollywood
The New Hollywood, also known as American New Wave or Hollywood Renaissance, was a movement in American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence.
They influenced the types o ...
in 1969 Los Angeles. Feeling "an enormous sense of responsibility", Robbie prepared for the role by meeting Tate's family members and friends, watching all of her films and reading the autobiography by Tate's then-husband,
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...
. ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' premiered at the
2019 Cannes Film Festival
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became t ...
to critical acclaim, and was a commercial success with a worldwide gross of $374.3 million. Despite many criticising Robbie's lack of lines in the film,
Robbie Collin
Robbie Collin is a British film critic.
Collin studied aesthetics and the philosophy of film at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He edited the university's student newspaper, '' The Saint''.
Collin has been the chief film critic at ''The D ...
of ''
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
It was fo ...
'' highlighted a scene with Robbie in the cinema, which he found to be the film's "most delightful" scene.
Also in 2019, she starred as Kayla Pospisil, a
composite character
In a work of media adapted from a real or fictional narrative, a composite character is a character based on more than one individual from the story.
Use in film
*Several characters in the movie '' 21''.
*The character Henry Hurt in the docudra ...
based on several
Fox News
The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is o ...
employees, in
Jay Roach
Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the ''Austin Powers'' film series, '' Meet the Parents'', ''Dinner for Schmucks'', '' The Campaign'', '' Trumbo'', and '' Bombshell''.
Roach also ea ...
's drama ''
Bombshell''. Co-starring
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 20 ...
and
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...
, the film recounts stories of various female personnel at the news network and their reports of sexual harassment by the network's chairman
Roger Ailes
Roger Eugene Ailes (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a media consultant for Republican ...
. Robbie based her character's accent on
Katherine Harris
Katherine Harris (born April 5, 1957) is a former American politician. A Republican, Harris served in the Florida Senate from 1994 to 1998, as Secretary of State of Florida from 1999 to 2002, and as a member of the United States House of Represe ...
.
The film received positive reviews;
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan (; born October 27, 1946) is an American retired film critic, author, and lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. He was a film critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from 1991 ...
of the ''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...
'' wrote, "Robbie
sat her best, the arc of her story is so crushing that it stays with you the longest." For her performances in ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' and ''Bombshell'', she received double nominations for the
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film.
This award ...
and the
, and for the latter she received nominations for an
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
, a
Golden Globe
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
and a Screen Actors Guild Award; all in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Robbie began the new decade by reprising the role of Harley Quinn in
Cathy Yan
Cathy Y. Yan is a Chinese-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her films include the comedy-drama film ''Dead Pigs'' (2018) and '' Birds of Prey'' (2020), the eighth installment of the DC Extended Universe.
Early life and e ...
's ''
Birds of Prey''. Determined to make a female ensemble action film, she pitched the idea for the film to
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...
in 2015. Robbie spent the subsequent three years developing the project under her production company, making a concerted effort to hire a female director and screenwriter. ''Birds of Prey'', along with Robbie's performance, gained generally positive reviews;
Ian Freer
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...
of ''
Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
'' wrote that "the
MVP
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
is Robbie, who lends Harley charming quirk and believable menace, hinting at Harley's inner life without reams of dialogue." She received two nominations at the
46th People's Choice Awards.
Robbie served as a producer on ''
Promising Young Woman'' (2020), a comedy thriller by writer-director
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Lilly Fennell (; born 1 October 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nomination ...
. It starred
Carey Mulligan
Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an English actress. She has received List of awards and nominations received by Carey Mulligan, various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy A ...
as a woman who seeks to avenge the death of her best friend, who was a victim of rape. The film premiered at the
2020 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim, later receiving a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category ...
. In 2021, Robbie reprised her voice role as Flopsy Rabbit in Will Gluck's ''
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway'', released a year later due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $153.8 million worldwide.
She also made her third outing as Harley Quinn in the
standalone sequel
A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the sam ...
to ''Suicide Squad'', called ''
The Suicide Squad'', written and directed by
James Gunn
James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker and executive. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1997). He then began working as a director ...
. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was simultaneously released theatrically and on the streaming service
HBO Max
HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service is built around the libraries of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Netw ...
.
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman (born February 24, 1959) is an American film critic who has been chief film critic for ''Variety'' magazine since May 2016, a title he shares with . Previously, Gleiberman wrote for ''Entertainment Weekly'' from 1990 until 2014. ...
praised Robbie's "delectable performance" in it. In the same year, she served as an executive producer for the
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
miniseries ''
Maid
A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. In developed Western nations, full-time maids ...
''.
In 2022, Robbie reprised her role as Donna Freedman for the
final episode of ''Neighbours''. She starred alongside an ensemble cast in
David O. Russell
David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American filmmaker. His early directing career includes the comedy films ''Spanking the Monkey'' (1994), '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996), ''Three Kings'' (1999), and ''I Heart Huckabees'' (200 ...
's period comedy ''
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
'', based on the 1933
Business Plot
The Business Plot (also called the Wall Street Putsch and The White House Putsch) was an alleged political conspiracy in 1933, in the United States to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Smedley Butler as di ...
.
The film emerged as a critical and commercial failure.
In her second film release of the year, she played Nellie LaRoy, an actress inspired by silent movie star
Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow (; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the ...
, in
Damien Chazelle
Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films ''Whiplash'' (2014), ''La La Land'' (2016), and '' First Man'' (2018).
For ''Whiplash'', he was nominated for the ...
's comedy-drama ''
Babylon
''Bābili(m)''
* sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠
* arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel''
* syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel''
* grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn''
* he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel''
* peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru''
* elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
''. In preparation, she studied the works of Bow and researched her traumatic childhood.
She described LaRoy as "the most physically and emotionally draining character I’ve ever played".
Critics had mixed opinions about the film;
Caryn James
Caryn A. James (born Caryn A. Fuoroli) is an American film critic, journalist, university lecturer and writer.
Biography
James is one of at least three children born to James M. Fuoroli Sr. and Joan A. Ford. A native of Providence, Rhode Islan ...
of
BBC Culture
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opined, "Robbie's bold, charismatic performance makes Nellie a daring, endlessly spiralling, sympathetic figure". She received another Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
Robbie will next portray the
titular fashion doll in
Greta Gerwig
Greta Celeste Gerwig (; born August 4, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, and director. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in a number of films b ...
's 2023 romantic comedy ''
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched on March 9, 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.
...
'' opposite
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. Prominent in independent film, he has also worked in blockbuster films of varying genres, and has accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has received ...
,
and join the ensemble cast of
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles. They often contain themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Cited by so ...
's film ''
Asteroid City
''Asteroid City'' is an upcoming American romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson. The cast has been described as being "larger than most other Anderson films that are ensemble in nature." It is set to be rel ...
''. She has also committed to star in and produce a prequel to the
Ocean's film series.
Personal life
Robbie moved from Melbourne to
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Williamsburg is a Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, neighborhood in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant to the s ...
in the early 2010s. During that period, she became an avid ice hockey fan, supporting the
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...
, and played
right wing
Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authori ...
in an amateur ice hockey league. Despite significant media attention, Robbie rarely discusses her personal life.
Robbie met British assistant director
Tom Ackerley on the set of ''Suite Française'' in 2013.
In 2014, she moved to London with Ackerley and LuckyChap Entertainment co-founders Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara. Later that year, Robbie and Ackerley began a romantic relationship.
They married in December 2016 in Australia, and reside in
Venice Beach, California
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islan ...
.
Other work
Robbie has been a vocal supporter of
human rights
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,
women's rights
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...
,
gender equality
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...
and
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.
The LGBT term is a ...
rights. Through LuckyChap Entertainment, she and her co-founders focus on promoting female stories from female storytellers, whether it would be writers, directors, producers or all the above. In 2014, she was part of a fundraising event in support of the
Motion Picture & Television Fund
The Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) is a charitable organization that offers assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries and their families with limited or no resources, including services such as tempo ...
, which helps people in the film and television industries with limited or no resources; she joined the same event on two other occasions, in 2018 and 2020. In 2015, she helped raise $12 million through the
BGC Global Charity Day fundraising event, which donates money to different charities around the world. In 2016, Robbie joined other celebrities and
UN Refugee Agency
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integrat ...
staff in a petition aiming to gather public support for the growing number of families forced to flee conflict and persecution worldwide. Later in the year, she joined
Oxfam
Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.
History
Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...
's "I Hear You" project, which was designed to amplify the personal stories of the world's most vulnerable refugees and donated more than $50.000 to
UNICEF
UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...
's "Children First" campaign, in support of refugee children.
In October 2016, while hosting ''Saturday Night Live'', Robbie made a stand for
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...
in her native Australia wearing a T-shirt that read "Say 'I Do' Down Under", with a map of the country in rainbow colours. A year later, she joined fellow actor
Chris Hemsworth
Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian television series ''Home and Away'' (2004–2007) before beginning a film career in Hollywood. In the Marvel Cinemati ...
in advocating for the same purpose. In 2018, she pledged to support the
Time's Up initiative to protect women from harassment and discrimination. In April 2021, Robbie was announced as the recipient of the inaugural RAD Impact Award, for inspiring purpose with her philanthropy. She chose to share the prize with
Youngcare, a charity she had previously worked with, and therefore an impact donation was made to fund a project benefiting young people with extensive care needs.
Public image
![Margot Robbie at](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Margot_Robbie_at_%22Once_Upon_A_Time_In..._Hollywood%22_Photocall_in_Berlin_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Robbie is known for starring in both high-profile, mainstream productions and low-budget independent films, in which she has been able to display both her dramatic and comedic range.
For her role in ''The Wolf of Wall Street'', ''
Vanity Fair'' named her one of its breakthrough actors of 2013. In 2017, she appeared on the annual
''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 list, a compilation of the brightest young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers in the world and was included on a similar list compiled by ''The Hollywood Reporter''. That same year, ''Time'' named her one of the
100 most influential people in the world; her ''The Wolf of Wall Street'' director Martin Scorsese penned the article in the magazine, referring to Robbie as having "a unique audacity that surprises and challenges and just burns like a brand into every character she plays.
..Margot is stunning in all she is and all she does, and she will astonish us forever." In 2019, ''Forbes'' ranked her among the world's highest-paid actresses, with annual earnings of $23.5 million, and ''The Hollywood Reporter'' listed her among the 100 most powerful people in entertainment. In 2021, she was named one of the 100 most influential women in entertainment by ''The Hollywood Reporter''.
''
Vogue
Vogue may refer to:
Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
'' has named her "one of the most glamorous starlets" and she was ranked as one of the best-dressed women in 2018 and 2019 by luxury fashion retailer
Net-a-Porter
YOOX Net-a-Porter Group S.p.A. is an Italian online fashion retailer created on 5 October 2015 after the merger between Yoox Group and Net-a-porter Group (NAP).
Yoox was originally founded by Federico Marchetti (businessman), Federico Marchetti ...
. In 2014 and 2016, she featured on
AskMen
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History
AskMen was ...
's Top 99 Women, ranking among the top ten each year. Also in 2016, Robbie was placed at number one on ''
FHM
''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...
''s "
100 Sexiest Women in the World
''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...
" list. Since 2016, she has been chosen as the ambassador for brands such as
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and ...
,
Nissan
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and
Chanel
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. She was the last brand ambassador picked by
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeld (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer.
He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 ...
before his death in February 2019.
Filmography and awards
According to the review aggregator site
Rotten Tomatoes
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, Robbie's most critically acclaimed films are ''About Time'' (2013), ''The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), ''Z for Zachariah'' (2015), ''Suite Française'' (2015), ''Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'' (2016), ''I, Tonya'' (2017), ''Mary Queen of Scots'' (2019), ''Bombshell'' (2019), ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019), ''Birds of Prey'' (2020), and ''The Suicide Squad'' (2021).
Robbie has received two Academy Award nominations: Best Actress for ''I, Tonya'' (2018) and
Best Supporting Actress for ''Bombshell'' (2019). She has also been nominated for five
British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...
, four
Golden Globes
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
and five
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...
.
Robbie has won two
AACTA Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry, ...
:
Best International Lead Actress for ''I, Tonya'' and
Best International Supporting Actress for ''Mary, Queen of Scots'' (2019).
References
Further reading
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1990 births
Living people
21st-century Australian actresses
Actresses from the Gold Coast, Queensland
Actresses from Los Angeles
Australian company founders
Australian expatriate actresses in the United States
Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Australian expatriates in the United States
Australian film actresses
Australian soap opera actresses
Australian television actresses
Australian voice actresses
Australian women company founders
Australian women film producers
Australian feminists
LGBT rights activists from Australia
Best Actress AACTA International Award winners
Best Supporting Actress AACTA International Award winners