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Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley are one of Hollywood’s biggest power couples. The duo’s production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, is behind some of the buzziest movie titles of the past half decade, including award-winning films like Barbie, I, Tonya, and Promising Young Woman. But despite their critically acclaimed work together, the two have also managed to keep details of their relationship largely out of the spotlight since they first started dating in 2014.
Ahead, we break down everything we know about their relationship, from when they first met to how they pulled off a secret wedding.
November 12, 2024: They’re settling into life as new parents.
Days after Robbie and Ackerley welcomed their first child together, a source close to them gives People an update on the couple’s life as new parents.
“They waited a long time to get pregnant, so it was almost unbelievable when the baby actually arrived,” the insider says. “They’ve both been settling into being parents. They’re homebodies, so it’s been lovely to spend the time just them, at home with him. They’re so happy.”
November 2, 2024: They welcome their baby!
Robbie gives birth to the couple’s first child, a baby boy.
July 9, 2024: Margot and Tom always “really wanted” to be parents.
A source opens up to People about the expecting parents, revealing that they have “wanted to start a family for quite some time.”
“Family means a lot to both of them and they knew early on in their relationship being parents was something they really wanted,” the insider tells the outlet. “They’ve been keeping it under wraps for a while but are happy the news is out.”
July 2, 2024: They are expecting their first child.
Reports emerge that Robbie and Ackerley are expecting their first child together. Paparazzi photos capture the Barbie star showing off her baby bump for the first time on a date with Ackerley, for which she wears a dark suit, a white crop top, black sandals, and a straw tote bag.
February 2024: They continue their starry award show streak.
On February 18, the couple heads to the 77th BAFTA Awards ceremony, where Robbie wows in a black and pale pink Armani Privé gown.
The following week, on February 24, they show out at the 30th SAG Awards. Robbie once again opts for a black and pink theme, in a dramatic Schiaparelli minidress.
February 10, 2024: Tom pays tribute to Margot in his acceptance speech.
While accepting the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award for Best International Film for Barbie, Ackerley pays tribute to his wife onstage.
“Mainly, I want to thank the two most important people in bringing this to life: yes, Greta Gerwig, and my brilliant, sensational, groundbreaking wife, Margot,” he says. “Together, you both entertained the world. You also both changed the world. So thank you.”
January 15, 2024: Margot says she is “lucky” to have Tom.
During a red-carpet interview with E! News at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, Robbie says of Ackerley, “I am so lucky. He likes being behind the camera. He’s not fazed by any of this stuff.”
She adds, “He’s just the best, it’s so fun…. I love the word normie. Yes, like, all my friends, everyone’s like, ‘That’s cool what you do, but it’s more fun just to hang out and talk about other stuff.’ And you’re like, ‘I know.’ ”
January 7, 2024: They go to the Golden Globes.
Marking yet another rare joint red-carpet appearance, the couple attend the 81st Golden Globes, where Barbie is up for six awards. Robbie dazzles in a hot-pink gown from Giorgio Armani Privé’s Fall/Winter 2022 collection.
November 29, 2023: They go out on a rare date night.
Ackerley accompanies Robbie on a rare night out in New York City, where the Barbie star looks pretty in a pink Versace set.
July 9, 2023: Tom attends the Barbie premiere.
At the premiere of Barbie, which LuckyChap Entertainment produced, Ackerley makes a rare joint red-carpet appearance with his wife, who stars as the movie’s titular character.
For the occasion, Robbie re-creates a 1960 Barbie doll look in a sparkling black evening gown, custom-made by Schiaparelli.
January 5, 2020: They go to the Golden Globes.
Although they skip walking the red carpet together, Robbie and Ackerley are seen seated side by side at the 77th Golden Globes ceremony.
June 6, 2019: Margot talks about her working relationship with Tom.
In an interview, the actor describes what it’s like to work so closely with her husband at their production company. “We can talk about work all the time. And then work feels like fun. And fun stuff can involve work,” she says. “We just get along. I think it’s crazy that not all couples get along.”
November 30, 2018: Margot says “being married is actually the most fun ever”—and reveals where she stands on having kids.
In an interview with Porter, Robbie gushes over getting to work with her husband at LuckyChap.
“I’m a great advocate of doing business with your partner,” she tells the outlet. “Being married is actually the most fun ever—life got way more fun somehow. I have a responsibility, being someone’s wife. I want to be better.”
She adds, “Even if we both have to fly to a country in between where we both are for one night, we’ll do it and then fly back to work the next day. And we speak all day, every day on the phone.”
On the topic of kids, Robbie immediately shuts down the conversation with a blunt answer: “No! Definitely not.” As for Ackerley’s feelings about having children, she reveals, “Three days ago my husband stopped by a dog shelter on the way back from the airport, and we now have a pit bull puppy. We already have a two-year-old [dog] who still acts like a puppy. I love him, but he’s a handful, and for the last three days I haven’t slept. I’m like, ‘We’re fostering her for the week,’ and my husband’s saying, ‘No! We’re keeping her.’ And I’m saying, ‘We absolutely cannot and, if anything, you are now cementing in my mind that we cannot have kids. I can’t cope with two puppies, let alone children!’ ”
Despite this, Robbie says she would be open to welcoming kids in the future. “If I’m looking into my future 30 years from now, I want to see a big Christmas dinner with tons of kids there,” she says. “But definitely not at the moment. That’s 100 percent certain.”
March 4, 2018: They have an Oscars date night.
The two attend the 90th Academy Awards together, where their LuckyChap film I, Tonya had has three nominations. For the event, Robbie wows in a white off-the-shoulder Chanel gown, while Ackerley wears a smart black tux.
The two also attend Vanity Fair’s Oscars after-party.
September 8, 2017: They make their red-carpet debut.
The couple attends the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, where they make their first joint red-carpet appearance together for the premiere of I, Tonya.
December 2016: They quietly get married.
Robbie and Ackerley tie the knot in a small, intimate ceremony held at a private estate in Byron Bay, Australia. Afterward, Robbie confirms the nuptials in a post on her now-deleted Instagram account, which features a photo of herself and Ackerley kissing while she raises her diamond-clad ring finger to the camera.
2016: Margot calls Tom “the best-looking guy in London.”
In a 2016 interview, Robbie offers a rare glimpse into her relationship with Ackerley, whom she refers to as “the best-looking guy in London.”
When they first met, Robbie says, she was “the ultimate single gal.” She explains: “The idea of relationships made me want to vomit. And then this crept up on me. We were friends for so long. I was always in love with him, but I thought, ‘Oh, he would never love me back. Don’t make it weird, Margot. Don’t be stupid and tell him that you like him.’ And then it happened, and I was like, ‘Of course we’re together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before.’ ”
2014: They move in together and start dating.
Along with Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara, Robbie and Ackerley co-found LuckyChap Entertainment, a production company dedicated to propelling movies about and made by women. The foursome launch the company while living as roommates in London.
At the same time, Robbie and Ackerley confirm their romance by embarking on a date to Madison Square Garden in New York City, where they watch an ice hockey match between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers.
Robbie later recalls the secretive start of their relationship in a 2018 interview with The Guardian. “We kept it a secret. Because we weren’t really taking it seriously. ‘Oh, whatever, we’re just mates, we’re just mates.’ And then … everyone found out,” she tells the outlet. When word got out to their roommates that they had begun dating, Robbie adds, “It was dramatic. I’m not going into the details, but shit hit the fan. Our house turned into The Jerry Springer Show for a moment there. But then the dust settled, and it was all good…. The wider friendship survived! Everyone was, like: ‘No! This is going to ruin our group!’ And then it didn’t. It was fine.”
2013: They meet.
Robbie and Ackerley meet on the set of Suite Française, a World War II drama starring Robbie alongside Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Sam Riley. Ackerley worked as the third assistant director on the film.
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