HOTEL DE LA VILLE, ROME, ITALY – 2019/08/03: Margot Robbie during the photocall of film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”. (Photo by Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

From the get-go, Margot Robbie was determined not to be typecast as a blonde bombshell in Hollywood, taking unexpected role after unexpected role following her debut as Naomi, Jordan Belfort’s stunning wife, in Martin Scorsese’s 2013 Oscar-nominated film, The Wolf of Wall Street. 

Though she achieved DC-level fame after her standout performance as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad and underwent an incredible transformation to play Queen Elizabeth I in Mary Queen of Scots, the first film to get the 29-year-old Australian actress serious awards buzz came when her production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, created I, Tonya.

Robbie’s performance as American figure skater Tonya Harding earned her a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination in 2018 before the Academy Awards aptly followed suit, earning Robbie her first-ever Oscar nomination – something she found out while Down Under at the Sydney premiere surrounded by friends and family. 

Though she missed out in 2018 – the Oscar went to Frances McDormand for her breathtaking performance as a grieving mother in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – 2020 might tell a different story. 

Overnight, the Golden Globe nominations were announced with Robbie receiving a nod in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role category for her part as fictional character Kayla Pospisil in the upcoming film Bombshell, based on the Fox News anchors who set out to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Her co-star, Charlize Theron, who plays Megyn Kelly, was also nominated for Best Actress. 

As the story usually goes, the Golden Globe nominations pave the way for the upcoming Academy Awards, with those who win on the night far likelier to take home an Oscar in February. Though Robbie hasn’t won yet – Laura Dern who is nominated alongside her gives an epic performance in Marriage Story, playing a character not dissimilar to that of Renata Klein in Big Little Lies – Robbie’s second Golden Globe nomination, one for a film titled Bombshell showcasing women tearing down the men who try to typecast them, seems an entirely fitting way for Australia’s golden girl to earn her first Oscars stripe.