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Margot Robbie’s career in pictures

Margot Robbie’s career in pictures: A born performer, Neighbours, Pan Am, About Time, The Wolf of Wall Street, Z for Zachariah, Focus, Suite Française, The Big Short, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
A born performer
Raised in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, Margot Robbie took to performing at a young age, getting enrolled in circus school, receiving a certificate in trapeze and studying drama in high school while working a number of jobs.
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Neighbours
Having done some commercial work and community theatre earlier in her life, Robbie landed her first television spot on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.
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Pan Am
After arriving in the United States in her early twenties, Margot Robbie was quickly cast in the series Pan Am where she played a stewardess for 14 episodes alongside Christina Ricci and David Harbour.
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About Time
In 2013, Robbie appeared in the British sci-fi rom-com About Time, starring Rachel McAdams. Written and directed by Richard Curtis,
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Margot Robbie’s breakout role—and perhaps the one that many people still best know her for—was in The Wolf of Wall Street, a Martin Scorsese-directed masterpiece that put the Australian actress on the map.
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Z for Zachariah
This thriller about the end of civilization starred only three actors, who represented the last remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
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Focus
Margot Robbie and Will Smith would go on to work together again in their career, but Focus was where it all started between the two.
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Suite Française
Margot Robbie starred alongside Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas in this romantic period piece set in 1940s France.
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The Big Short
By the time Margot Robbie’s sixth film was released, merely two years after The Wolf of Wall Street made a splash,
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
This biographical war comedy-drama film had a who’s who of a cast. Alongside Margot Robbie were the likes of Tina Fey,
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The Legend of Tarzan
Now a Hollywood star, Margot Robbie put her influence at work during The Legend of Tarzan, insisting she wouldn’t be losing weight for the movie,
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The Harley Quinn Era
The role that may have usurped Margot Robbie’s breakthrough in The Wolf of Wall Street as the character she’s most known for may be Harley Quinn,
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Terminal
Robbie’s second foray into producing, Terminal is a neo-noir thriller about the lives of several people who become intertwined in a murder plan.
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Mary Queen of Scots
Margot Robbie was initially reluctant to take on the role of Queen Elizabeth I in Mary Queen of Scots after the movie had been stuck in development for several years,
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
As one of the biggest names in Hollywood by 2019, it only made sense for Margot Robbie to join one of the most star-studded casts of all time.
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Bombshell
Margot Robbie’s second-ever Oscar nomination came thanks to her supporting role in Bombshell, a re-telling of a Fox News scandal that shook the world of media broadcasting.
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Promising Young Woman
Promising Young Woman marks the first time that Margot Robbie produced a film without also appearing in it.
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The future looks bright
Robbie’s career momentum shows no signs of slowing down. From starring in the 2022 comedy mystery Amsterdam alongside one of the greatest ensembles ever put together,
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