Margot Robbie

## Season History

**Margot Elise Robbie** was a houseguest on *Big Brother: Barbie the Movie*.

## Biography

**Margot Elise Robbie** (born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer. Known for her work in both blockbuster and independent films, she has received various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and five British Academy Film Awards. *Time* named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017, *Forbes* named her as one of the Forbes 30 under 30 of 2017 and she was ranked as one of the world's highest-paid actresses by *Forbes* in 2019.
Born and raised in Queensland, Robbie began her career in 2008 on the television series *Neighbours*, on which she was a regular until 2011. After moving to America, she led the television series *Pan Am* (2011–2012) and had her breakthrough in 2013 with the black comedy film *The Wolf of Wall Street*. She achieved wider recognition with starring roles as Jane Porter in *The Legend of Tarzan* (2016) and Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe films, beginning with *Suicide Squad* (2016).
Robbie received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of figure skater Tonya Harding in the biopic *I, Tonya* (2017). This acclaim continued for her performances as Queen Elizabeth I in *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Sharon Tate in *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* (2019), and a Fox News employee in *Bombshell* (2019). She received BAFTA Award nominations for all three and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the last. Robbie has since starred as an aspiring actress in the period film *Babylon* (2022) and the titular fashion doll in the comedy *Barbie* (2023), which emerged as her highest-grossing release.
Robbie and her husband, filmmaker Tom Ackerley, co-founded the production company LuckyChap Entertainment in 2014, under which they have produced several films, including *I, Tonya*, *Promising Young Woman* (2020) and *Barbie*, as well as the Hulu series *Dollface* (2019–2022) and the Netflix miniseries *Maid* (2021).
Margot Elise Robbie was born on 2 July 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, to Doug Robbie, a former farm-owner and sugarcane tycoon, and Sarie Kessler, a physiotherapist. She is the second youngest of four; older siblings Anya and Lachlan and younger brother Cameron. Her parents separated when she was five. Robbie and her siblings were raised by their single mother and had minimal contact with their father. The family spent the majority of Robbie's upbringing on her grandparents' Currumbin Valley farm in the Gold Coast hinterland. An energetic child, Robbie often put on shows in her house.
She was enrolled in a circus school by her mother, where she excelled in trapeze, in which she received a certificate at age eight. In high school, Robbie studied drama at Somerset College. As a teenager, she worked three jobs simultaneously: she tended a bar, cleaned houses, and worked at Subway. After graduation, with a few commercials and independent thriller films on her résumé, Robbie relocated to Melbourne to begin acting professionally.

## References

1. ↑ Margot Robbie (in English) (2 September 2023). Retrieved on 2 September 2023.