Elizabeth Debicki Biography

Elizabeth Debicki (born 24 August 1990) is an Australian stage and film 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 (2013/14) for which she received a nomination for the 14th Helpmann Awards. In 2015, Debicki starred as the villain in Guy Ritchie's film adaptation of The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

Early life

Debicki was born in Paris, France, to a Polish father and an Australian mother of Irish descent. Her parents were both ballet dancers. When she was five, the family moved to Melbourne, Australia. The eldest of three children, she has a younger sister and a brother.

Debicki became interested in ballet at an early age and trained as a dancer until deciding to switch to theatre. 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. In 2010, she completed a degree in drama at the University of Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts. In August 2009, she was the recipient of a Richard Pratt Bursary for outstanding acting students in their second year of training.

Debicki is tall.

Career

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. In May 2011, Luhrmann announced that she had been cast as Jordan Baker in his 2013 film The Great Gatsby. In December 2012, Debicki was the subject of a photo shoot for Vogue Australia.

From June to July 2013, Debicki played Madame in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Jean Genet's play The Maids with Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert. She won the best newcomer award at the Sydney Theatre Awards. Debicki appears in a 13-minute short film, Godel, Incomplete, and appeared as a guest star in the third season of the Australian TV series Rake. She co-starred in the Guy Ritchie-directed film adaptation of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015). She learned to drive on the set. In 2015, Debicki had supporting roles in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of Macbeth and Everest.

Debicki plays the lead in an eight-hour television series, The Kettering Incident, and a supporting role, Jed, in a miniseries The Night Manager. She was then cast in the film The Tale.

Credits

Stage

Year	Production	Role	Theatre	Notes
2010	The Gift (Murray-Smith)	Chlo	Melbourne Theatre Company	World premiere, opposite Matthew Dyktynski, directed by Maria Aitken
2013	The Maids (Genet)	Madame	Sydney Theatre Company	With Cate Blanchett as Claire, Isabelle Huppert as Solange Sydney Theatre Awards: Best Newcomer Nominated"?Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
	Gdel, Incomplete	Serita	Short film
2015	Macbeth	Lady Macduff
	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Victoria Vinciguerra
	Everest	Dr. Caroline Mackenzie
2016	The Tale	Mrs. G	Filming
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Ayesha	Post Production
	God Particle	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Rake	Missy	TV series, guest star
2016	The Kettering Incident	Dr. Anna Macy	8-hour TV series
	The Night Manager	Jed Marshall	TV miniseries