Margot Robbie

Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990, in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, and raised on the Gold Coast hinterland by her single mother, Sarie Kessler, a physiotherapist. One of four siblings, Robbie worked multiple jobs as a teenager—including waitressing, cleaning houses, and sandwich-making at Subway—while pursuing acting classes in Melbourne.

Securing a guest role on Australia’s iconic long-running soap opera 'Neighbours' in 2008, Robbie’s comedic energy convinced producers to promote her character, Donna Freedman, to the regular cast for three seasons. Moving to Los Angeles in 2011, she booked a lead role in the retro airline series 'Pan Am' before landing the career-making audition for Martin Scorsese’s 'The Wolf of Wall Street' (2013). Improvising an unscripted slap across Leonardo DiCaprio’s face during her audition, Robbie won the role of Naomi Lapaglia, holding her own opposite DiCaprio in a breakthrough performance praised for fiery comedic timing and psychological ferocity.

Determined to avoid being pigeonholed as a Hollywood sex symbol, Robbie co-founded independent production company LuckyChap Entertainment in 2014 alongside husband Tom Ackerley and friends Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr. The studio’s stated mission was to champion female-driven screen stories and support innovative emerging filmmakers.

Their first major release, Craig Gillespie’s 'I, Tonya' (2017), saw Robbie star as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding while serving as lead producer. The dark sports biopic earned three Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress for Robbie, proving her capabilities as an executive producer. LuckyChap went on to produce Emerald Fennell’s Oscar-winning thriller 'Promising Young Woman' (2020) and the viral cultural sensation 'Saltburn' (2023).

In 2016, Warner Bros. and DC Studios cast Robbie as the antiheroine Harley Quinn in David Ayer’s 'Suicide Squad'. Despite polarized critical reactions to the film, Robbie’s magnetic, baseball-bat-wielding performance was universally lauded, spawning a global pop-culture phenomenon and millions of Halloween costumes worldwide.

Robbie reprised the role in Cathy Yan’s 'Birds of Prey' (2020)—which she pitched, produced, and headlined—and James Gunn’s critically acclaimed 'The Suicide Squad' (2021). Her characterization redefined Harley Quinn for screen adaptations, establishing her alongside Quentin Tarantino’s Sharon Tate in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2019) and Damien Chazelle's 'Babylon' (2022) as one of the defining screen presences of her generation.

In 2018, Robbie acquired the feature film rights to Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll for LuckyChap Entertainment, subsequently recruiting indie auteur Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach to pen the script. Released in July 2023, 'Barbie' transformed into an unprecedented global cultural and commercial juggernaut, shattering box office records to gross over $1.44 Billion worldwide.

The film became the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros.' 100-year history and the highest-grossing film ever directed by a solo female filmmaker. As both lead star and primary producer, Robbie negotiated a historic upfront salary combined with adjusted gross profit points that yielded over $50 Million in personal earnings, while the 'Barbenheimer' cultural phenomenon dominated international pop culture.

Robbie's financial valuation is certified at $60.0 Million USD by Forbes and trade audits. Beyond her substantial backend film profits, she commands premier corporate ambassadorships, serving as a global house ambassador for Chanel and Richard Mille. LuckyChap has expanded rapidly into major studio franchises, acquiring rights to produce a live-action 'The Sims' feature film and an original 'Monopoly' adaptation.

Married since December 2016 to British assistant director and producer Tom Ackerley, whom she met on the set of 'Suite Française' in 2013, the couple welcomed their first child in late 2024. Residing between Venice Beach, California, and Byron Bay, Australia, Robbie maintains an unpretentious, private home life, consistently reinvesting her earnings into independent cinema infrastructure.