Margot Elise RobbieΒ (born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer.Β Her workΒ includes blockbustersΒ and independent films, andΒ her accoladesΒ include nominations for threeΒ Academy Awards, fourΒ Golden Globe Awards, and sixΒ BAFTA Awards.Β TimeΒ named her one of theΒ 100 most influential people in the worldΒ in 2017, andΒ ForbesΒ named her theΒ world's highest-paid actressΒ in 2023.
Born and raised inΒ Queensland, Robbie began her career in 2008 on the television seriesΒ Neighbours, on which she was a regular until 2011. After moving to the United States, she led the television seriesΒ Pan AmΒ (2011β2012). She had her breakthrough in 2013 withΒ Martin Scorsese's black comedy filmΒ The Wolf of Wall Street. She achieved wider recognition by starring in the roles ofΒ Jane PorterΒ inΒ The Legend of TarzanΒ (2016) and Β Harley QuinnΒ in theΒ DC Extended Universe films, beginning withΒ Suicide SquadΒ (2016).
Robbie received critical acclaim and a nomination for theΒ Academy Award for Best ActressΒ for her portrayal of figure skaterΒ Tonya HardingΒ in the biopicΒ I, TonyaΒ (2017). This acclaim continued for her performances asΒ Queen Elizabeth IΒ inΒ Mary Queen of ScotsΒ (2018),Β Sharon TateΒ inΒ Once Upon a Time in HollywoodΒ (2019), and aΒ Fox News employee inΒ BombshellΒ (2019). The last of these earned her a nomination for theΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Robbie has since starred as an aspiring actress in the period filmΒ BabylonΒ (2022) andΒ the titular fashion dollΒ in the fantasy comedyΒ BarbieΒ (2023), which emerged as her highest-grossing release and, as its producer, earned her a nomination for theΒ Academy Award for Best Picture.
Robbie and her husband, filmmakerΒ Tom Ackerley, co-founded the production companyΒ LuckyChap EntertainmentΒ in 2014, under which they have produced several films, includingΒ I, Tonya,Β Promising Young WomanΒ (2020),Β Barbie, andΒ SaltburnΒ (2023), as well as theΒ HuluΒ seriesΒ DollfaceΒ (2019β2022) and theΒ NetflixΒ miniseriesΒ MaidΒ (2021).
