1. Margaret Qualley made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto and gained recognition for her supporting role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers.
34 Facts About Margaret Qualley
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Margaret Qualley has since featured in Yorgos Lanthimos' films Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, and earned a second Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the body horror film The Substance.
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Margaret Qualley's parents are actress and model Andie MacDowell and former model Paul Qualley.
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Margaret Qualley's parents separated when she was five years old and she split her time equally between them.
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Margaret Qualley left home at 14 to board at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied dance.
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Margaret Qualley trained as a ballet dancer, earning an apprenticeship at the American Ballet Theatre and studying at New York's Professional Children's School.
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Margaret Qualley attended New York University but left after a semester for acting roles.
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In 2011, at age 16, Margaret Qualley made her modeling debut during New York Fashion Week, walking for Alberta Ferretti.
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Margaret Qualley has appeared on the covers and editorials of Evening Standard, Jolie, Teen Vogue, Paper, Elle, W, Hunger, Harper's Bazaar, Porter, Document Journal, AnOther, Interview, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Nylon, V, The Cut, and C Margaret Qualley appeared in advertising campaigns for Kenzo, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, and Celine.
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Margaret Qualley was in numerous campaigns for Chanel, for which she is a house ambassador.
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Margaret Qualley first appeared on screen in 2013 playing a small part in Gia Coppola's film Palo Alto.
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Margaret Qualley received the part because she happened to be on set visiting her then-boyfriend, Nat Wolff.
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In 2015, Margaret Qualley appeared in the short promotional film L'Americaine for American fashion label Tory Burch.
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In 2016, Margaret Qualley appeared as the central character in a Spike Jonze-directed commercial for KENZO World; choreographed by Ryan Heffington, Margaret Qualley improvised much of the dance routine using her training in classical ballet.
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Margaret Qualley next appeared in Shane Black's 2016 comedy The Nice Guys starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.
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In Novitiate, Margaret Qualley starred as Sister Cathleen, a young woman who begins to question her faith as she trains to be a nun.
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Margaret Qualley appeared in the music video for Soko's 2017 single "Sweet Sound of Ignorance" alongside her sister Rainey.
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In 2018, Margaret Qualley appeared in Donnybrook, directed by Tim Sutton and co-starring Jamie Bell and Frank Grillo.
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In 2019, Margaret Qualley starred in the Netflix science-fiction film IO.
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Also in 2019, Margaret Qualley portrayed the role of Mary Dalton in Rashid Johnson's HBO adaption of Native Son.
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Margaret Qualley appeared in Quentin Tarantino's period comedy-drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, playing a member of the Manson Family named Pussycat.
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Margaret Qualley starred in Seberg opposite Kristen Stewart and Jack O'Connell.
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On May 29,2019, it was revealed that Margaret Qualley would be playing Mama in Hideo Kojima's PlayStation 4 game Death Stranding.
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Margaret Qualley played the character of Lockne, Mama's twin sister, in the game.
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In 2020, Margaret Qualley starred in Wake Up, a short film directed by Olivia Wilde, and in the feature My Salinger Year, opposite Sigourney Weaver and directed by Philippe Falardeau, which had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020.
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In 2021, Margaret Qualley starred in the miniseries Maid based upon Stephanie Land's memoir for Netflix.
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In 2023, Margaret Qualley executive produced and starred in the erotic thriller Sanctuary opposite Christopher Abbott.
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Margaret Qualley reunited with Lanthimos and Stone in Kinds of Kindness, playing four different characters in three separate storylines.
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Margaret Qualley starred in the body horror film The Substance with Demi Moore and Dennis Quaid, which premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
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Margaret Qualley formerly lived in Los Angeles with her sister Rainey, whom she described as "my idol, my best friend in the whole world".
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Margaret Qualley was briefly romantically linked to Pete Davidson in 2019.
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Margaret Qualley began dating actor Shia LaBeouf in 2020 after they were co-stars in Rainey's music video "Love Me Like You Hate Me".
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In September 2021, Margaret Qualley told Harper's Bazaar that she believed FKA Twigs's allegations.
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Margaret Qualley is the subject of the 2023 song "Margaret", a song by Lana Del Rey from her album Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.