Elizabeth Debicki (born 24 August 1990) is an Australian actress. After making her feature film debut in A Few Best Men (2011), she appeared in The Great Gatsby (2013) for which she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and starred in the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Maids with Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert (2013/14) for which she received a nomination for the 14th Helpmann Awards. She has also appeared in the films Macbeth (2015), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Widows (2018).
Elizabeth Debicki | |
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![]() Debicki at San Diego Comic-Con in 2016 | |
Born | Paris, France | 24 August 1990
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne Victorian College of the Arts |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2011–present |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] |
Elizabeth Debicki (born 24 August 1990)[2] is an Australian actress. After making her feature film debut in A Few Best Men (2011), she appeared in The Great Gatsby (2013) for which she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and starred in the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Maids with Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert (2013/14) for which she received a nomination for the 14th Helpmann Awards. She has also appeared in the films Macbeth (2015), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Widows (2018).
Debicki was born in Paris, France, to a Polish father and an Australian mother of Irish descent.[3][4][5][6] Her parents were both ballet dancers.[7] When she was five, the family moved to Glen Waverley in Melbourne, Australia.[4][8] The eldest of three children, she has a younger sister and a brother.[9][10]
Debicki became interested in ballet at an early age and trained as a dancer until deciding to switch to theatre.[11][12] A student at Huntingtower School in eastern Melbourne, she achieved two perfect study scores in Drama and English and was the school's dux when she graduated in 2007.[13] In 2010, she completed a degree in drama at the University of Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts.[3][11] In August 2009, she was the recipient of a Richard Pratt Bursary for outstanding acting students in their second year of training.[14]
Debicki is 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) tall.[1]
Debicki made her film debut with a brief appearance in the 2011 film A Few Best Men. After seeing Debicki's audition reel, director Baz Luhrmann flew her to auditions in Los Angeles.[2] In May 2011, Luhrmann announced that she had been cast as Jordan Baker in his 2013 film The Great Gatsby.[15][16] In December 2012, Debicki was the subject of a photo shoot for Vogue Australia.[17][18]
From June to July 2013,[19] Debicki played Madame in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Jean Genet's play The Maids with Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert.[20] She won the best newcomer award at the Sydney Theatre Awards.[21] Debicki appears in a 13-minute short film, "Gödel, Incomplete",[22] and appeared as a guest star in the third season of the Australian TV series Rake.[23] She played the villain in the Guy Ritchie-directed film adaptation of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015).[24] She learned to drive on the set.[7] In 2015, Debicki had supporting roles in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of Macbeth[25] and Everest.
Debicki plays the lead in an eight-hour television series, The Kettering Incident,[26] and a supporting role, Jed, in the miniseries The Night Manager.[27] She was then cast in the film The Tale.[9] In May 2017 she portrayed the role of Ayesha, the leader of the Sovereign people in the MCU movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. She will return for its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.[28] Debicki also appeared in the film The Cloverfield Paradox, released on Netflix in February 2018, as Mina Jensen.
She roles the voice of Mopsy in Peter Rabbit.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | A Few Best Men | Maureen | |
2013 | The Great Gatsby | Jordan Baker | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated—2014 Empire Award for Best Newcomer |
Gödel, Incomplete | Serita | Short film | |
2015 | Macbeth | Lady Macduff | |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Victoria Vinciguerra | ||
Everest | Dr. Caroline Mackenzie | ||
2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Ayesha | |
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Haban Limaï | Voice | |
Breath | Eva | ||
2018 | The Tale | Jane Gramercy | |
The Cloverfield Paradox | Mina Jensen | ||
Peter Rabbit | Mopsy | Voice | |
Widows | Alice | ||
Vita and Virginia | Virginia Woolf | [29] | |
2019 | The Burnt Orange Heresy | Post-production | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Rake | Missy | Episode #3.3 |
2016 | The Kettering Incident | Dr. Anna Macy | 8 episodes |
The Night Manager | Jed Marshall | TV miniseries; 6 episodes | |
2019 | Lovecraft Country | Christina Braithwhite | Main role |
Year | Production | Role | Theatre | Notes |
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2010 | The Gift (Murray-Smith) | Chloë | Melbourne Theatre Company | World premiere, opposite Matthew Dyktynski, directed by Maria Aitken[30][31] |
2013 2014 | The Maids (Genet) | Madame | Sydney Theatre Company New York City Center | With Cate Blanchett as Claire, Isabelle Huppert as Solange[19] Sydney Theatre Awards: Best Newcomer Nominated—Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play |
2016 | The Red Barn (Hare) | Mona Sanders | Lyttelton Theatre | Based on Georges Simenon's novel The Man on the Bench in the Barn; with Mark Strong and Hope Davis[32] |
But she would grow up to be 6'2“