Margot Robbie’s big-budget and much-anticipated summer movie Barbie released on Friday.
The 33-year-old actress plays the title role of Mattel Wonder opposite Ryan Reynolds in a live-action movie directed by Greta Gerwig.
Barbie dolls are usually bought for girls from toddlers to tweens, and some even stick with the plastic princess path into their teens.
Newstimesuk.com has unearthed rare photos of Robbie when she was at the age when most girls collected Barbie and all her add-ons like her pink convertible, pets, bicycle and dreamy Malibu beach house.
In the rarely released photos, Margot looks like a sweet youngster with thick bangs and a wide smile who is ready for adventure.
From baby to Barbie: Barbie star Margot Robbie (also seen in the film) looks adorable in childhood photos – the star is seen aged four left attending Somerset College Primary School in Queensland in 1994
What a cutie: In rarely released photos, Margot looks like a sweet young kid with a big smile who’s ready for adventure
She sure is a beauty: here the actress is seen in her western look from the movie directed by Greta Gerwig
Film star Margot Ellis Robbie was born on July 2, 1990.
The hapless actress seems to have had a very normal upbringing in Australia.
He did not grow up in a big city but grew up in the country in Dalby, Queensland. Dalby is a rural town in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Dalby has a population of around 15,000.
His father, Doug Roby, was a rancher and sugarcane trader. His educated mother was Sari Kessler, a physiotherapist.
Little Margot was far from an only child as she had siblings. They are Anya, Lachlan and Cameron.
But the family is in crisis as her parents split up with Future, an A-list film star at just five years old.
After the marriage broke up, the children lived with their mother Sari on a Gold Coast farm owned by one of their grandparents. The farm was called Currumbin Valley.
Margot did not see her father much after the separation.
Robbie thrived anyway when he became athletic learning gymnastics.
It is claimed that his mother entered him into the circus as a trapeze artist after obtaining a certificate at the age of eight.
Baby girl: The indomitable actress seemed to have a very normal upbringing in Australia. He did not grow up in a big city but grew up in the country in Dalby, Queensland – he has three siblings, Anya, Lachlan and Cameron.
Smile of joy: The star is seen as a kid in Australia with her sister Anya
Bookworm: Margot didn’t see much of her father after the split. Robbie thrived anyway as she became athletic, learning gymnastics – she is seen as a young teenager with braces.
Now a big star: Robbie attends the European premiere of Barbie at Cineworld Leicester Square on July 12, 2023 in London
Family bonding: Margot (l-r) with her father Doug Roby, her mother Sari Kessler and husband Tom Ackerley
But soon came the call for acting cheerful blonde. While in high school, he acted in two small budget films: Vigilante and ICU
He studied drama at Somerset College where he first honed his skills.
But money wasn’t easy to come by when he was in college and he had to work odd jobs to pay for the basics.
At one point he scraped off tips as a bartender and even took to cleaning houses for extra cash.
It has been claimed that he also made sandwiches at a Subway chain.
After graduating from Somerset he moved to acting in Melbourne, choosing commercials.
Her home: Dalby is a rural town in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Dalby has a population of around 15,000
With mom: Here she makes a rare appearance at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards with her mom Sari
She made her television debut in 2008 in the guest role of Caitlin Brentford in the drama series City Homicide and followed this with a two-episode arc in the children’s television series The Elephant Princess, where she starred opposite Liam Hemsworth but her first big hit in 2008 was Neighbours. He was up to show 201.
Then Hollywood. He had a small role in Pan Am (2011) followed by About Time (2013).
Robbie’s breakthrough came with Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.
She played the beautiful wife of Jordan Belfort, who was also played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Her sex scenes with the actor were considered wild, and left her fans wanting more from her.
Focus followed with Will Smith, The Legend of Tarzan (2016), Suicide Squad (2016), I, Tonya (2017), Terminal (2018), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) to name a few.
Bombshell (2019), Birds of Prey (2020), Amsterdam (2022) and Baby;on (2022) followed. His last film was Asteroid City.
While promoting her new Barbie movie, Margot said she didn’t really play with dolls as a child.
Teenage Spirit! She was just 19 years old in this photo taken in 2009
At the Black Eyed Peas wrap party in Melbourne in 2009
She said she didn’t want to play indoors with toys because she was a ‘mud kind of gal’ even though her sisters and cousins had dolls.
When asked about her memories of playing with the Barbie doll, she said, ‘Personally, I didn’t have anything to remember.’
But when she played with dolls they weren’t picture perfect.
‘I think they were all so jerky because they weren’t taken care of. They were all weird barbies,’ she added.
And Thursday shed some light on what kind of kid he was.
She hilariously revealed how she faked her own death to get back at the babysitter she had trouble with as a young girl.
Siren revealed during an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike on BBC 2 that she once smeared ketchup on her body and slept next to a kitchen knife after an argument with a new babysitter she didn’t like so much.
Robbie waited 45 minutes to discover Aya – but said it was worth it to see her run away from the house screaming.
‘We got a new babysitter,’ recalled Margot during an interview with BBC Radio 2. And I wanted my old babysitter, Talia, back, who was 16 and I thought she was so cool. And then we got this much older woman and I wasn’t happy about it.’
‘He asked me to take a bath and I didn’t want to, and he was very cranky and I thought, “I’ll show you.”
A pinup at 19: seen at the 51st TV Week Logie Awards at the Crown Tower Hotel and Casino in Melbourne 2009
‘And so I got a big kitchen knife and ketchup and I lay naked on the tiles, covered myself in ketchup and put the kitchen knife on.
‘And I waited like 45 minutes for him to find me. But it was worth the wait.’
‘Did she run away from the house screaming?’ asked interviewer Joe Ball.
‘Oh yes,’ she replied.
‘You made your own death,’ cried Ryan Gosling. ‘I did,’ replied Margot.
The star also recalled another time he scared people as a child – so much so that an ambulance was called.
‘I once practiced pratfalling on the cinema stairs in the shopping center where I’m from,’ she said. ‘People started calling an ambulance, I guess I was a bit of a dramatic child.
Barbie at the Cinema… Here’s what the critics are saying
Margot Robbie’s much-anticipated Barbie movie released on July 21 after a whirlwind press tour and has already garnered rave reviews.
The film stars Robbie as the iconic Mattel doll and Ryan Gosling as Kane alongside an A-list ensemble cast that includes America Ferrera, Dua Lipa, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae and Will Ferrell.
Here, Newstimesuk.com takes a look at what critics are saying…
‘Dazzling’: Barbie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling hits with critics
‘My main criticism really has nothing to do with the content. Barbie or no Barbie, this isn’t such a good movie on the inside. It’s uneven, incoherent, the plot has no real meaning – and the dead hand of corporate America is heavy on it.’ – Sarah Vine, Daily Mail
‘Yes, Barbie is funny. Yes, it will make you laugh and make you think. but […] It won’t change your life, maybe not your summer, not even your week.’ – Brian Viner, Daily Mail
‘This is a truly original work – one of the smartest, funniest, sweetest, most insightful and just plain flat-out entertaining movies of the year’ – Richard Roper, Chicago Sun-Times
‘In Gerwig’s capable hands, even a movie about one of the most popular toys of all time defies expectations at every turn. Barbie is his mainstream masterpiece, a dazzling dream that will touch the soul of everyone who sees it’ – Coleman Spield, The Daily Beast
A master’s thesis on feminism and an Austin Powers-esque romp’ – Chandler Levack, Globe and Mail
‘Barbie’s jealousy, combined with Gerwig’s penchant for dismantling the patriarchy, sometimes makes the movie a lumpy, tonally disjointed viewing experience. But for the most part, he strikes a delightful balance between the silly and the serious’ – Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
‘Barbed statement wrapped in a visually beautiful and wonderfully silly cinematic confection’ – Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
‘Beneath all the constant fuchsia is a soulful film. Who has heart and ambition as well as a lot of beauty, inside and out’ – Tomris Lafley, The Rap
‘Actually this comedy clicks with great performances starting from the main role. Funniest cast I’ve seen in a while’ – Peter Howell, Toronto Star
‘It’s a surprisingly fun watch that manages to simultaneously celebrate and satirize the Barbie brand, pairing its feminism and femininity with a floaty pink skirt like Garpcore sandals’ – Alice Saville, Time Out
‘Robbie takes an archetype long dismissed as an airheaded caricature and, in moments of deep feeling, teases and repels him’ – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
‘Robbie takes an archetype long dismissed as an airheaded caricature and, in moments of deep feeling, teases and repels him’ – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
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