Margot Robbie Biography

Margot Elise Robbie ( ; born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer. Robbie started her career by appearing in Australian independent films in the late 2000s. She was later cast in the soap opera Neighbours (2008-2011), which earned her two Logie Award nominations.

After moving to the United States, Robbie starred in the short-lived ABC drama series Pan Am (2011-2012). In 2013, she made her big screen debut in Richard Curtis's romantic comedy-drama film About Time and co-starred in Martin Scorsese's biographical black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street. In 2015, Robbie co-starred in the romantic comedy-drama film Focus, appeared in the romantic World War II drama film Suite Franaise and starred in the science fiction film Z for Zachariah. That same year, she played herself in The Big Short.

She has since portrayed Jane Porter in the action-adventure film The Legend of Tarzan (2016), DC Comics villain Harley Quinn in the superhero film Suicide Squad (2016), figure skater Tonya Harding in the biographical film I, Tonya (2017) and Daphne de Slincourt, wife of Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne, in the drama film Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017).

She appeared on Time magazine's "The Most Influential People of 2017" list.

Early life

Robbie was born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, later moving to the Gold Coast. Her parents are Sarie Kessler, a physiotherapist, and Doug Robbie, a former farm-owner. She has three siblings, older brother Lachlan or "Lockie", younger brother Cameron and a sister, Anya. Robbie and her siblings were raised by their single mother. She has minimal contact with her father. She grew up in a farming family. To make ends meet, Robbie worked three jobs simultaneously at the age of 16. She studied drama at school, graduating from Somerset College. When Robbie was 17 years old, she moved to Melbourne to begin acting professionally.

Career

2007-2011: Early career

Robbie has been acting professionally since 2007, when she starred in two feature films, I.C.U. and Vigilante. After impressing the director with her performance during an audition, she won the lead in I.C.U. without an agent at the time. Robbie also acted in commercials and had guest roles in The Elephant Princess and City Homicide as Caitlin Brentford.

Robbie began appearing as Donna Freedman on Neighbours from June 2008. The character was originally only a guest role, but she was soon promoted to a regular cast member. In an interview with Digital Spy, Robbie said she had gone on a snowboarding holiday to Canada with her boyfriend soon after auditioning, but had to return after only two days when told that she had won the role.

In early 2009, Robbie appeared in various Network Ten promotions, featuring an ensemble of popular Australian faces on the network. In July 2009, she filled the "Generation Y" guest spot on the Network Ten show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation. Robbie also became a Youth Ambassador for missing persons as part of National Youth Week.

In the same year, Robbie was nominated for Most Popular New Female Talent at the Australian Logie Awards. She was also nominated for Favorite Hottie at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and was up against her Neighbours co-star Dean Geyer. In September 2010, Robbie announced that she was to leave Neighbours after almost three years to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. Her final scenes aired on 26 January 2011 and in April of that year, Robbie was nominated for Most Popular Actress at the Logie Awards.

2011-2015: Move to Hollywood

After arriving in Los Angeles for pilot season, Robbie auditioned for the new series of Charlie's Angels. However, the producers at Sony Pictures Television preferred her for a role in ABC drama series Pan Am alongside Christina Ricci. Robbie landed the role of Laura Cameron, a newly trained flight attendant. Pan Am was cancelled after one season due to falling ratings, despite receiving positive reviews from critics.

In May 2012, Robbie joined the cast of Richard Curtis' romantic comedy About Time (2013) alongside Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. About Time was released in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2013 and in the United States on 1 November 2013. The film received positive reviews and grossed $87 million on its $12 million budget.

In June 2012, it was announced that Robbie was in talks to appear in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill. Her casting was confirmed in August. The Wolf of Wall Street was released on 25 December 2013 to positive reviews and became a commercial success with a worldwide gross of $392 million making it Scorsese's highest-grossing film. The film was subsequently nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. For her performance as Jordan Belfort's second wife Naomi Lapaglia, Robbie was praised by critics for her Brooklyn accent. Critic Sasha Stone wrote "She's Scorsese's best blonde bombshell discovery since Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull. Robbie is funny, hard and kills every scene she's in". She received a nomination for the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and won the Empire Award for Best Newcomer.

2015-present: Mainstream success

In 2015, Robbie starred opposite Will Smith in romantic comedy-drama film Focus. In the film, she plays an inexperienced grifter learning the craft from Smith's character. The film was released on 27 February 2015 to generally mixed reviews. However, Robbie's performance was praised. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote "Robbie is a wow and then some. The Aussie actress who made us sit up and take notice as Leonardo DiCaprio's wife in The Wolf of Wall Street shows a comic flair backed up with beauty and steel. Even when Focus fumbles, Robbie deals a winning hand." Focus grossed over $150 million worldwide. In 2015, Robbie received a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Also in 2015, Robbie played the leading role of Ann Burden in the film adaptation of Z for Zachariah with Chris Pine and Chiwetel Ejiofor, which was shot in New Zealand. The film premiered on 24 January 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival and had its theatrical release on 28 August 2015. The film received positive reviews. Robbie's performance was praised by critics. Drew McWeeny of HitFix wrote "Robbie's work here establishes her as one of the very best actresses in her age range today".

Robbie appeared in a documentary special celebrating Neighbours 30th anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK in March 2015. She also appeared in Suite Franaise (2015) alongside Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas and Matthias Schoenaerts, an adaptation of Irne Nmirovsky's novel. The film received positive reviews. Robbie made a cameo appearance in Adam McKay's comedy-drama The Big Short, released on 11 December 2015.

Robbie co-starred with Tina Fey in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, a film adaptation of The Taliban Shuffle. She plays Tanya Vanderpoel, a British TV journalist. The film also stars Martin Freeman and Alfred Molina and was released on 4 March 2016 by Paramount Pictures. In May 2016, Calvin Klein announced Robbie would be the face of their newest women's fragrance Deep Euphoria. Later that year, Robbie starred as Jane Porter in David Yates's The Legend of Tarzan, opposite Alexander Skarsgrd, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz. The film was released on 1 July.

Robbie's third 2016 role was Harley Quinn in Warner Bros.' DC Comics supervillain film Suicide Squad, as part of an ensemble cast that includes Will Smith, Jared Leto, Viola Davis and Joel Kinnaman. Principal photography commenced on 13 April 2015, and the film was released on 5 August 2016. Robbie hosted the season 42 premiere of Saturday Night Live on 1 October 2016, with musical guest The Weeknd. In 2017, Robbie began promoting Nissan electric vehicles. She was scheduled to voice a character in the 2018 DreamWorks Animation Larrikins, before the project was cancelled in March 2017. Robbie's stars alongside Domhnall Gleeson in Goodbye Christopher Robin as Daphne de Slincourt, wife of author A. A. Milne. The film was released on 29 September 2017.

Upcoming films

Robbie has been confirmed to star in the film adaptation of Marisa Lankester's memoir Dangerous Odds and Matthew Michael Carnahan's Violent Talent. In February 2016, Robbie was cast in Vaughn Stein's thriller film Terminal as Annie. She will also portray American figure skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, written by Steven Rogers and directed by Craig Gillespie. Robbie will reprise her role as Harley Quinn in Gotham City Sirens that she will also produce. In July 2016, Robbie was confirmed to star in an adaptation of Matt Ruff's thriller novel Bad Monkeys as Jane Charlotte. She will also produce the film for LuckyChap Entertainment. Robbie will voice a character in the animated/live-action Peter Rabbit film adaptation. In 2017, she was cast as Maid Marian in Marian. Robbie will also co-produce the film for LuckyChap Entertainment. She was also cast as Queen Elizabeth I in the 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots.

Personal life

Robbie met British assistant director Tom Ackerley on the set of Suite Franaise, and in December 2016, they married in a private ceremony in Byron Bay. She and Ackerley previously lived in London with two friends. They have since moved to Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Vigilante	Cassandra
2009	I.C.U.	Tristan Waters	Also associate producer
2013	About Time	Charlotte
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Naomi Lapaglia
2015	Z for Zachariah	Ann Burden
2015	Focus	Jess Barrett
2015	Suite Franaise	Celine
2015	The Big Short	Herself	Cameo
2016	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	Tanya Vanderpoel
2016	The Legend of Tarzan	Jane Porter
2016	Suicide Squad	Harley Quinn
2017	I, Tonya	Tonya Harding	Also producer
2017	Goodbye Christopher Robin	Daphne de Slincourt
2018	Peter Rabbit	Flopsy	Voice role; post-production
2018	Terminal	Annie	Also producer; post-production
2018	Mary Queen of Scots	Queen Elizabeth I	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Review with Myles Barlow	Kelly	Premiere episode
2008	'	Butterfly (uncredited)	2 episodes
2008	City Homicide	Caitlin Brentford	Episode: "Somersaulting Dogs"
2008-11	Neighbours	Donna Freedman	Series regular
2011-12	Pan Am	Laura Cameron	Main role (14 episodes)
2015	Top Gear	Herself	Episode #22.4
2015	Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite	Herself	Documentary
2016	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Margot Robbie/The Weeknd"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work / nominee	Result
2009	Logie Awards	Most Popular New Female Talent	Neighbours
2011		Most Popular Actress
2013	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Cast	The Wolf of Wall Street
	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Acting Ensemble
	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble
2014	Empire Awards	Best Female Newcomer
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance
	Young Hollywood Awards	Breakthrough Actress	Margot Robbie
2015	British Academy Film Awards	BAFTA Rising Star Award	Margot Robbie
2016	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress: AnTEENcipated	Suicide Squad
	Critics' Choice Awards	Best Actress in an Action Movie
2017	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actress
		Favorite Action Movie Actress
	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Hall of Shame
		Actress Most in Need of a New Agent
	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actress