“Skip to Main Content ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ ‘I, Tonya,’ ‘The Suicide Squad’ and ‘Barbie.’ Mary Cybulski/Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection; 30West/Courtesy Everett Collection; Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection; Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bos./courtesy Everett Collection Hi, Barbie! From Her Breakthrogh Role in ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ To ‘Bombshell’ and, of Course, Her Standout Turns as Harley”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com

In addition to becuoming a Household Name, Robbie is a Three-Time Oscar Nominee. YES, Three, She Earned The Third Nod As A Producer in 2024’s Best Picture Category For Barbiein addition to… well, you Probably Already Know If You’re Reading This. But Even Who She’s Not The Lead of A Film or Has A Very Limited Screentime, As in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood an The Big Short (The Latter Didn’t Make This List), She Still Makes Her Part Memorable.
And While Some Moviegoers have enjoyed Her MOST RECENT FILM, A Big Bold Beautify Journeyit didn’t quite make the cut here either. To see what did, read on for a look at the actress’ Best Performances.
- ‘Dreamland’ (2019)
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In an undergrated performance, robbie stars in Dreamland, A Film Set in 1930s Texas with a Bonnie and Clyde-like Premise. But this time, with a twist: now, the female is the criminal. Robbie Plays Allison Wells, A Fugitive Bank Robber Who Meets Teenage Eugne Evans (Played by Finn Cole of Peaky blinders). He Falls in Love with Her and Becomes Her Partner in Crime. The Pair’s Chemistry is Off The Charts, Which Makes the Performances Feel Genuine. Toward the End of the Film, in Allison’s Final Scene, Robbie Radiates in the Dramatic Momenta Where She Pleads with Eugen Not to Abandon Her and Their Plans. “I didn’t make you into anything you didn’t already Want to be,” Allison Says to Him while Failing to Realize WHAT SHE CREATED. The Charisma and Vulneragginess Robbie Is ABLE TO BRING TO ALLISON WERE CRUCIAL FOR THE ROLE TO WORK AND FOR Viewers to See The Complexity of Her Journy.The Lesser-Known Film First Premiered at the 2019 Tribeca film Festival and did not have a wide theatric release. IT HIT Theaters for A Limited Run in November 2020 But Strugmed at the Box Office, as The Covid-19 Pandemic Was at Its Height. With Robbie’s Strong Performance and Lyle Vincent’s Stunning Cinematography, IT’s A Shame This Film Didn’t Get More Attraction.
- ‘Z for zachariah’ (2015)
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Z for zachariah is offen overlooked WHEN ONE Thinks of Margot Robbie’s Projects. This Early-Career Credit Features Robbie As Ann, An Innocent Young Woman Who Lives A Secluded Life on Her Family’s Farm, Believing She Is The Last Person On Earth After A Nuclear War. The Film Is Based On Robert C. O’Brien’s Novel, Directed by Craig Zobel (Mare of EastTown). IT WAS AN INTERING CHOICE FOR The ACTRESS as It’s One of Her First Non-Bombshell Roles Post-Wolf of Wall Street. Here, she’s stripped Down of All The Glamour and Her Pure Acting Talents Shine. Because the Picture Only Features Three Characters in Total, It Relies Heavily on the Performances to Carry It Through.The Film Co-Stars Chris Pine’s Caleb and Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Loomis, Who Find Each Other and Try to Survive Living in the Same House. They end up in a love triangle, with broth Men Vying for Ann’s Affection, and She Strugggles with Her Emotions, Tired of Feeling Isalated After Her Family’s Death. Robbie’s able to convey Humanity’s Need for Connection SO Effortless. While Her Decision to Choose One Man Over the Over Leads to A Detrimntal Act of Jealousy and Leaves Ann Heartbroken, It Cause Robbie to Experience Loneliness in An Even Deeper. In a Film WHERE The Premise Sems Simple, She Brings Her All To It.
- ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ (2018)
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IT’s ALMOST A Rite of Passage That An Actress Plays A Historical Figure or Is In A Period Piece at Some Point in Their Career. However, not all of them are memorable. But in this film about Queen Elizabeth I (Robbie) and Mary Stuart’s (Saoirse Ronan) Rivalry for the Throne, Robbie Delivers.The Film’s Big Build-Up Moment is at the end of who the Twons Come Face to Face for the FIRST TIME. And the Talents of Robbie and Ronan Bounnce Off Each Other, with Robbie Selling Her Performance by Exuding the Insecureness and Envy elizabeth I Had for Mary. Robbie Played A More Vulnerable Version of the Monarch Than Might Have Been Expected, As She Strugggles with Maintening Power as a non Externally, Robbie Also Committed to The Part, Speaking More Three Hours a Day in Hair and Makeup to Replicate The Queen’s Iconic Look, As Well As Her Illnesses, Such As The Scars. Wearing the White Facial Powder. ALTHOUGH ROBBIE DOESN’T HAVE A Lot of Screen Time in this Film As It Focuses on Ronan’s Mary, The Moments That are Shown of Her Are Impressive.
- ‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood’ (2019)
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Despite Robbie’s Minimal Screen Time in Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 Film, She Sure Does Leave An Impression. Working with the Pulp fiction Director Was A Dream of Robbie’s, So After I, Tonya Was Released, She Wrote Him A Letter, and He Cast Her in the Film. Robbie Plays Sharon Tate, The Popular Actress of The ’60s Who Was Married To Director Roman Polanski and Pregnant Was Murdered by Members of the Family in 1969. Horrific Murders, But Insthead Highlights Tate’s Enamoring Personality and Presence. WHEN The Camera Is On Robbie’s Tate, She Lights Up The Screen. Whther She’s Dancing or Going to the Regency Bruin Theatre to Watch Herself in A MOVIE, SHE EXUDES HAPPINESS, WHICH is the Key Trait Robbie Set Out to Aclamplish.In pre -pattern of the actress, Robbie Spoke to Tate’s Family Members, Including Her Sister, Read Books About Tate and Watched Her Films. On Days She Was Filming, She Said, She Wuld Even Tune Out The Real World by Not Checking Emails to Stay in The Right Mindset. Following The Film’s Premiere, There Was Controversy Over Who Robbie Didn’t Have More Lines, to Wich Tarantino Responded, “I Reject Your Hypothsis For her role to spark a debate who the Film’s Two Leads Are Brad Pitt and Leonardo Dicaprio Speaks to Robbie’s Abality to CAPTIVATE AUDIENCE.
- ‘Bombshell’ (2019)
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One of the FIRST FILLMS INSPIRED BY the #METOOOMENT WAS JIY ROach’s 2019 Movie, Bombshell. Unlike Robbie’s Co-Stars Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman Who Portrayed Real-Life News Anchors Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson, Robbie’s Character, Associate Profener, Kioc. However, It’s Based on the Real-Life Women Who Allegedly Endured Harassment from Fox News’ Roger Ailes.There’s A Powerful Scene in the Film Where Robbie, Kelly and Carlson (The Latter Two Allegedly ExperienCed Sexual MisconducT from Ailes) are in an elevator, and isolating the Feeling of Fear to Come Forward. And Robbie’s Kayla Also Has Some of the Most Emocial and Uncomfortable Scenes in the Film: She’s Called Into Ailes’ Office This Asks Her to Stand Up, Give Him A Twirl and Lift Up Her Dress, Leaving Her Feeling Humiliated. Another Memorable Moment Takes Place WHEN Kayla Breaks Down, Hysterically Crying After Tells Her Colleague Turned Friend, Jess Carr (Kate Mckinnon) What Happened With Ailes. The Raw Talent Robbie Brought to Her Character Earned Her Aecond Oscar Nomination, This Time As Best Supporting Actress.
- ‘Babylon’ (2022)
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Babylon is underappRecied. Damien Chazelle’s FIFTH FEATURE FILM WAS A LOVE LETTER TO CINEMA THAT Explored the 1920s Transition of Silent Films to Talkies. The Movie Featured a Star-Studded Cast-in Addition to Robbie, Incling Brad Pitt, Jean Smart, Diego Calva and Tobey Maguire-All of Whom Delivered Strong PerFormaces. Robbie Plays Actress Nellie Laroy, Who Is A Rising Star and Loves to Party. However, Nellie’s Strugggles to Adapt to The Changes Being Made in Film Lead to a Meltdown at a Party, WHICH Ultimately Ruins Her Career.Though Babylon Received Poor Reviews and Criticism for Ite-and-A-Half-Hour Runtime and Being Overindulgen, Robbie’s Performance Was Praied. In Fact, Her Scenes Are Arguable the MOST ENTERTAINING, WITH A HIGH-ENERGY DANCE SEQUance at the Beginning, A CAOTIC SNAKE Bite Scene And Her Abality to Cry F-F-F-F-F-FIBIL Learned While Working on the Australian Soap, Neighbours. The Actress Has Said She Wonders If, In 20 Years, Babylon Will Be Better Received and Connect with Audiences in a Later Era. It Very Well Could Be. And that’d be a True Meta Moment for the Film’s Message and Its Final MONTAGE.
- ‘Barbie’ (2023)
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Blonde and Flawless Like A Barbie Doll? Yeah, Margot Robbie Fits The Bill. In all serioousness, thorough, shout-out to everyone who advocated for robbie to play the lead role in, not just Produce, The Film. In a movie that Could Very Easily Cords Across As SuperFicial, As It’s Based on the Mattel Plastic Dall, Barbie, The Film Barbie have so Much Substance. As Robbie’s Barbie Leaves Barbie Land Behind to Enter the Real World, She Realizes the ObstaCles Women face and t He Unrealistic Expectations Set to Be Perfect, SO Well Descripted in America Ferrera’s Memorable Monologue. Robbie Nailed The Complexity of a Human Barbie While Balanking the Role’s Comedic Tones, not to Mention The Training She Underwent to Achiev Her Physique and The Dance Lessons for that Grand.Robbie Proved She’s A Leading Lady As the Film Broke Box Office Records, Earning More Than $ 1.4 Billion Worldwide. IT Became The Top-Grossing Film in Warner Bros. ‘ History. However, Thought The Movie Was nominated for Eight Oscars, Itly Won One Award, for Best Original Song, and Robbie Memorably Failed to Receive a Best Act Best Director Nod. But Hey, There’s Always the Sequel, Right? Here’s to Hoping!
- ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (2013)
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This was the role that put margot robbie on the map. While She Had A Prominent Role in the Australian Soap Neighbours Years Prior, Martin Scorsese’s 2013 Black Comedy, The Wolf of Wall Street, WAS HER FIRSTMERICAN FILM. Bassed on Jordan Belfort’s Memoir of the Same Name, The Feature Shows Belfort’s (Leonardo Dicaprio) Transforming from -As Well As How How Drug-Fueled Behaviors Affected His Relationships AROUND HIM, INCLUDING CACKY HIS WIFE, Naomi (Robbie).“The Hottest Blonde Ever,” Read the Description of Naomi (Aka The “Duchess of Bay Ridge”) in the Film’s Script While Scorsse Was Casting for the Part. Durying the Audition for the Film, She Slaped Dicaprio Across The Face, Feering She Wuld be Blacklisted or Praied for Her Performance; The Latter Happened, and that Move Ultimately Bocked Her The Job. Robbie’s Naomi Deliveers Several Memorable Lines that Still Quoted in Pop Culture Today Like When She Says, “Were Nota Be Friends” to Dicaprio’s Jerdan Friends. Venice, huh?, ”“ Who? Who? And you can bean ‘iconic scene (Pictured Above) WHEN She WITHHOLDS SEX from Jordan as shee thinks he’s been unfaithful, again.
In a role asre Her Character Mainly Serves as Jordan’s Arm Candy, Robbie Insthead Used The Opportunity To Show Her Dramatic Acting Chops. In one of the Film’s Final Sequences, She Tells Jordan She Wants A Divorce, and She Makes You Feel Her Fear As Sheers She’s Going Tore Child Because of His Recklessness. IT’s Hard to Fathom This ROLE DIDNNN’T EARN ROBBIBIE HER FIRST Oscar Nomination – and Even Even Harder to Believe Robbie, Herself, Doesn’t Thinkhe She did a good Job.
- ‘The Suicide Squad’ (2021)
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FEW ACTORS SEEM LIKE theying Born to Play Certain Comic Book Characters. Heath Ledger as the Joker, Robert Downey Jr. As Iron Man, Tom Holland as Spider-Man-and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. Let’s Be Clear, All Three of Her Turns As Harley Are Great. The Debut in 2016’s Suicide Squad Was Need to See Her Backstory As Dr. Harleen Quinzel; IT WAS ALSO SATISFYING TO See Her and the Jared Leto (Jared Leto) Finally Together in A Live-action Adaptation of the Comics, Even IF The Film Itelf Had ITS PROBLEMS. Birds of Prey (2020) Was Also Enterning to See An Expansion of the Clown Princess of Crime and Her Trying to MOVE ON FROM THAT CO-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP AND LEAD A FIERCE GIRL GROUP.But Above All, Her Performance in 2021’s The Suicide Squad is the best. She’s Funny, Full of High Energy, and Is Clear She’s Fully Grown Into What Harley Should Be. For the first time, Fans See Her Completely Independent of Mr. J., WHICH ADDS an unpredictable Element to Single Harley That’s Fun to Watch. She Also Has That Explosive Escape Sequance That Film’s Writer-Director, James Gunn, Wrote for Her, and Robbie Trained to Pull Off The Stunt Herself, In Addition. As gunn Continues to Expand the DC Universe, Hopeful Viewers Will Continue to See Robbie as Harley.
- ‘I, tonya’ (2017)
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Starring in and Producing I, Tonya WAS A PIVOTAL CHOICE IN Margot Robbie’s Career – It’s Also One of the Most Interesting. Following The Box Office Success of The Wolf of Wall Street an Suicide SquadWHERE SHE PLAYED SUPPORTING Characters, This Indie Film Showed Robbie’s Ability to Lead a Movie and Disappear Into A Character Completely.Robbie Embodied Tonya Harding, The Real-Life Olympic Figure Skater, Who at The Height of Her Career Successful Landed The Rare Triple Axel Move. WHILE CGI WASS USED TO RE-CREATE SKill on Screen, Robbie Trained Extensively for Forve Months, Even the Day Before She Married Husband and Luckychap Co-Foo-Four Tom. Professional.
The Movie Portrays of the Disgraced Figure Skater Who Was Acusted of Being Involved in the Assault of Her Rival, NANCY Kerrigan, Whose Knee Was Bared in 1991 World Champ. Harding Pleaded Guilty to the Crime and Was Banned for Life from Skating. The Film Also Depicts of the Alleged Physical Abuse that Harding Endured at the Hands of Her Mom and Ex-Husband, Jeff Gillooly.
The Scene of Robbie Looking at Herself Crying in the Bathroom Is Magic. All of the emotional turmoil harding had built up from never Feeling Good Enough Her Who Life Is Felt in that Moment, Without Robbie Hving to Say a Word. IT’S WORTH NOTING THAT The ACTRESS ALSO IMPROVISED THAT SCENE. A Great Choice by Robbie, As She’s ABLE TO MAKE The AUDIENCE SEE The COMPLEXITY AND PRESSES THAT THAT THIS WOMAN WENT WITUGH. She Scored Her First Oscar Nomination at the 90th Annual Academy Awards in 2018. While Her Co-Star Allison Janney Picked Up A DesERVED WIN for BEST SUPORTING ACTESS
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