Margot Robbie shocked everybody when she quietly married her then-longtime boyfriend, Tom Ackerley, in a secret ceremony in Australia again in 2016. Regardless of by no means saying an engagement, the “Babylon” actor confirmed the information of her nuptials by exhibiting off a photograph of her diamond ring on Instagram. Whereas the pair have been collectively for some time now (since 2014, to be actual), there’s by no means been a lot discuss their relationship, a lot much less who Ackerley is except for being the husband to one in all Hollywood’s largest stars.
Over time, Robbie and Ackerley have been sparingly photographed at trade occasions and lead a reasonably non-public life, solely sometimes mentioning their romance in interviews. Nonetheless, some folks should be questioning who precisely Robbie’s husband is. Learn forward for every part we find out about him, together with why his spouse as soon as referred to him as “the best-looking man in London.”
He is Additionally within the Leisure Business
In accordance with Individuals, Ackerley acquired his begin within the movie enterprise by working as an additional within the first three Harry Potter films, which Robbie as soon as bragged about on “The Graham Norton Present.” “My husband is within the Harry Potter films. I do know, I used to be like, ‘Had you instructed me sooner, we’d’ve been married in a short time,'” she joked.
After his temporary stint on display, Ackerley went on to review movie at Godalming School within the UK and later labored his approach from being a set manufacturing assistant to an assistant director, per the British Movie Institute. A few of his movie credit embody 2017’s “Magnificence and the Beast” and “Murderer’s Creed.”
He Met His Spouse Via Work
Robbie and Ackerley met in 2013 on the set of the World Conflict II drama “Suite Francaise,” the place Ackerley served as a 3rd assistant director, Vogue reported. In a 2016 interview with the outlet, Robbie referred to as her husband — who hails from Surrey, England — “the best-looking man in London” as she recalled her relationship standing once they first met.
“I used to be the last word single gal,” she mentioned. “The thought of relationships made me wish to vomit. After which this crept up on me. We have been mates for therefore lengthy. I used to be at all times in love with him, however I assumed, ‘Oh, he would by no means love me again. Do not make it bizarre, Margot. Do not be silly and inform him that you simply like him.’ After which it occurred, and I used to be like, ‘In fact we’re collectively. This makes a lot sense, the way in which nothing has ever made sense earlier than.'”
He and His Spouse Have a Manufacturing Firm Collectively
In accordance with Vogue, the couple run a manufacturing firm collectively referred to as LuckyChap. They began it with two of their mates, Ackerley’s pal Josey McNamara and Robbie’s childhood greatest buddy Sophia Kerr. A few of their firm’s tasks vary from 2017’s “I, Tonya” — which Ackerley produced — to the upcoming live-action “Barbie” film.
He Helps Robbie Work Via Her Self-Doubt
In a 2021 interview with Every day Mirror, Robbie admitted that, regardless of all of her success, she nonetheless will get nervous when filming new tasks. “I’ve this entire disaster of religion and assume, ‘Oh my gosh, I am not even good at performing and I am unable to do that,'” she instructed the outlet. Nonetheless, she mentioned it helps her to lean on Ackerley for assist. “Each time I do a film, I flip to my husband and I am like, ‘I do not assume I can do that,'” she recalled. “He says one thing like, ‘You do that each time. You will be tremendous.'”
He Has a Worry of Snakes
Robbie poked enjoyable at Ackerley’s ophidiophobia throughout a June 2021 look on “The Late Late Present With James Corden,” the place she recalled the time the 2 encountered a snake of their LA backyard. “My husband hates snakes,” Robbie shared. “He is English. You guys do not have them, clearly, in any respect in England, I suppose. However I imply, they’re in every single place! I am residing in LA and there was a two-meter snake simply exterior the kitchen, simply within the backyard the opposite day. [Tom] virtually had a coronary. He was like, ‘What can we do?! Can we kill it?!’ And I used to be like, ‘F*ck . . . no, we do not kill it. Simply gently inform it to go some place else.'”
— Further reporting by Njera Perkins
