Margot Robbie gives birth to first child
The highest-earning star of 2022 and British producer welcome first child after 8 years of marriage.
According to the Daily Mail , Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley welcomed their first child on October 17 – a little earlier than expected. The information has only just been confirmed.
The source said that the health of mother and baby is stable, but Robbie is still in the hospital. His paternal grandparents (in the UK) and maternal grandparents (in Australia) will soon fly to the US to meet their grandson.
BackGrid reporters photographed Ackerley shopping for baby supplies near their home in Venice Beach on November 2. The couple has yet to comment on the happy news.
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Tom Ackerley was seen buying diapers for his newborn son on November 2. Photo: WireImage/BackGrid. |
Barbie confirmed her pregnancy on July 7, when Daily Mail posted a photo of her wearing a crop-top revealing her large belly during a trip to Lake Como, Italy with her husband .
Robbie has been working on a number of projects throughout her pregnancy. Her last public appearance was on October 13, at a film editing studio in Los Angeles. People magazine previously reported that the actress “can’t wait to be a mother.”
Margot Robbie and British producer Tom Ackerley met in 2013 on the set of Suite Française , where Tom was a production assistant and Margot starred. They began dating in 2014 and married in 2016. Robbie kept their relationship out of the public eye for the first few years. It wasn’t until 2017 that the couple made their first red carpet appearance together.
The couple worked together on projects such as I, Tonya , Birds of Prey , Dollface … Despite her busy acting career and frequent absence from home, Robbie said she always tries not to let her husband and her be apart for too long.
Margot Robbie, born in 1990, is an Australian actress with a successful career in Hollywood. She made a strong impression with her role as the villainous Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) films, including Suicide Squad (2016), Birds of Prey (2020) and The Suicide Squad (2021).
To date, her biggest honor is Best New Actress at the 2014 Empire Awards. Robbie won for her role as Naomi Lapaglia in The Wolf of Wall Street .
In 2022, she surpassed Millie Bobby Brown to become the highest-paid female star for a movie of the year, receiving a salary of $12.5 million for the movie Barbie .