Margot Robbie and her husband, Tom Ackerley have been married since 2016 and typically prefer to keep their relationship out of the public eye. However, during the 2024 Awards Season, the couple made multiple red-carpet appearances at the Oscars, the BAFTAs and the actress gushed about her "normie" husband at the the Critics Choice Awards back on January 14.
The Australian actress admitted she's "so lucky" that Tom "isn't fazed" by the spotlight, telling E! News: "'I am so lucky. He likes being behind the camera, he's not fazed by any of this stuff, he's just the best. It's so fun. I love the word 'normie'."
© Phillip FaraoneTom, 33, has been supporting his wife while she makes the rounds during awards season, with her starring role in Barbie picking up countless nominations and awards at the various ceremonies. However, he isn't just in attendance for her sake, as he also helped produce the movie, which grossed over $1 billion at the box office, as well as Saltburn, which was also a huge hit for the couple's LuckyChap Entertainment production company.
Find out more about the couple as HELLO! explores Margot and Tom's relationship from the very beginning...
Who is Tom Ackerley?
© Getty ImagesThomas 'Tom' Ackerley is a British film producer, who has also dabbled in acting. He was born in Surrey and began his film career working as an extra in the Harry Potter franchise. He then worked his way into film production by taking roles as a runner on sets for films including Rush and Gambit.
Tom then became an assistant director and worked on several acclaimed films including 2014's Pride, and the 2015 film Macbeth which starred Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
After meeting Margot on the set of one of the films he worked on, the pair went on to start their very own production company: LuckyChap Entertainment, alongside their friends Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr. Working at LuckyChap, Tom has helped produce films including: I, Tonya, which starred his wife as its lead character; Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman, 2023 film-phenomenon Barbie, and 2024's Saltburn.
© GettySpeaking of their working dynamic, Margot previously told Porter: "I'm a great advocate of doing business with your partner. 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."
Who did Tom play in Harry Potter?
Tom starred as a student in the three first Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In the third movie, Tom's role as a Slytherin student can be seen during the scene in which Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) encounters Buckbeak the Hippogriff during an ill-fated Care of Magical Creatures Class with Hagrid.
When did they meet?
© Getty ImagesMargot met Tom on the set of her WWII film Suite Française back in 2013, on which he was working as a third assistant director. They became close before deciding to move in with each other the following year alongside five other friends who were also working on the film.
"We were like, 'Wouldn't it be funny if we all lived together?'," the Wolf of Wall Street actress told The Guardian in 2018. "Someone said, 'But you don't live in London,' and I said, 'I don't live anywhere. I'll move.' Three days later we signed a lease in Clapham. I didn't even see the place."
Dating timeline
The couple were friends for quite a while before Margot admitted that her feelings for Tom turned romantic unexpectedly.
© Tom Ackerley on Instagram"I was the ultimate single gal. The idea of relationships made me want to vomit," she recalled to Vogue in 2016. "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.'"
They kept their relationship secret at first, but when they shared the news with their flatmates, it caused tension in the household.
© Tom Ackerley on Instagram"We kept it a secret because we weren't really taking it seriously. 'Oh, whatever, we're just mates, we're just mates,'" she explained. "And then everyone found out. Our house turned into The Jerry Springer Show for a moment there. But then the dust settled, and it was all good. Everyone was, like: 'No! This is going to ruin our group!' And then it didn't. It was fine."
© Getty ImagesOnce the secret was out, Margot and Tom were first pictured enjoying a PDA-filled date during a New York Rangers game in February 2015.
Engagement
The couple never officially confirmed their engagement, but reports began swirling that a wedding was on the cards after Margot was photographed at an airport wearing a T-shirt that read "Say 'I Do' Down Under".
Secret wedding
Margot and Tom got married at a private property in Coorabell, Byron Bay on December 18, 2016, with the beautiful bride opting for a ruffled wedding dress for the low-key ceremony.
She confirmed the happy news a few days later by sharing a photo of herself kissing her new husband with her ring finger held up to the camera, showing off her teardrop diamond engagement ring next to her thin gold wedding band.
According to People, the actress was given away by her mother, with her three siblings also in attendance. Margot revealed in 2017 that the couple skipped having a honeymoon to film I, Tonya – which turned out to be a great decision considering the film's success.
© Tom Ackerley on Instagram"There were times we were sitting in a car parked in Atlanta freezing cold being like, 'We should be on a beach right now. We should be on a honeymoon. What are we doing?!' Following our dream," she told Extra.
Do Margot and Tom have children?
The couple have no children yet, but Margot has revealed in the past that she hopes to have a big family one day. "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 told Porter in 2018. "But definitely not at the moment. That's 100 percent certain."
