Portrait of Danielle Macdonald

Danielle Macdonald

Acting

Biography

Danielle Louise Macdonald (born 19 May 1991) is an Australian actress, known for her lead roles as Patricia "Patti" Dombrowski in the drama film Patti Cake$ (2017), and Willowdean Dickson in Dumplin' (2018). She is also known for her roles in the post-apocalyptic thriller film Bird Box as Olympia, the film Skin (2018) as Julie, the Netflix series Unbelievable as Amber, and the BBC One/Stan/HBO Max thriller series The Tourist as Helen.

Born: May 19, 1991

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Filmography

2025
2023
Poker Face

as Mandy

2022
The Tourist

as Helen Chambers

2021
Falling for Figaro

as Millie Cantwell

2021
French Exit

as Madeleine the Medium

2020
I Am Woman

as Lillian Roxon

2019
Unbelievable

as Amber Stevenson

2019
2019
Skin

as Julie Price

2019
Skin

as Christa

2019
2018
Dumplin'

as Willowdean Dickson

2018
Bird Box

as Olympia

2017
Lady Bird

as Another Young Lady

2017
Patti Cake$

as Patricia Dombrowski

2017
The Rachels

as Ashley

2016
Easy

as Grace

2014
Every Secret Thing

as Alice Manning

2014
The Valley

as Mackenzie

2013
The East

as Tess

2013
Trust Me

as Delia

2011
American Horror Story

as Bristol Windows

2011
2 Broke Girls

as Ashlin

2011
The Thief

as Cashier

2009
The Middle

as Amy RA

2009
Glee

as Girl #1

1999
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Saccharine

as Josie