Congratulations are in order for Barbie star Margot Robbie and her husband of eight years Tom Ackerley, who are believed to be expecting their first child together.
The low-key couple, who have kept their almost decade-long relationship largely out of the public eye, have been married since 2016 and business partners since 2014 but were also friends (and roommates) long before they took their relationship to the next level.
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In a rare interview with the Sunday Times in June 2024, Ackerley even opened up about his marriage to the I, Tonya star, noting of their work and private life: 'We don't have a toggle on, toggle off. It's all become one thing.'
In case you have any pressing questions about the under-the-radar couple in the wake of the happy news, this is a comprehensive breakdown of everything we know about their relationship.
Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley relationship timeline
2013
The couple met in 2013 when Ackerley was working as third assistant director on the set of her film, Suite Française.
Speaking to Vogue in 2016, Robbie said: '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."'
2014
The pair officially began dating in 2014 and launched their production company LuckyChap with their two friends, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr, in the same year. In the decade since, the company has cultivated over 25 Oscar nominations, and is responsible for the production of some of Robbie's biggest films.
In a previous interviews with Porter, Robbie shared of the pair’s marriage: ‘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.’
Speaking about how they manage their working schedules, she noted: ‘Even if we both have to fly to a country in-between where we both are for one night, we’ll do it and then fly back to work the next day. And we speak all day, every day on the phone.’
2016
The couple married in 2016 in a private ceremony in Byron Bay, Australia. 'The most helpful thing I've learned from other couples in this industry is that you don't go more than three weeks without seeing each other,' Robbie told The Daily Telegraph's Style in June 2016 of the secret to the pair's successful romance. 'Being in a long-distance relationship can be really hard when you don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. It can mess with your head, so the three-week rule is key.'
2017
'My husband and I were roommates before we were even dating, so I'm kind of living with my roommate and it's awesome,' Robbie told Us Magazine of adjusting to married life. 'We lived with a bunch of people and now we're just living [as] the two of us, so we feel very grown up now.'
2018
In an interview with Porter, Robbie added that the couple wanted to take their time when it came to expanding their family.
'If I'm looking into my future 30 years from now, I want to see a big Christmas dinner with tonnes of kids there. But definitely not at the moment. That's 100 percent certain,' the Oscar nominee shared.
2020
Before the couple made a rare joint appearance at the 2020 Oscars, Robbie shared a Polaroid picture of her with Ackerley.
2021
During an appearance on the The Late Late Show With James Corden, Robbie joked about her husband's biggest fear: snakes. 'He's English. You guys don't have them, obviously, really at all in England, I guess,' she teased, noting that she grew up around 'heaps of wildlife' in Australia.
2024
After Ackerley made the occasional red carpet appearance with Robbie on the Barbie press tour in 2023, the couple made their biggest splash at the 81st annual Golden Globes a year later. Robbie — who was nominated for her role in Barbie — channelled the titular doll in custom hot pink Armani, while Ackerley opted for a black suit and tie. Just five months after their appearance at the award ceremony, Robbie was spotted in Lake Como with a baby bump, shortly before multiple sources confirmed to People that she is pregnant with baby number one.
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