Margot Robbie facts for kids
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Margot Robbie
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Robbie in 2018
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Margot Elise Robbie
2 July 1990 Dalby, Queensland, Australia
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| Education | Somerset College |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Organization | LuckyChap Entertainment |
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| Awards | Full list |
Margot Elise Robbie (born 2 July 1990) is a famous Australian actress and producer. She has starred in many big movies and also smaller, independent films. She has been nominated for many important awards, like the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars), Golden Globe Awards, and BAFTA Awards.
In 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2023, Forbes magazine said she was the world's highest-paid actress.
Margot grew up in Queensland, Australia. She started her acting career in 2008 on the TV show Neighbours. She moved to the United States and became well-known in 2013 for her role in the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. She is also famous for playing Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe movies, starting with Suicide Squad in 2016.
Margot Robbie also played figure skater Tonya Harding in the movie I, Tonya (2017). This role earned her a nomination for an Academy Award. More recently, she starred as the famous doll in the movie Barbie (2023). This movie became her highest-earning film, and she was also a producer for it, which earned her another Academy Award nomination.
Margot and her husband, Tom Ackerley, started their own production company called LuckyChap Entertainment in 2014. They have produced several successful films and TV shows, including I, Tonya and Barbie.
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Early Life and Education
Margot Elise Robbie was born on 2 July 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, was a physiotherapist. Margot has three siblings: Anya, Lachlan, and Cameron. Her parents separated when she was five years old. Margot and her siblings were raised by their mother and did not see much of their father.
The family mostly lived on her grandparents' farm in Currumbin Valley, Queensland. Margot was a very active child and loved to put on shows at home. Her mother even enrolled her in a circus school, where she became very good at trapeze by age eight.
In high school, Margot studied drama at Somerset College. As a teenager, she worked three jobs at the same time: she worked at a bar, cleaned houses, and worked at Subway. After finishing school, Margot moved to Melbourne to start acting professionally. She had already appeared in a few commercials and small independent films.
Career Highlights
Starting Out in Acting (2008–2012)
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Margot's first acting jobs were when she was still in high school. She was in two low-budget thriller movies, Vigilante and I.C.U.. She loved being on a movie set, calling it "a dream come true."
She first appeared on TV in 2008 in the drama series City Homicide. Then, she had a small role in the children's show The Elephant Princess, where she acted alongside Liam Hemsworth.
Margot really wanted to be on the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours. She called the production company every day! One day, she got to speak to the casting director by accident. She was invited to audition and in June 2008, she joined the show as Donna Freedman. Her role was only supposed to be for a short time, but she became a regular cast member. She stayed on Neighbours for three years and received two Logie Award nominations.
After moving to America, Margot got a role in the TV series Pan Am (2011). She played a new flight attendant. The show started strong but was canceled after one season.
Becoming a Star (2013–2015)
Margot appeared in the romantic comedy About Time (2013) with Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams. This movie was a moderate success.
Her big break came in the same year with the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. She played Naomi Lapaglia, the wife of the main character. Both the movie and her acting received great reviews. People especially praised her Brooklyn accent. The Wolf of Wall Street was a huge success, earning $392 million worldwide. Margot was nominated for an MTV Movie Award and won an Empire Award for her performance.
After this movie, Margot became very famous. She even thought about quitting acting because of all the attention. But her mother encouraged her to keep going.
To create more movies and shows with strong female characters, Margot and her future husband, Tom Ackerley, along with their friends Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara, started their own production company called LuckyChap Entertainment in 2014. The company's name was inspired by Charlie Chaplin.
In 2015, Margot starred in four movies. One was Focus with Will Smith. She played a con artist learning tricks from his character. She even learned how to pickpocket for the role! Critics liked her performance. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
She then appeared in the war drama Suite Française and the post-apocalyptic drama Z for Zachariah. In Z for Zachariah, she played the main character, Ann Burden. She dyed her hair brown and learned an Appalachian accent for the role. Her acting in this film was highly praised. Margot also had a small but memorable role in the comedy-drama The Big Short, where she explained complicated financial terms while in a bathtub.
Worldwide Recognition (2016–2018)
In 2016, Margot played Jane Porter in the adventure film The Legend of Tarzan. She insisted that her character should not be a "damsel in distress" (someone who always needs saving).
Later that year, Margot became the first actress to play the DC Comics villain Harley Quinn in a live-action movie, Suicide Squad. She worked hard to prepare for the role, doing gymnastics, boxing, and aerial silk training. She also learned to hold her breath underwater for five minutes! Margot did most of her own stunts in the movie. Suicide Squad was a big box office success, and many people said Margot's performance was the best part of the film. She won awards like the Favorite Action Movie Actress.
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In October 2016, Margot hosted Saturday Night Live, a popular comedy show. Her episode had very high ratings.
Her movie I, Tonya (2017) was the first film released by her company, LuckyChap Entertainment. Margot played American figure skater Tonya Harding. To prepare, Margot met with Tonya Harding, watched old videos, worked with a voice coach, and trained for months in ice skating. The movie received excellent reviews, and many critics called it Margot's best performance. She received many nominations for Best Actress, including for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
In 2018, Margot voiced Flopsy Rabbit in the animated movie Peter Rabbit, which was a box office hit. She also played Queen Elizabeth I in the historical drama Mary Queen of Scots. She spent three hours in makeup each day for this role to look like the Queen. For this role, she received nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Established Actress and Producer (2019–Present)
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In 2019, Margot was an executive producer for the comedy series Dollface. She was also the only choice for director Quentin Tarantino to play actress Sharon Tate in his movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. To prepare, Margot met Tate's family and friends, watched her films, and read her husband's autobiography. The movie was a critical and commercial success.
In 2020, Margot returned as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey. She had pitched the idea for this movie to Warner Bros. in 2015, wanting to make a female-led action film. She worked hard to hire a female director and screenwriter. The movie and Margot's performance received positive reviews.
In 2021, she voiced Flopsy Rabbit again in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway. She also played Harley Quinn for the third time in The Suicide Squad, directed by James Gunn. She also worked as an executive producer for the Netflix miniseries Maid.
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In 2022, Margot made a special appearance in the final episode of Neighbours, the show where she started. She also starred in the comedy-drama Babylon, playing an actress named Nellie LaRoy. She studied silent movie stars and researched their lives for the role. Even though the movie didn't do well at the box office, her performance was highly praised.
In 2023, Margot had a small role in Wes Anderson's film Asteroid City. Her next big movie was the fantasy comedy Barbie, where she played the famous doll alongside Ryan Gosling as Ken. Margot bought the rights to make a Barbie movie in 2018 and hired Greta Gerwig to write and direct it. She took on the main role after another actress turned it down. Margot earned $12.5 million for this role, making her the highest-paid actress in Hollywood that year. Critics loved how well she fit the part. Barbie earned over $1.4 billion worldwide, becoming Margot's highest-grossing film. She received more nominations for her acting and for producing the movie, including an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Margot also produced the film Saltburn in 2023. She is set to star in upcoming films like A Big Bold Beautiful Journey and Wuthering Heights.
Personal Life
Margot Robbie usually keeps her personal life private. In the early 2010s, she moved from Melbourne to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the United States. She became a big fan of ice hockey and supports the New York Rangers. She even played as a right wing in an amateur ice hockey league.
Margot met British assistant director Tom Ackerley in 2013 while working on the movie Suite Française. In 2014, she moved to London with Tom and her LuckyChap Entertainment co-founders. Later that year, Margot and Tom started dating. They got married in a private ceremony in Byron Bay, Australia, in December 2016. The couple now lives in Venice Beach, California.
Other Work and Philanthropy
Margot Robbie is a strong supporter of human rights, women's rights, gender equality, and LGBT rights. Through her company, LuckyChap Entertainment, she helps tell stories from female writers, directors, and producers.
She has participated in several fundraising events for the Motion Picture & Television Fund, which helps people in the film and TV industries who need support. In 2015, she helped raise $12 million for different charities around the world through the BGC Global Charity Day.
In 2016, Margot joined other celebrities and the UN Refugee Agency to support families forced to leave their homes due to conflict. She also joined Oxfam's "I Hear You" project, which shares the stories of refugees. She donated over $50,000 to UNICEF's "Children First" campaign to help refugee children.
In October 2016, while hosting Saturday Night Live, Margot wore a T-shirt that said "Say 'I Do' Down Under" with a rainbow map of Australia. This was to support same-sex marriage in her home country. A year later, she continued to advocate for this cause with actor Chris Hemsworth. In 2018, she supported the Time's Up initiative, which aims to protect women from harassment and discrimination.
In April 2021, Margot received the first RAD Impact Award for her charity work. She chose to share her prize with Youngcare, a charity that helps young people with special care needs.
Filmography and Awards
Some of Margot Robbie's most highly praised films include The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Z for Zachariah (2015), I, Tonya (2017), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Birds of Prey (2020), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Barbie (2023).
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Margot Robbie in 2018
See also
In Spanish: Margot Robbie para niños
