Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990, in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, to Doug Robbie, a former farm owner and sugarcane tycoon, and Sarie Kessler, a physiotherapist. She is the second youngest of four siblings, with two older siblings, Anya and Lachlan, and a younger brother, Cameron. Her parents separated when she was five years old, and she, along with her siblings, was raised by her single mother. The family spent most of Margot's upbringing on her grandparents' farm in the Gold Coast hinterland.From a young age, Margot was energetic and creative, often putting on shows in her house. Her mother enrolled her in a circus school, where she excelled in trapeze and received a certificate at the age of eight. In high school, she studied drama at Somerset College. As a teenager, Margot worked three jobs simultaneously, tending bar, cleaning houses, and working at Subway.After graduation, with a few commercials and independent thriller films on her résumé, Margot relocated to Melbourne to pursue acting professionally. Her first acting roles came in high school, starring in two low-budget independent thriller films, "Vigilante" and "I.C.U." She made her television debut in 2008 with a guest role in the drama series "City Homicide" and followed this with a two-episode arc in the children's television series "The Elephant Princess."