Trivia

Robbie learned tricks from the "gentleman thief" Apollo Robbins for her role in Focus. Robbins taught her so well that production told her to slow down because cameras weren't capturing her pick-pocketing other characters.

She likes to send friends and family letters and postcards from around the world because she thinks people don't get enough mail that isn't a bill.

She used a portion of her The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) paycheck to pay off her mother's home mortgage.

Despite a growing net worth, Robbie does not spent a great deal of her money and prefers to live with roommates to save money. She claims growing up knowing what it was like to not have access to everything is continually humbling for her.

Robbie refused to lose weight for the role of Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan (2016) and has said she would rather focus on being healthy than being skinny.

She performed a majority of the stunts in Suicide Squad (2016) herself. Director David Ayer stated that her stunt double spent more time sitting around in the trailers than actually performing stunts because Robbie wanted to do them herself.

While living in London, Robbie attended a party with Suicide Squad (2016) co-star Cara Delevingne and unknowingly took a photobooth photo with Prince Harry of Wales. She mistook him for British singer/songwriter, Ed Sheeran.

She was roommates with Christina Ricci, while filming the short-lived ABC series Pan Am (2011).

She had taken circus classes when she was 8 years old in Australia and earned a trapeze certificate at the age of eight. She revisited the skill for her role as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016).

Upon leaving the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1985), Robbie wanted to have her character killed in a dramatic way. Instead, the series writers chose to send her character to college, so she had the option to return to the series in case her move to the United States was unsuccessful.

Robbie did not go through any sort of rehearsal process, with Jared Leto, for Suicide Squad (2016). She and director David Ayer felt not going through rehearsals added to the unpredictability and madness of Harley Quinn and the Joker.

She took three shots of tequila prior to filming her sex scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).

Robbie began training six months prior to shooting Suicide Squad (2016). Her training routine included gymnastics, boxing, weapons training, aerial silk training, and learning to hold her breath underwater for extended periods of time.

She turned down an offer to pose for Playboy magazine citing she won't go nude unless it's for artistic purposes.

After shooting for Suicide Squad (2016) ended, Robbie kept the jacket worn by Harley Quinn and her baseball bat.

She learned how to skate for three months to film I, Tonya (2017). Since stunt doubles couldn't be relied upon and only 8 women in history have landed the triple axel jump in competition, CGI was used to replicate it.

Robbie is a natural brunette, but started sporting blonde hair after this became apparent that the film industry preferred blonde actresses.

Paul Dini, the creator of Harley Quinn, thought very highly of Margot's performance in Suicide Squad (2016). In his own words, she "nailed it perfectly".

Robbie was backpacking in Europe when she got the call for a final audition with Will Smith for Focus (2015). She went from the island of Hvar to Croatia to Paris to New York City in 48 hours to arrive with just hours to spare. The airline lost her luggage along the way, so she had to buy brand new outfits just before the audition.

She is allergic to chicken egg whites. For her scenes in Birds of Prey (2020) where Harley Quinn eats an egg sandwich, the production had to provide duck eggs to avoid an allergic reaction.

In 2013, she met her boyfriend, Tom Ackerley, on the set of Suite Française (2014), who was working as the third assistant director. They married on December 19, 2016 in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

Is a fan of the New York Rangers hockey team. The first placed she lived when she moved to America was New York.

She did not need to submit a demo reel or audition for the role of Harley Quinn (aka Dr. Harleen Quinzel) in Suicide Squad (2016) because this was offered to her.

Robbie joined an amateur hockey league when she first moved to the United States. She always wanted to play ice hockey because she loved The Mighty Ducks, but she played field hockey instead due to Australia's lack of ice. Similar to The Mighty Ducks character Luis Mendoza, she could skate fast but was unable to stop.

In order to prepare for the role of Harley Quinn, she researched relationship codependency and treated Harley's relationship to the Joker as an addiction.

She worked three jobs simultaneously while studying at Somerset College in Queensland including retail, secretary work, selling surfboards, and making sandwiches at Subway. After graduating at age 17, she moved to Melbourne to pursue acting full-time.

Robbie learned to hold her breath for up to five minutes while filming Suicide Squad (2016).

Robbie's role as Donna Freedman in the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1985), was only supposed to be a guest role. The series writers and production were so impressed with her that she quickly became a series regular. She appeared on the series from 2008-2011.

To prepare for her role as Dr. Harleen Quinzel in Suicide Squad (2016), she researched Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) testing to understand how mental illnesses are diagnosed. She used the information gathered from the testing to try and apply it to her reactions and how she dealt with a character like the Joker.

She had a chunk of her right eyebrow shaved off by Suicide Squad (2016) director David Ayer on the first day of filming the super-villains film.

She refers to her huge fan base as "Robbers".

Robbie began dabbling in the world of tattooing while filming Suicide Squad (2016). In addition to giving fellow cast members a tattoo reading "SKWAD" (which she accidentally misspelled as SWKAD), she has given over 20 tattoos including one she gave herself. During filming, she opened Harley's Tattoo Parlour and gave tattoos to fellow cast members, members of the crew, and director David Ayer.

Her mother, Sarie, gave her away at her wedding due to her estrangement from her father, Doug. Her sister, Anya, served as her maid of honor.

In 2014, she started a production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, with Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara, and her childhood friend Sophia Kerr. Kerr also serves as her personal assistant.

Her younger brother, Cameron Robbie, felt inspired to pursue acting after seeing the success his older sister was able to achieve. Her older brother, Lachlan Robbie, also works in the film industry as a stuntman.

She has an older sister named Anya Robbie, an older brother named Lachlan Robbie, and a younger brother named Cameron Robbie. She and her siblings were raised by a single mother with minimal contact from their father.

She turned down the role of Sam Thomson in the Oscar-winning film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014). The role ultimately went to Emma Stone which earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

She confirmed in September 2016 that she is executive producing and starring in a Harley Quinn spin-off movie for the DC Extended Universe. Robbie had lobbied for the project at Warner Bros. since filming wrapped for Suicide Squad (2016) in 2015.

Is often more than a full decade younger than her male romantic counterpart; Alexander Skarsgård was 13 years older than Robbie when they played opposite in The Legend of Tarzan (2016), Leonardo DiCaprio was 15 years her senior in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), while Will Smith was more than 20 years older than her, when she played his love interest in Focus (2015).

She always carries a quartz with her for luck that her mother gave her.

She has been characterized as a tomboy because she likes surfing, riding motorcycles and DIY (Do it yourself).

She attended a Slipknot concert while she was still a series regular on the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1985). She was surprised to see how many fans of the metal group recognized her and asked her about the series.

Sleeps with a toy bunny, which she received as a child.

Robbie's character, Donna Freedman, on Neighbours (1985) was one of the first bisexual characters portrayed on Australian television. She even shared an on-screen kiss with female co-star, Hany Lee. The portrayal of Robbie's character was criticized by the Australian Family Association for normalizing same-sex relationships.

Although Robbie tattooed a majority of the cast of Suicide Squad (2016), she did not perform tattoos on Will Smith or Jared Leto.

She moved to California to begin auditioning for film roles, five days after her Neighbours (1985) contract ended.

She has appeared in four films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Big Short (2015), Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) and Barbie (2023).

Counts True Romance (1993) as one of her all-time favorite movies.

Knows Australian Sign Language.

Has three tattoos: an anchor on her ankle, a smile face under her foot, and "skwad" on her foot.