Early life and education Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990, in Dalby, Queensland, to Doug Robbie, a former farm owner and sugarcane tycoon, and Sarie Kessler, a physiotherapist. She is the second youngest of four siblings: older siblings Anya and Lachlan, and younger brother Cameron. Her parents separated when she was five. Robbie and her siblings were raised by their single mother and had minimal contact with their father. The family spent the majority of Robbie’s upbringing on her grandparents’ Currumbin Valley farm in the Gold Coast hinterland. An energetic child, Robbie often put on shows in her house.