Australian-born Margot Robbie has undoubtedly become one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest stars, from the record-breaking success of \u201cBarbie\u201d to her leading roles in \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d, \u201cI, Tonya,\u201d \u201cBabylon,\u201d \u201cAmsterdam\u201d and more.<\/p>\n
Robbie served as both producer and the lead in \u201cWuthering Heights,\u201d which premiered in theaters on Feb. 13. She also produced and starred in \u201cBarbie,\u201d which made more than $1.4 billion at the box office<\/a> and cemented the star as Hollywood royalty.<\/p>\n Prior to the controversial Oscars snub in 2023<\/a>, Robbie was nominated for two Oscars for her performances: best supporting actress in 2020 for \u201cBombshell\u201d and best actress in 2018 for \u201cI, Tonya.\u201d<\/p>\n Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie. (Samir Hussein \/ Samir Hussein\/WireImage)<\/p>\n (Samir Hussein)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n The couple, both 35, formed a production agency, LuckyChap Entertainment, in 2014 and married in 2016. The pair now have a child together, who was born in 2024.<\/p>\n Their company is behind \u201cBarbie,\u201d as well as other successful films including Emerald Fennell\u2019s \u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d and \u201cSaltburn.\u201d The company is also supporting the \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d adaptation.<\/p>\n Ackerley, a producer and actor, got his start behind the camera as a production runner before working as an assistant director and producer on more than a dozen films and TV shows.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what to know about Ackerley, including his background, how he and Robbie met, his connection to \u201cHarry Potter,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n An actor, producer and assistant director, Tom Ackerley, 35, was born in Surrey, England, but grew up nearby in Guildford, reports Surrey Live<\/a>. He got an early start in the film industry working as an extra in \u201cHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,\u201d according to IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d connection is actually a source of amusement for his now-wife.<\/p>\n During a visit to \u201cThe Graham Norton Show\u201d<\/a> in 2020, Robby laughed, \u201cI was like, \u2018Had you told me sooner we would\u2019ve been married very quickly. He was an extra when he was a little kid \u2014 he was one of the Slytherin extras when Draco pushes some kids out of the way to see Buckbeak. … He pushes my husband out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n After college, Ackerley returned to showbiz, but this time behind the scenes. On his IMDb page<\/a>, he\u2019s credited as a crowd runner and assistant director on films and TV series like \u201cTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\u201d (2015) and \u201cDa Vinci\u2019s Demons\u201d (2014).<\/p>\n While working as a third assistant director on 2014\u2019s \u201cSuite Fran\u00e7aise,\u201d he met Robbie (who had a small role alongside Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas) and the pair clicked.<\/p>\n \u201cI was the ultimate single gal,\u201d Robbie told Vogue in 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe idea of relationships made me want to vomit,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd then this crept up on me.”<\/p>\n She described Ackerley as \u201cthe best-looking guy in London.\u201d<\/p>\n Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley in 2018. (Matt Winkelmeyer \/ WireImage)<\/p>\n (Matt Winkelmeyer)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n “We were friends for so long. I was always in love with him, but I thought, Oh, he would never love me back. Don\u2019t make it weird<\/em>, Margot. Don\u2019t be stupid and tell him that you like him. And then it happened, and I was like, Of course we\u2019re together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Though they remained private about the details, the pair could be found in public together. They attended a New York Rangers game<\/a> at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 2015.<\/p>\n Shortly after they met, the pair became producing partners with fellow \u201cSuite Fran\u00e7aise\u201d assistant directors Josey McNamara and Robbie\u2019s childhood pal Sophia Kerr, co-founding LuckyChap Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter said in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were all like, \u2018I want to make my own stuff,\u2019\u201d Robbie explained, while Ackerley added, \u201cIt was a bit of, \u2018If (A-listers are) doing it, why can\u2019t we?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Their first project, 2017\u2019s \u201cI, Tonya,\u201d starred Robbie as ex-Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding. The film earned three Academy Award nominations (including one for Robbie) and one win for co-star Allison Janney.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of people cautioned us against starting a company with our friends, and I was actually really disappointed with how many people told us that it was a bad idea,\u201d Robbie told Vogue Australia<\/a> in 2018. \u201cI guess we\u2019re one of the exceptions to the rule because we\u2019re still all the best of friends and we love working together. It\u2019s perfect, because work never feels like work to me. I\u2019m always with my best friends, I trust them implicitly, we know each other so well, we know everyone\u2019s strengths and weaknesses and how to spread projects among ourselves so that we can be as productive and efficient as possible and it\u2019s been great so far.\u201d<\/p>\n Since then, LuckChap has created several films starring Robbie, including \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d (2026), \u201cBirds of Prey\u201d (2020) and \u201cBarbie\u201d (2023). The company was also behind films like \u201cPromising Young Woman,\u201d which won best original screenplay at the 2021 Academy Awards and was nominated for best picture, best director, best actress and best film editing.<\/p>\n In December 2016, the couple took many by surprise with a private wedding ceremony held in Byron Bay, Australia, reported Australia\u2019s Daily Telegraph<\/a>. Robbie was given away by her mom, and her three siblings \u2014 Anya, Lachlan and Cameron \u2014 also attended, according to the UK\u2019s Daily Telegraph<\/a>. But their engagement, if they\u2019d officially had one, was never made public.<\/p>\n Robbie also showed off a photo of herself, featuring her smooching Ackerley with a raised ring finger adorned with a yellow-gold ring, reported Vogue in 2016<\/a>. According to Ritani Diamonds<\/a>, it\u2019s a 1.5 carat pear-shaped diamond with a pav\u00e9 diamond band.<\/p>\n As for the honeymoon, instead of traveling they made \u201cI, Tonya,\u201d as Robbie told \u201cExtra\u201d in 2017<\/a>. \u201cThere were times we were sitting in a car parked in Atlanta freezing cold being like, \u2018We should be on a beach right now,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201c\u2018We should be on a honeymoon. What are we doing?!\u2019 Following our dream.\u201d<\/p>\n Post-\u201cTonya\u201d they did travel to Tahiti, running into Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, as well as former President Barack Obama while there.<\/p>\n As Robbie told DeGeneres in 2018<\/a> on \u201cEllen,\u201d the newlyweds went to the hotel gym, with Ackerley wearing shorts that were a bit revealing. Naturally, they ran into the other three celebrities.<\/p>\n \u201cWe then had to do this whole like stretching class, but Tom meanwhile is trying to, like, not reveal anything, and he\u2019s dying,\u201d Robbie said. \u201cThe gym instructor keeps saying to Tom, \u2018Tom, lunge! Lunge! You\u2019re not lunging!\u2019 and Tom\u2019s trying to lunge cross-legged.\u201d<\/p>\n Robbie and Ackerley have a son, who joined the family in the fall of 2024. The pair have not publicly shared their baby\u2019s name or birthday, but have spoken about him in interviews.<\/p>\n After keeping the pregnancy under wraps, Robbie debuted her baby bump at events in the summer of 2024, including Wimbledon<\/a> and while walking around Los Angeles.<\/a><\/p>\n When asked about keeping her child out of the spotlight, Robbie told British Vogue<\/a> in December 2025 that she is \u201ctrying to keep that side of things private and protect him.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEarlier in my career, I\u2019d speak more freely in interviews. I\u2019ve just been burnt so many times, when people have taken what I\u2019ve said out of context. And I read stuff all the time where people put me in quotation marks saying things I\u2019ve never said.\u201d<\/p>\n The pair will be celebrating a milestone 10-year wedding anniversary in 2026, now joined by their toddler.<\/p>\n Vogue Australia<\/a> described a cozy scene at the couple\u2019s Los Angeles home: \u201cAckerley walks into the kitchen just back from a workout and Robbie teases him affectionately about it being his second gym session of the day, before making him a cup of tea. The close bond between the pair, who married in an intimate ceremony in Byron Bay last December, is obvious. They briefly discuss scripts they have been reading and their plans for the evening \u2014 they are hosting a screening of \u2018I, Tonya\u2019 for the cast and crew of Dreamland. Ackerley then gives his wife a quick kiss and disappears into the vortex of the house \u2026\u201d<\/p>\nWho Is Tom Ackerley?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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