Biography
Who is Elizabeth Debicki?
Early life and education
Elizabeth Debicki was born in Paris on August 24, 1990. Her father is Polish and her mother is Australian with Irish roots. Both parents worked as ballet dancers. She moved to Melbourne, Victoria, at age five. She is the oldest of three children and has a brother and sister.
Elizabeth studied at Huntingtower School in eastern Melbourne. She graduated as the school dux in 2007. She earned perfect study scores in English and drama. In 2009, she received a Richard Pratt Bursary for acting students. She completed a bachelor's degree in drama at the Victorian College of the Arts.
Early acting career
Elizabeth Debicki made her first professional screen appearance in the 2011 film A Few Best Men. She played a secretary in the movie. Her first major role was as Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby in 2013. She worked opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan. This role earned her the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film.
She also worked on the stage. She played Madame in The Maids for the Sydney Theatre Company in 2013. This production featured Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert. The play later moved to the New York City Center. She won a best newcomer award at the Sydney Theatre Awards for this part.
Television and film roles
In 2016, Elizabeth starred in the mystery series The Kettering Incident as Dr Anna Macy. She also played Jed Marshall in The Night Manager that same year. She appeared in the 2017 Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Ayesha. She reprised this role in the third film in 2023.
Other film work includes the 2018 movie Widows, where she played Alice. She portrayed Virginia Woolf in Vita & Virginia in 2018. In 2020, she played Kat in the film Tenet. She also appeared in the 2021 movie Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway. In 2024, she played director Elizabeth Bender in the horror movie MaXXXine.
The Crown and awards
From 2022 to 2023, Elizabeth Debicki played Diana, Princess of Wales, in The Crown. She appeared in the final two seasons of the Netflix drama. She portrayed Diana during the 1990s. This included her marriage to Prince Charles and the Panorama interview.
This role won her many awards. She received a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She was the first Australian actress to win this Emmy. She also won a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award for this performance.
Personal style and height
Elizabeth Debicki is 188 centimeters tall. She trained as a ballet dancer before she began acting. She stopped professional ballet at age 12 because she grew taller than her teachers. She still uses her dance training to help with her posture and movement.
She focuses on physical awareness in her roles. For The Crown, she worked with a movement coach. She studied footage of the princess to find the logic behind her gestures. She often uses stillness and restraint in her screen acting.
Birthday and age
Elizabeth Debicki was born on August 24, 1990, which makes Elizabeth 36 years old today. That birthday falls under the Virgo sign. Elizabeth shares the date with 36 other famous people.
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