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Danielle Macdonald

Highest Rated: 87% Dumplin' (2018)

Lowest Rated: 32% Every Secret Thing (2014)

Birthday: May 19, 1991

Birthplace: Australia

Actress Danielle Macdonald rose from obscurity to film industry "It Girl" on the strength of magnetic performances in the independent features "Every Secret Thing" (2014) and "Patti Cake$" (2017). The Australian native came to the United States in 2010, where she made her screen acting debut opposite fellow Antipodean actor Joel Edgerton in a short, "The Thief" (2010), directed by actress Rachel Weisz for Glamour magazine. Guest and supporting roles on series like "Glee" (Fox, 2009-2015) led to her casting on the ABC Family comedy "Huge" (2010). Problems with her visa kept her from taking the role, but she quickly rebounded with roles in several prominent independent films, including Amy Berg's "Every Secret Thing" (2014), an adaptation of the Laura Lippman novel about a pair of teenagers (Macdonald and Dakota Fanning), arrested as children for the kidnapping and murder of a child, who are again suspects in a second abduction. Macdonald's turn as a vindictive young woman with a tragic secret won critical praise, and led to roles on television series in Australia and America, most notably the sixth season of "American Horror Story" (FX, 2011- ). Her true breakout role came the following year as the lead in "Patti Cake$" (2017). The independent drama, about a New Jersey teenager (Macdonald) who aspires to fame as a hip-hop artist, received a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival that year, while critics and attendees alike hailed Macdonald's performance was hailed as a breakout.

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Highest rated movies

87% 73% Dumplin' Watchlist 86% 78% Patti Cake$ Watchlist
77% 64% The East
Watchlist
76% 82% Skin Watchlist 73% 71% Falling for Figaro Watchlist 68% 67% Paradise Hills Watchlist 66% 65% I Am Woman Watchlist 65% 44% French Exit Watchlist 64% 58% Bird Box Watchlist
50% 38% Trust Me
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
73% 71% Falling for Figaro Millie (Character) $35.8K 2020
65% 44% French Exit Madeleine (Character) $740.4K 2020
66% 65% I Am Woman Lilian Roxon (Character) - 2019
68% 67% Paradise Hills Chloe (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 60% Extracurricular Activities Becky Wallace (Character) - 2019
76% 82% Skin Julie Price (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 95% Skin Christa (Character) - 2018
64% 58% Bird Box Olympia (Character) - 2018
87% 73% Dumplin' Willowdean Dickson (Character) - 2018
86% 78% Patti Cake$ Patti (Character) $774.5K 2017
No Score Yet 0% The Three Rachels Ashley (Character) - 2016
32% 32% Every Secret Thing Alice Manning (Character) $97.0K 2014
50% 38% Trust Me Delia (Character) - 2013
77% 64% The East Tess (Character) $2.3M 2013

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2024
96% 61% The Tourist Helen Chambers (Character) 2022 2024
98% 81% Poker Face Mandy Boyle (Character) 2023
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2019
90% 85% Easy Grace (Character) 2017 2019
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2019
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2018
77% 66% American Horror Story Bristol Windows (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 88% The Middle Amy RA (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 63% 2 Broke Girls Ashlin (Guest Star) 2015
81% 81% Pretty Little Liars Unknown (Guest Star) 2014