Thomasin McKenzie

Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (born 26 July 2000) is a New Zealand actress. After a minor role in The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (2014), she rose to critical prominence after playing a young girl living in isolation in Debra Granik's drama film Leave No Trace (2018), winning the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. She continued gaining recognition with supporting roles in the 2019 films The King, Jojo Rabbit, and True History of the Kelly Gang. In 2021, she starred in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Old and in Edgar Wright's psychological horror film Last Night in Soho.
McKenzie continued gaining recognition with supporting roles in the 2019 films The King and True History of the Kelly Gang. In 2021, she starred in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Old and Edgar Wright's psychological horror film Last Night in Soho, and featured in Jane Campion's western film The Power of the Dog. She has since played the title role in the thriller Eileen (2023) opposite Anne Hathaway.
== Early life ==
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to actress Dame Miranda Harcourt and director Stuart McKenzie. She is the granddaughter of actress Dame Kate Harcourt and Peter Harcourt. Peter's family founded the real estate company Harcourts International in Wellington. She has an elder brother and a younger sister, actress Davida McKenzie. She completed her secondary education at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in 2018.
== Career ==
After appearing with her brother in the film Existence (2012), McKenzie portrayed a teenager Louise Nicholas in the television film Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story (2014). In 2015, she played Pixie Hannah in the soap opera Shortland Street. The following year, she played the titular character in the children's comedy web series Lucy Lewis Can't Lose.
She first gained recognition for her portrayal as a daughter of a war veteran in Debra Granik's Leave No Trace (2018). Her performance received critical acclaim and won her the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. In 2019, McKenzie joined the ensemble cast of Netflix's The King as Queen Philippa of Denmark, starring alongside Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton and Robert Pattinson. She next played the role of a young Jewish girl who hides in the home of the title character in Taika Waititi's satirical comedy-drama Jojo Rabbit (2019).
In August 2018, McKenzie was originally cast in Top Gun: Maverick, but dropped out of the film after signing onto Lost Girls (2020). In 2021, she starred in the M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Old, and played the lead character in Edgar Wright's psychological horror film Last Night in Soho, opposite Anya Taylor-Joy. That same year, she joined John Crowley's televised adaptation of Kate Atkinson's novel Life After Life for BBC Two, which premiered in 2022.
McKenzie will portray American gymnast Kerri Strug in Olivia Wilde's Perfect, and star in Eileen, alongside Anne Hathaway.
== Personal life ==
As of March 2017, McKenzie resides in Wellington, New Zealand.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2012	Existence 	Scraps 	
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Astrid 	
2017	The Changeover 	Rose Keaton 	
2018	Leave No Trace 	Tom 	
2019	Reiko 	Molly 	
2019	The King 	Queen Philippa of Denmark 	
2019	Jojo Rabbit 	Elsa Korr 	
2019	The True History of the Kelly Gang 	Mary 	
2020	Lost Girls 	Mary 	
2021	The Justice of Bunny King 	Tonyah 	
2021	Old 	Maddox Cappa (aged 16) 	
2021	Last Night in Soho 	Eloise Turner 	
2021	The Power of the Dog 	Lola 	
2023	Eileen 	Eileen Dunlop 	
2023	Zara 	Zara / Zoe 	
2024	Balloon Fight : The Movie (2024 film) 	Bonnie 	
2026	The Last Unicorn 	The Unicorn/Lady Amalthea (voice)	
2028	Jim Button and the Wild 13 	Sursulapitschi (voice) 	
=== Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2014 	Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story	Young Louise 	Television film
2015-2020	Shortland Street 	Pixie Hannah 	Recurring role (28 episodes)
2015 	End of Term 	Annabel 	1 episode
2016 	Bright Summer Night 	Petra Quince 	4 episodes
2016 	Jean 	Young Jean 	Television film
2016 	Lucy Lewis Can't Lose 	Lucy Lewis 	Lead (11 episodes)
2017 	The Cul De Sac 	Willa 	3 episodes
2022 	Life After Life 	Ursula Todd 	Miniseries (4 episodes)
TBA 	Gossamer 	TBA (voice) 	Filming
2030-36 	The Reiko Show 	Molly (voice)	
Category:Non-Fanon
Category:Voice actors
Category:Voice actresses
Category:Living people
Category:New Zealand film actresses
Category:New Zealand television actresses
Category:New Zealand child actresses
Category:New Zealand people of English descent
Category:New Zealand people of Scottish descent
Category:New Zealand people of Channel Islands descent
Category:Actresses from Wellington City
Category:Harcourt family
Category:21st-century New Zealand actresses
Category:New Zealand soap opera actresses
Category:2000 births