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's drama film '' Leave No Trace'' (2018), winning the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. She continued gaining recognition with supporting roles in the 2019 films ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' True History of the Kelly Gang''. In 2021, she starred in

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's thriller ''

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'' and in

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's psychological horror film '' Last Night in Soho''.

Early life

Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie was born in

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, New Zealand, to actress

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and director Stuart McKenzie. She is the granddaughter of actress Dame

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and Peter Harcourt. Peter's family founded the real estate company

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in Wellington. She has an elder brother and a younger sister, actress Davida McKenzie. She completed her secondary education at

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in 2018.

Career

After appearing with her brother in the film ''Existence'' (2012), McKenzie portrayed a teenager

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in the television film ''Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story'' (2014). In 2015, she played Pixie Hannah in the soap opera ''

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''. The following year, she played the titular character in the children's comedy web series ''

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''. She first gained recognition for her portrayal as a daughter of a war veteran in

's '' Leave No Trace'' (2018). Her performance received critical acclaim and won her the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. In 2019, McKenzie joined the ensemble cast of

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's ''

'' as Queen Philippa of Denmark, starring alongside Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton and

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. She next played the role of a young Jewish girl who hides in the home of the title character in

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's satirical comedy-drama ''

'' (2019). In August 2018, McKenzie was originally cast in '' Top Gun: Maverick'', but dropped out of the film after signing onto ''

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'' (2020). In 2021, she starred in the

's thriller ''

'', and played the lead character in

's psychological horror film '' Last Night in Soho'', opposite

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. That same year, she joined

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's televised adaptation of

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'' Life After Life'' for

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, which premiered in 2022. McKenzie will portray American gymnast Kerri Strug in Olivia Wilde's ''Perfect'', and star in ''Eileen'', alongside Anne Hathaway.

Personal life

As of March 2017, McKenzie resides in

, New Zealand.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McKenzie, Thomasin Living people New Zealand film actresses New Zealand television actresses New Zealand child actresses New Zealand people of English descent New Zealand people of Scottish descent New Zealand people of Channel Islands descent Actresses from Wellington City

Thomasin McKenzie Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (born 26 July 2000) is a New Zealand actress. After a minor role in ''The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies'' (2014), she rose to critical prominence after playing a young girl living in isolation in Debra Granik's dra ...

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