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
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Elizabeth Debicki (born on August 24, 1990) is a talented Australian actress. She was born in Paris, France, and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. She studied acting at the University of Melbourne. Elizabeth has won many important awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was also nominated for a British Academy Television Award. In 2019, she received the Cannes Trophée Chopard award, which celebrates rising stars.

Elizabeth first appeared in the comedy movie A Few Best Men (2011). She became widely known for her role in Baz Luhrmann's movie The Great Gatsby (2013), where she won an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Since then, she has starred in many different films, such as the historical movie Macbeth (2015), the spy film The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), the exciting thriller Widows (2018), the science fiction movie Tenet (2020), and the slasher film MaXXXine (2024). She also played Ayesha in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).

On television, Elizabeth has appeared in Australian shows like Rake (2014) and The Kettering Incident (2016). She also starred in the AMC series The Night Manager (2016) and the HBO film The Tale (2018). From 2022 to 2023, Debicki played Diana, Princess of Wales in the popular drama series The Crown. For this role, she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Early Life and Education

Elizabeth Debicki was born on August 24, 1990, in Paris, France. Her father was Polish, and her mother was Australian with Irish family. Both of her parents were ballet dancers and met while performing together. When Elizabeth was five years old, 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 from a young age and trained as a dancer. However, she later decided to focus on acting. She attended Huntingtower School in eastern Melbourne. She achieved excellent scores in Drama and English and was the top student when she graduated in 2007. 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 called the Richard Pratt Bursary for talented acting students.

Career Highlights

Early Acting Roles (2011–2016)

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

Elizabeth Debicki made her first movie appearance in the 2011 Australian film A Few Best Men. She had a small role as a secretary. This was her first acting job after finishing drama school. The famous director Baz Luhrmann saw her audition video. He was looking for actors for his movie The Great Gatsby. He flew her to Los Angeles for more auditions, where she acted with Tobey Maguire. In May 2011, Luhrmann announced that Elizabeth would play Jordan Baker in his 2013 film The Great Gatsby. She received great reviews for her performance and won an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

In 2013, Elizabeth performed in the play The Maids at the Sydney Theatre Company. She played Madame alongside famous actresses Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert. She won an award for best newcomer 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 had supporting roles in three big movies. She played the villain in Guy Ritchie's film The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. She also appeared in the Australian film Macbeth and the adventure film Everest. The next year, she starred in a play called The Red Barn in London.

In 2016, Elizabeth took on major roles in two TV shows. She played Dr. Anna Macy in the Australian series The Kettering Incident, which was filmed in Tasmania. After that, she went to Switzerland to film the TV miniseries The Night Manager. She played Jed in this show, which was based on a novel by John le Carré. The show was very popular.

Major Successes (2017–Present)

Debicki at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival

After the success of The Night Manager, 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 to play Ayesha in the final movie of the series, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. In 2017, she also joined the cast of director Luc Besson's film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, where she provided a voice for Emperor Haban-Limaï. That same year, Elizabeth played Eva in the Australian film Breath and was nominated for an AACTA Award for her performance.

In 2018, Elizabeth appeared in five movies. She played Jensen in The Cloverfield Paradox, which was released on Netflix. She then appeared as Mrs. G in the acclaimed HBO film The Tale, receiving excellent reviews. One of her biggest roles came in November 2018, when she played Alice in Steve McQueen's heist film Widows. Critics praised her performance, noting how she stood out among a cast of many famous actors. In the same year, Elizabeth also played Virginia Woolf in Vita & Virginia and was the voice of Mopsy Rabbit in Peter Rabbit. She returned to voice Mopsy in the sequel, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.

Elizabeth had a main role in the 2019 thriller The Burnt Orange Heresy. The next year, she starred in Christopher Nolan's spy film Tenet (2020). She played Kat, the wife of Kenneth Branagh's character. Critics noted that she showed a lot of human emotion in her role. Elizabeth mentioned that playing Kat helped her understand the difficult situations her character faced.

From 2022 to 2023, 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. In 2024, Elizabeth won a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award for her amazing performance in the sixth and final season of The Crown.

In 2025, she returned to the stage, acting opposite Ewan McGregor in a play called My Master Builder in London's West End.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Awards and Nominations

See also

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