In 2008, she garnered attention for her role in the comedic hit, Pineapple Express (2008), with Seth Rogen and James Franco. She also starred in the suspense thriller, The Stepfather (2009), with Sela Ward , Dylan Walsh and Penn Badgley. In 2009, Heard starred in the box office hit, Zombieland (2009), opposite Woody Harrelson , Bill Murray and Jesse Eisenberg. On television, Heard starred on The CW drama, Hidden Palms (2007), and had guest starring roles on Showtime's Californication (2007) and CBS's Criminal Minds (2005) Her other early film credits include: Syrup (2013), Drive Angry (2011) 3D, The Joneses (2009), Never Back Down (2008), Alpha Dog (2006) and Friday Night Lights (2004). Heard appeared in the Academy Award-nominated film, North Country (2005), in which she played Charlize Theron 's character in flashbacks. She has English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Welsh ancestry. In 2015, Robbie starred opposite Will Smith in romantic dark comedy film Focus.Īmber Laura Heard was born in Austin, Texas, to Patricia Paige (Parsons), an internet researcher, and David Clinton Heard, a contractor. Robbie is funny, hard and kills every scene she's in". She received a nomination for the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. She won the Empire Award for Best Newcomer. ![]() The Wolf of Wall Street was released on 25 December 2013 to positive reviews and became a commercial success with a worldwide gross of $392 million making it Scorsese's highest grossing film. The film was subsequently nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. For her performance as Jordan Belfort's wife Naomi Lapaglia, Robbie was praised by critics, including Sasha Stone who wrote "She's Scorsese's best blonde bombshell discovery since Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull. About Time was released in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2013 and in the United States on 1 November 2013. The film received positive reviews and grossed $87 million on its $12 million budget. In June 2012, it was announced that Robbie was in talks to appear in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill. Her casting was confirmed in August. In May 2012, Robbie joined the cast of Richard Curtis' romantic comedy, About Time (2013) alongside Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. Pan Am was cancelled after one season due to falling ratings, despite receiving positive reviews from critics. In the same year, Robbie was nominated for Most Popular New Female Talent at the Australian Logie Awards. She was also nominated for Favorite Hottie at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and was up against her Neighbours co-star Dean Geyer. In September 2010, Robbie announced that she was to leave Neighbours after almost three years to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. Her final scenes aired on 26 January 2011 and in April of that year, Robbie was nominated for Most Popular Actress at the Logie Awards.Īfter arriving in Los Angeles for pilot season, Robbie auditioned for the new series of Charlie's Angels. However, the producers at Sony Pictures Television preferred her for a role in ABC drama series Pan Am alongside Christina Ricci. Robbie landed the role of Laura Cameron, a newly trained flight attendant. Robbie also became a Youth Ambassador for missing persons as part of National Youth Week. In July 2009, she filled the "Generation Y" guest spot on the Network Ten show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation. In early 2009, Robbie appeared in various Network Ten promotions, featuring an ensemble of popular Australian faces on the network. Robbie began appearing as Donna Freedman on Neighbours from June 2008. The character was originally only a guest role, but she was soon promoted to a regular cast member. In an interview with Digital Spy, Robbie said she had gone on a snowboarding holiday to Canada with her boyfriend soon after auditioning, but had to return after only two days when told that she had won the role. ![]() After impressing the director with her performance during an audition, she won the lead in I.C.U. without an agent at the time. Robbie also acted in commercials and had guest roles in The Elephant Princess and City Homicide as Caitlin Brentford. Robbie has been acting professionally since 2007, when she starred in two feature films, I.C.U. and Vigilante. When Robbie was 17 years old, she moved to Melbourne to begin acting professionally. She studied drama at school, graduating from Somerset College in 2007. To make ends meet, Robbie worked three jobs simultaneously at the age of 16. ![]() Growing up, she split her time between the beach and her grandparents' farm in Dalby. Robbie and her siblings were raised by their single mother. Margot Elise Robbie was born in Gold Coast , Queensland, Australia to mother Sarie Kessler, a physiotherapist, and a former farm-owner father.
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