Elizabeth Debicki Net Worth

Elizabeth Debicki's Quotes

• If it's a real passion, it's almost like a need. As a child, I got bored with my surroundings, so I would be another person for a little while. I was obsessed with Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) so I developed into one of the characters and told everyone that I was the character. It's like a need, you have to change. And as soon as I've finished one thing, I'm like, okay, what can I be next?
• There's a lot to be said for being in a room with a casting agent or a director. There are things you can't really replicate when you're self-taping and there's the bonus of having someone to direct you, which is extremely helpful. The benefit of self-taping is, I suppose, being on your own clock. It's certainly more relaxing to self-tape than to audition with someone in the flesh but I don't know if it's necessarily better.
• What I always think when I am asked that or have to consider that is that if I didn't get a role because I was too tall, then I don't think I wanted it anyway. My agent was never going to call me up and say, "Look, they didn't want you because you're tall," because there's nothing I can do about that. I'm sure it's happened. It's been a process in my life but I'm really proud of it. It's been a journey coming to terms with it.
• I was small once upon a time. But I was always tall for my age. At about 12, I really shot up, which I minded because I felt different to all my friends, and I slouched a lot on one hip. But my parents are dancers, so they used to come up and grab my shoulders back.
• I was a dancer for many years, and I thought I was going to be a ballerina. I once went to summer school for the Australian ballet, and I was taller than my teacher. So I remember thinking I'm gonna have to rethink this plan. I did a lot of contemporary dance until I was about seventeen and then I went to acting school.

Interesting Facts about Elizabeth Debicki

1. Was nominated for the 2014 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for her stage performance in The Sydney Theatre Company's production of Jean Genet's 'The Maids' directed by Andrew Upton.
2. Upon graduating from high school at age seventeen, she had to decide between studying drama at the University of Melbourne or attending law school on an academic scholarship, having already gotten in. She said that her parents were "rightfully concerned" when she decided to forgo law school and study acting instead.
3. Made her feature film debut in director Stephan Elliott's Australian wedding comedy A Few Best Men (2011), in a small role as a secretary. It was her first role after graduating from drama school. She was only twenty-one when it premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, California on October 14th of 2011.
4. In 2015, she was honored as the breakthrough star of the year at the Australians in Film awards gala, following her roles in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Macbeth (2015), and Everest (2015). Previous recipients of the Breakthrough Award include Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Joel Edgerton, and Mia Wasikowska.
5. Reportedly beat out Charlize Theron and fellow Aussie Rose Byrne for her role in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015).
6. She was added to the cast of the sci-fi movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) in an undisclosed voiceover role a month and a half before its release in theaters. The role was eventually revealed to be Emperor Haban-Limaï. French model turned actor Aymeline Valade did the motion capture for the character.
7. Was awarded the Trophée Chopard at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, alongside actor Joe Alwyn. The Chopard Trophy is awarded by a jury of professionals to two young actors in order to recognize and encourage their careers. Founded in 2001, it has been presented every year since during the Cannes Film Festival.
8. Her performance in the all-female heist film Widows (2018) was ranked #8 in IndieWire's 'The 16 Best Film Performances by Actresses in 2018'.
9. Her performance as golfer Jordan Baker in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby (2013) was ranked #32 in IndieWire's 'The 50 Best Movie Performances of the Decade'. [2019].
10. Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since 2018.
11. Was originally cast as Christina Braithwhite in the horror series Lovecraft Country (2020), but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Tenet (2020). The role later went to fellow Australian actress Abbey Lee.
12. Appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's 25th Annual Hollywood Issue, alongside Nicholas Hoult, Rami Malek, Chadwick Boseman, Saoirse Ronan, Tessa Thompson, Henry Golding, Yalitza Aparicio, Regina King, Timothée Chalamet, and John David Washington.
13. She was on the shortlist of actresses who were in the running to play the lead female role in the Harry Potter spin-off movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), along with Katherine Waterston and Kate Upton. The role went to Waterston.
14. In 2019, Debicki was the fourteenth recipient of the Women in Film 'Max Mara Face of the Future Award'. She was honored at the 2019 Women in Film Awards on June 12th at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
15. Her first Hollywood role and second feature film was The Great Gatsby (2013), although it was filmed in her home country of Australia. Her first time coming to America would be to screen test with Tobey Maguire for director Baz Luhrmann.
16. She auditioned for the lead female role in Gemini Man (2019), along with Tatiana Maslany. Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead eventually got the part.
17. Parents were both professional ballet dancers, and she always assumed she would go into the family business. However, at the age of twelve she was taller than all of her teachers. She began concentrating on contemporary dance instead, and then somewhere along the line fell in love with acting and applied to drama school.
18. Had no driving experience before being cast in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015).
19. Is the eldest of three children. She has a younger sister and brother.
20. Was offered the part of Kat in Tenet (2020) without an audition, but insisted on doing one anyway. It was really important for her to know that she could do what Christopher Nolan was looking for, and according to the director she came in and blew everyone away.