---
name: "Danielle Macdonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danielle-macdonald"
fi1m_id: "danielle-macdonald"
imdb_id: "nm4359664"
tmdb_id: 1203789
wikidata_id: "Q20745002"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 May 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T10:58:58.281608+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danielle Macdonald

## Identity

Danielle Macdonald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danielle-macdonald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danielle-macdonald
- **IMDb ID:** nm4359664
- **TMDB ID:** 1203789
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20745002
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Macdonald, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20745002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4359664/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1203789

Actor. Born 19 May 1991 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 May 1991, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Also known as:** Danielle Louise Macdonald
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (2), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $79m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Macdonald, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20745002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4359664/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1203789

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Bird Box*](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md) (53)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Danielle Macdonald is an Australian actress. Born in Sydney, she trained at the Australian Institute for Performing Arts and moved to the United States at the age of 18 to pursue acting.

She gained recognition for her leading role as Patricia 'Patti' Dombrowski in *Patti Cake$* (2017) and as Willowdean Dickson in *Dumplin'* (2018). She appeared as Olympia in the 2018 film *Bird Box* and has had roles in series including *Unbelievable* (2019) and *The Tourist* (2022–2024). In 2019 she received the Rising Star Award at the Savannah Film Festival.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Poker Face* (2023), Fi1m 82, as Mandy — [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Bird Box* (2018), Fi1m 53, as Olympia — [page](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md)
- *Lady Bird* (2017), Fi1m 86, as Another Young Lady — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Evil Genius* (2026), Actor
- *Saccharine* (2026), as Josie
- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), as Caroline
- *The Last Anniversary* (2025), series, as Veronika
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, as Mandy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *The Tourist* (2022), series, as Helen Chambers
- *Falling for Figaro* (2021), as Millie Cantwell
- *French Exit* (2021), as Madeleine the Medium
- *I Am Woman* (2020), as Lillian Roxon
- *Unbelievable* (2019), series, as Amber Stevenson — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md)
- *Paradise Hills* (2019), as Chloe
- *Skin* (2019), as Julie Price
- *Skin* (2019), as Christa
- *Extracurricular Activities* (2019), as Becky Wallace
- *Dumplin'* (2018), as Willowdean
- *Bird Box* (2018), as Olympia — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md)
- *Lady Bird* (2017), as Another Young Lady — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md)
- *Patti Cake$* (2017), as Patricia Dombrowski
- *The Rachels* (2017), as Ashley
- *Easy* (2016), series, as Grace
- *Every Secret Thing* (2014), as Alice Manning
- *The Valley* (2014), as Mackenzie
- *The East* (2013), as Tess
- *Trust Me* (2013), as Delia
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Bristol Windows
- *2 Broke Girls* (2011), series, as Ashlin
- *The Thief* (2011), as Cashier
- *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), series, as Cathy
- *The Middle* (2009), series, as Amy RA
- *Glee* (2009), series, as Girl #1 — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Natalie Tanzillo
- *White Girl Problems*, Actor
- *Gay Kid and Fat Chick*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Danielle Macdonald, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-04b36884acf5.jpg) Danielle Macdonald, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Danielle_Macdonald_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_01.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Macdonald_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actress Danielle Macdonald at the Berlinale 2019](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-92e38728fd80.jpg) Actress Danielle Macdonald at the Berlinale 2019 — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Danielle_Macdonald-8538.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Macdonald-8538.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Macdonald](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-9f3c101e89d5.jpg) Danielle Macdonald — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Danielle_Macdonald-8429.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Macdonald-8429.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Macdonald, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-8e7fc1a4827c.jpg) Danielle Macdonald, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Danielle_Macdonald_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_02.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Macdonald_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Macdonald](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-dc646f9a387d.jpg) Danielle Macdonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Danielle Macdonald](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-283caaea8298.jpg) Danielle Macdonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Danielle Macdonald](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-8d7b85bbfd52.jpg) Danielle Macdonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Actress Danielle Macdonald at the Berlinale 2019](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-c7abe9657bc5.jpg) Actress Danielle Macdonald at the Berlinale 2019 — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Danielle_Macdonald-8537.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Macdonald-8537.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Macdonald, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-03d0186bacac.jpg) Danielle Macdonald, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Danielle_Macdonald_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_04_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Macdonald_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_04_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Macdonald](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-41a36d10ecd5.jpg) Danielle Macdonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Danielle Macdonald](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-d358a4b15124.jpg) Danielle Macdonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Danielle Macdonald](https://film.one/media/person/315147/gallery-47decbfb11ea.jpg) Danielle Macdonald — Image via TMDB

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