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Back in 2013. That year marked the beginning of a major turn in the actress' love life, too. Robbie met Tom Ackerley when he was an assistant director on the set of the her movie

. The Aussie and the Brit started as friends at first, but it grew into love a year later and the couple began dating in 2014. We were friends for so long. I was always in love with him, but I thought, 'Oh, he would never love me back. Don’t make it weird, Margot. Don’t be stupid and tell him that you like him, ' Robbie told Vogue in 2016. “And then it happened, and I was like, 'Of course we’re together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before.'

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After two years as a couple, Robbie and Ackerley decided to make it official and tied the knot in 2016. The pair said I do at an intimate ceremony in Coorabell, a small town in Australia's Byron Bay, according to

While the married duo keep their personal life quiet, Robbie and Ackerley have not only created a life together but also collaborate creatively. Read ahead to learn more about the star's creative husband.

Born in Surrey, Tom Ackerley has been in the movie business from a young age. When he was a teen, the producer got his start as an extra in the first three

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My husband is in the Harry Potter movies. I know, I was like, 'Had you told me sooner we would've been married very quickly, ' Robbie said on The Graham Norton Show. But he was an extra when he was a little kid—he was one of the Slytherin extras when Draco pushes some kids out of the way to see Buckbeak in the third book. He pushes my husband out of the way.

Ackerley decided his passions lied behind the camera and began working in the film industry after attending Godalming College in England. He began as a floor runner and set production assistant before taking on assistant director roles in 2012, according to IMDB.

In 2013, Ackerley met Robbie, who was cast in a supporting role in the film. In an interview with Vogue, the actress referred to him as the best looking guy in London. They began dating a year later.

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The year Robbie and Ackerley began dating, they also went into business together alongside their friends Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr. LuckyChap Entertainment is a production company with an emphasis on producing female-focused films and amplifying new voices. The company has worked on movies like

If we can be a company that curates new and emerging talent, and can bring them through and provide that platform to do bigger movies and studio movies, that's ideally what we want to do, Ackerley said to MovieMaker Magazine in a 2020 interview. It's nice to be in business with people where I already know we're going to do life together anyway, Robbie added.

The private couple kept their engagement under wraps until they revealed they tied the knot in Byron Bay in December 2016, according to People. Robbie, who no longer has an Instagram account, posted a photo at the time showing off her ring while giving Ackerely a kiss on the cheek.

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We did this film instead of our honeymoon. There were times we were sitting in a car parked in Atlanta freezing cold being like, 'We should be on a beach right now. We should be on a honeymoon. What are we doing?!' Following our dream, Robbie explained to

Eventually, the couple went on honeymoon in Tahiti—and happened to run into Ellen Degeneres, Portia De Rossi, and President Barack Obama on the trip at their hotel gym. Robbie recounted their funny encounter on the

, explaining that her new husband was wearing revealing shorts. We then had to do this whole like stretching class, but Tom meanwhile is trying to like, not reveal anything, and he's dying, Robbie said. The gym instructor keeps saying to Tom, 'Tom, lunge! Lunge! You're not lunging!' and Tom's trying to lunge cross-legged.

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Robbie has shared that Ackerley is an excellent emotional support system as she forges ahead in new acting roles. In an interview with

In 2021, she said, I'm always nervous to start any job. I have this complete crisis of faith and think, 'Oh my gosh, I'm not even good at acting and I can't do this.' Every time I do a movie, I turn to my husband and I'm like, 'I don't think I can do this'. He says something like, 'You do this every time. You'll be fine.' , anyone?) and her killer style. But, have you ever wondered about her personal life? The 32-year-old Oscar nominee has actually been married for years now. Here, everything you need to know about Margot Robbie’s husband, Tom Ackerley.

He and Robbie founded their LuckyChap production company in 2014. They have a first-look deal at Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television and have a whole slate of exciting projects coming up, like

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Ackerley was raised in Guilford, Surrey, England, and attended school at Godalming College. Although he and Robbie lived in London when they were first married, they now reside in Los Angeles.

The couple wed in a private ceremony in Australia’s Byron Bay in December 2016 (the wedding was a total surprise to the public). In a classic Robbie move, she announced the news of their nuptials with a photo of her ring at the time on Instagram.

(?!) other roommates. “We kept it a secret, ” she explained. “Because we weren’t really taking it seriously. ‘Oh, whatever, we’re just mates, we’re just mates.’ And then…everyone found out.”

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Robbie explained that things got “dramatic” in their household immediately. “I’m not going into the details, but s**t hit the fan. Our house turned into

For a moment there. But then, the dust settled, and it was all good. Everyone was like, ‘No! This is going to ruin our group!’ And then it didn’t. It was fine.” Thank goodness.

In fact, their relationship did so little to dismantle their group that they still lived in the same place post wedding. The Australian actress joked that their roommates eventually had to tell them, “‘You guys had a wedding. You have to live on your own now.’ It honestly hadn’t occurred to us. We were like, ‘Hm, what? Just the two of us? That’s gonna be weird.’” Needless to say, they eventually got used to it.

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That’s actually a great story. As Robbie explained on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2018, she and her new husband jetted off to Tahiti to enjoy their honeymoon. It was all post-matrimonial bliss…until Ackerley ran into Barack Obama, DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi in some rather revealing shorts. Robbie recounted the story on the show, saying, “Tom puts on these shorts, his oldest gym shorts…And they’re, like, really short and there’s nothing underneath. So he gets on his bicycle to ride there, and I’m like, ‘Whoa. Babe, you cannot wear those shorts. They’re like—you can see everything.’ And he’s like, ‘C’mon. Who are we going to run into?’” Famous last words.

“I want tons of children. Well, maybe not too many. I grew up in a family of four kids, so that sounds like a good number.” For now, the couple shares a dog named Boo Radley who’s been known to make Instagram appearances every now and again.

Ackerley used to be fairly active on social media (his handle is @alpha_meows), but don’t expect to see loads of photos of him and Robbie. They’re generally private about their romance and he mostly shares photos of him and his bros golfing and surfing. Every now and again he throws in a pic with his wife or dog, though.

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Back in December, Warner Bros. released the official trailer for the movie and Robbie fully embodied the iconic fashion doll. Viewers saw many famous faces in the teaser, including Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa.

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