Margot Robbie has quietly taken her husband’s surname a full decade after their wedding.
The 34-year-old Australian actor, among Hollywood’s biggest box-office draws, is now listed as Margot Elise Ackerley in official British documents, according to filings cited by outlets reviewing Companies House records. The name change surfaces just months after she and husband Tom Ackerley, also 34, welcomed their first child in October 2024.
Robbie and Ackerley first crossed paths on the set of the 2014 World War II drama *Suite Française*, where he worked as an assistant director and she starred opposite Michelle Williams. Friendship turned to romance the following year, and the couple wed in a private December 2016 ceremony in Byron Bay, Australia, keeping the event so secret that guests reportedly believed they were attending a holiday party.
The pair have since built both a family and a formidable production empire. Their company, LuckyChap Entertainment, has shepherded some of the most talked-about films of recent years, including *I, Tonya*, *Saltburn*, and the billion-dollar-grossing *Barbie* in 2023, in which Robbie also starred. The name change filing raises immediate questions about whether she will adopt Ackerley professionally or continue appearing onscreen as Margot Robbie, the marquee brand that has anchored multiple franchises.
Celebrities frequently retain maiden names for public recognition, and Robbie herself has offered only rare glimpses into her domestic life. She abandoned social media entirely in 2021, leaving no platform for personal announcements. Representatives for the actor have not publicly addressed whether the legal change will extend to future film credits or publicity materials.
What is known comes largely from past interviews given at promotional moments. Speaking to *Vogue* in 2016, Robbie described the evolution from friendship to marriage with palpable relief:
“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.'”
Ackerley, a Surrey-born filmmaker who has produced through LuckyChap as well, offered his own perspective in a 2024 *Times* interview about their unusually entwined working and romantic lives. Asked how they separate the two, he replied:
“It’s seamless. We don’t have a toggle on, toggle off. It’s all become one thing.”
He added that the arrangement generates no friction, noting that he “feels like an honorary Aussie” while “Margot feels like an honorary Brit.”
Robbie has echoed the sentiment in her own terms. In an interview with *Porter* magazine, she endorsed the blend of partnership and business outright:
“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.”
The couple’s son, born last October, joins the family under circumstances as guarded as their wedding; the infant’s name has not been disclosed publicly.
The timing of the legal name change—coming not at marriage but years into an established career, and mere months into motherhood—suggests a personal recalibration rather than conventional bridal tradition. Whether audiences will eventually see “Margot Ackerley” in opening credits remains, for now, as private as the family life she has carefully constructed.