Elizabeth Debicki facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Elizabeth Debicki
Debicki in 2016
Born	(1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 34) Paris, France
Citizenship	Australia (from mother)
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Elizabeth Debicki (born on August 24, 1990) is an Australian actress. She was born in Paris, France, and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. Elizabeth studied acting at the University of Melbourne. Her first movie role was in the comedy A Few Best Men in 2011.

She became well-known for her roles in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby (2013), where she won an AACTA Award. She also played Ayesha in the Marvel movies Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Elizabeth Debicki also starred in TV shows like The Kettering Incident and The Night Manager (both 2016), and the movie Widows (2018). In 2019, she received the Cannes Trophée Chopard award.

Debicki became even more famous for playing Diana, Princess of Wales in the Netflix TV series The Crown (2022–2023). For this role, she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her other movies include Christopher Nolan's Tenet (2020) and MaXXXine (2024). She also appeared in the Australian TV series Rake (2014) and the HBO TV film The Tale (2018).

Early Life and Education

Elizabeth Debicki was born in Paris, France, on August 24, 1990. Her father was Polish, and her mother was Australian with Irish family. Both of her parents were ballet dancers and met while performing. When Elizabeth was five, her family moved to Glen Waverley, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. She is the oldest of three children and has a sister and a brother.

Elizabeth was interested in ballet when she was young and trained as a dancer. Later, she decided to focus on acting. She went to Huntingtower School in Melbourne. In 2007, she graduated as the top student, earning excellent scores in Drama and English. In 2010, Elizabeth earned a degree in drama from the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne. In 2009, she received a special award for talented acting students called the Richard Pratt Bursary.

Acting Career Highlights

Starting Out in Film and TV (2011–2016)

Debicki at the premiere of A Few Best Men (2011) in Sydney

Elizabeth Debicki's first movie role was a small part as a secretary in the Australian film A Few Best Men in 2011. This was right after she finished drama school.

Director Baz Luhrmann saw her audition tape and invited her to try out for his movie, The Great Gatsby. In May 2011, Luhrmann announced that Elizabeth would play Jordan Baker in the 2013 film. She received great reviews for her performance and won an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In December 2012, she was featured in Vogue Australia magazine.

From June to July 2013, Elizabeth performed in the play The Maids at the Sydney Theatre Company. She won the Best Newcomer award at the Sydney Theatre Awards for her role. In 2014, the play moved to New York City. Around this time, Elizabeth also appeared in a short film called GÖDEL, incomplete and was a guest star in the Australian TV series Rake.

In 2015, Elizabeth Debicki had supporting roles in three big movies. She played the bad guy in Guy Ritchie's The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. She also appeared in Macbeth and the adventure film Everest. The next year, she starred in the play The Red Barn in London.

In 2016, Elizabeth had important roles in two TV shows. She played Dr. Anna Macy in the Australian series The Kettering Incident. After that, she filmed the TV miniseries The Night Manager in Switzerland, playing the character Jed. This show aired in the United States in April 2016.

Becoming a Star (2017–Present)

Debicki at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival

After The Night Manager was a success, Elizabeth Debicki got a role in the Marvel Studios movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. She played Ayesha, the leader of the Sovereign people. She returned as Ayesha in the third movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. In 2017, she also voiced Emperor Haban-Limaï in the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. That same year, she played Eva in the Australian film Breath, which earned her another AACTA Award nomination.

In 2018, Elizabeth appeared in five movies. She was Jensen in The Cloverfield Paradox, which was released on Netflix. She also received great reviews for her role as Mrs. G in the HBO film The Tale. One of her biggest roles was Alice in Steve McQueen's heist movie Widows. Many critics were impressed by her performance, saying she stood out even with many famous actors in the cast. In 2018, Elizabeth also played Virginia Woolf in Vita & Virginia and voiced Mopsy Rabbit in Peter Rabbit. She returned for the sequel, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.

Elizabeth Debicki had a main role in the 2019 thriller The Burnt Orange Heresy, starring with Claes Bang and Mick Jagger. The next year, she starred in Christopher Nolan's spy film Tenet (2020) as Kat. Critics noted that she brought a lot of emotion to her character. Elizabeth said that the difficult scenes helped show the challenges her character faced.

Elizabeth Debicki played Diana, Princess of Wales in the last two seasons of the Netflix drama series The Crown. Her acting in the fifth season earned her nominations for several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award. In 2024, she won a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the sixth season of The Crown.

Filmography

Film Roles

Television Roles

Stage Performances

Awards and Nominations

See also

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