Margot Robbie’s name change has appeared in new Companies House documents, with the 36-year-old actor now listed as Margot Ackerley. The filing comes nearly a decade after she married British producer Tom Ackerley in 2016, suggesting the update may have more to do with business administration than a sudden urge to reorganise the wedding stationery.
This is not a Ye-style celebrity rebrand or an attempt to launch a mysterious new era. Robbie has simply taken her husband’s surname, albeit with the sort of relaxed timetable normally reserved for projects without a deadline.
Why has Margot Robbie changed her name now?
The timing appears connected to the couple’s shared business interests. Robbie and Ackerley run LuckyChap Entertainment, the production company they established in 2014 with Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara.
New records published by Companies House this week list Robbie under her married name. The documents do not indicate that she plans to abandon Margot Robbie professionally, and doing so would be an unusual commercial decision. Her original name is already attached to one of Hollywood’s most recognisable careers, not to mention a very profitable shade of pink.
Using Margot Ackerley for private or corporate matters would allow her to adopt her married name without changing the identity audiences know from film credits, interviews and red-carpet appearances. Performers regularly keep established professional names while using different legal or personal names elsewhere.
Robbie rarely discusses her marriage publicly, so the filing offers a small glimpse into how the couple handle their life away from premieres and award ceremonies. It is paperwork, admittedly, but celebrity paperwork has rarely been allowed to remain merely paperwork.
How did Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley meet?
Robbie met Ackerley while working on the Second World War drama Suite Française. Ackerley was an assistant director on the production, while Robbie appeared in the film.
They later lived in London with Kerr and McNamara, who would become their LuckyChap co-founders. The group launched the company two years before Robbie and Ackerley married in 2016.
The couple have since kept much of their relationship out of public view. They welcomed a son in October 2024, although they have continued to protect details about their family life.
One domestic disagreement they have discussed is considerably less private and only slightly less consequential: whether Australia’s Tim Tam or Britain’s Penguin is the superior chocolate biscuit. International diplomacy remains difficult.
What has LuckyChap Entertainment produced?
LuckyChap has grown into a successful production company with a record of backing prominent films and television projects. Its credits include I, Tonya, Saltburn and Barbie.
Robbie starred as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya. Her performance in the 2017 film earned her an Academy Award nomination for best actress at the 2018 ceremony, helping establish LuckyChap as more than a celebrity side project.
The company later produced Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, as well as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, in which Robbie played the title character. The latter became a global box-office success, with reports estimating that Robbie earned as much as £37 million through her salary and performance-related payments.
That combination of acting success and production work has made Robbie one of the industry’s most powerful names. For that reason, audiences are still likely to see “Margot Robbie” on posters and credits even if corporate documents now say Margot Ackerley.
The filing therefore looks less like a farewell to her famous surname and more like a distinction between her public career and private life. Hollywood has survived more complicated branding exercises.
