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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
2025
as Caroline
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increa...
Falling for Figaro
2021
as Millie Cantwell
A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scot...
French Exit
2021
as Madeleine the Medium
“My plan was to die before the money ran out,” says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price, but things didn’t go as planned. Her husb...
I Am Woman
2020
as Lillian Roxon
In 1966, Helen Reddy landed in New York with her three year old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within mont...
Paradise Hills
2019
as Chloe
A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.
Skin
2019
as Julie Price
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life,...
Skin
2019
as Christa
In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two...
Extracurricular Activities
2019
as Becky Wallace
The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classm...
Dumplin'
2018
as Willowdean Dickson
To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom.
Bird Box
2018
as Olympia
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Lady Bird
2017
as Another Young Lady
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her up...
Patti Cake$
2017
as Patricia Dombrowski
Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and s...
The Rachels
2017
as Ashley
After a popular teen falls to her death, her best friend basks in the glow of the social media attention, while their rival seeks to avenge the past a...
Every Secret Thing
2014
as Alice Manning
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released...
The Valley
2014
as Mackenzie
The lives of the next generation of LA power players as they live, work and grow together in Studio City, CA.
The East
2013
as Tess
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group ...
Trust Me
2013
as Delia
In an attempt to sign a Hollywood starlet, struggling talent agent and former child star Howard Holloway must contend with her volatile father, a sche...
The Thief
2011
as Cashier
When a thief enters a house desperately looking for money, he finds something more valuable.
Gay Kid and Fat Chick
N/A
Two outsider teenagers create costumed alter egos to get revenge on the students who have bullied them in school.
White Girl Problems
N/A
A woman striving for perfection tries to come to terms with her shopping addiction.
Saccharine
N/A
as Josie
Succumbing to a fringe diet fad, a lovelorn medical student eats human ashes to lose weight and finds herself terrorized by the ghost of the person sh...