Margot Robbie well known by her stage name Margot, is an Australian actress and producer. She started her acting in a few local small films and TV shows before relocating to the US to pursue her Hollywood ambitions. After spending three years working on the popular Australian TV show “Neighbours,” she moved to Los Angeles. She was able to collaborate with well-known Hollywood actors and filmmakers during her first few years in the industry, and both the public and critics have praised her work. Margot Robbie is also well-known for playing Harley Quinn In the DC Extended Universe series’ Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey. As of 2023, Margot Robbie has a net worth of around 26 million US dollars.
She first appeared in the movie “About Time,” then she starred in Martin Scorsese’s historical crime drama “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and attracted praise from film critis garnering. She quickly played the lead in several popular films, including “Focus,” “Suite Française,” “Z for Zachariah,” and “The Legend of Tarzan.” In her most recent film, “Suicide Squad,” she portrayed Harley Quinn, a notorious DC Comics antagonist, and earned the audience’s hearts. She soon had the opportunity to headline Saturday Night Live’s 42nd season premiere with musical performer The Weeknd. In 2017, Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential persons in the world, and in 2019, Forbes listed her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. Margot Robbie, often called Margot Elise Robbie, who is an Australian producer and actor. Robbie’s recently released Barbie movie has become the second movie of 2023 to hit the $1 billion mark at the global box office.
Early Life of Margot Robbie
On 2nd of July 1990, Margot Robbie was born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia. She was born and raised in Gold Coast, but when she was a teenager, she relocated to Melbourne to pursue a career in acting. Her father, Doug Robbie, is a sugarcane tycoon, and her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist. Her connection with her father is difficult because her father abandoned them when she was just five years old. Saria along her four kids began living at a farm in Gold Coast Hinterland. The farm was run by Margot’s grandparents. She has worked on the farm, and when she was 16 she even worked three jobs to support her family. Margot was a bright and energetic kid. She regularly performed performances at home. Margot as a child loved to watch movies and TV shows.
When Margot was a little girl, her mother enrolled her in a circus school. Margot received a diploma when she was eight years old after succeeding in trapeze. She went to Somerset College in Mudgeeraba, Queensland, for her pursued her education in theater. Her mother struggled to provide for a five-person family. However, Margot did not regret her upbringing. She worked passionately to make her life better. Margot received a few acting roles while she was still in high school. She appeared in a few commercials and two independent movies.
Acting Career
Margot Robbie started her acting and modeling careers in high school. She starred in the self-produced movie Vigilante. The next year, she worked on the indie film I.C.U. She has also made appearances in several television advertisements. After graduating, Margot moved to Melbourne in order to develop her acting career.
In 2008, she made her on-screen debut in the television series City Homicide as a guest star. The famous children’s television series The Elephant Princess featured Robbie and well-known American actor Liam Hemsworth together in that same year. After that Robbie went to Los-Angeles where she was offered her first role in the 2011 drama series Pan Am. She got her first significant film role in 2012 in the romantic comedy ‘About Time’ in 2012. Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy also featured in this movie alongside Robbie which was released in 2013.
She worked on the 2015 film “Suite Française” alongside Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Matthias Schoenaerts. She had a cameo appearance as herself in the movie “The Big Short” in December of that year. Robbie’s first movie to be released in 2016 was “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.” She played British TV journalist Tanya Vanderpoel in the film, which was based on the book “The Taliban Shuffle.”
In the 2016 film adaptation of The Taliban Shuffle, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, co-starring Tina Fey and Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie reunited with Ficarra and Requa. She played a British combat journalist in the movie. Robbie played Jane Porter in David Yates’ action movie ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ later that year. Robbie joined the cast of David Ayer’s 2016 superhero picture Suicide Squad alongside Will Smith, Jared Leto, and Viola Davis, becoming the first person to represent DC Comics villain Harley Quinn in a live-action production. I, Tonya, based on the story of American figure skater Tonya Harding (Robbie) and her connection to the 1994 assault on competitor Nancy Kerrigan, was her penultimate release of 2017 and LuckyChap Entertainment’s first release.
The LuckyChap Entertainment production Dreamland, a badly regarded historical criminal thriller set during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, was Robbie’s first release of 2019, From 2019 through 2022, she started serving as executive producer of the comedy series Dollface on Hulu. Her next movie was the fantasy comedy Barbie, in which Ryan Gosling played Ken. The Greta Gerwig comedy is now Warner Bros.’ second-highest-grossing title in the studio’s history after earning $1.18 billion at the global box office. The movie made $45.1 million from 75 international countries, bringing the worldwide total to a scorching $657.6 million.
According to Jeff Goldstein, head of domestic distribution in the US, “No-one but Greta Gerwig could have brought this cross-generational icon and her world to life in such a funny, emotional, and entertaining story… literally turning the entire world pink.”
Social works
Margot Robbie has been an effective spokesperson for LGBT rights, women’s rights, and the rights of all people. Through the BGC Global Charity Day fundraising event, which provides funding to various organizations all across the world, she assisted in raising $12 million in 2015. In support of refugee children, Robbie gave more than $50,000 to UNICEF’s “Children First” campaign. Robbie made a statement in support of same-sex marriage in her home Australia in 2016 when hosting Saturday Night Live by donning a T-shirt that said “Say ‘I Do’ Down Under” and included a rainbow-colored map of the nation. She promised to back the Time’s Up campaign to defend women from discrimination and harassment. The first-ever RAD Impact Award was given to Margot Robbie for motivating others via her kind actions.
Filmography and Awards
In 2013’s biographical black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street, directed by Martin Scorsese, Margot Robbie played her breakthrough role, for which she won the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer. Since 2016, Robbie has won and been nominated for a number of honors, including one Critics’ Choice Movie Award and one People’s Choice Awar for her portrayal of Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). She was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award for best actress in 2017. She received another nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Quentin Tarantino’s comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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