Margaret Qualley
Biography
Margaret Qualley is an American actress whose first screen part came in Gia Coppola's Palo Alto (2013). Born in Kalispell, Montana, she is the daughter of actress Andie MacDowell and spent years studying ballet before she turned to acting. She drew notice as Jill Garvey on the HBO series The Leftovers from 2014 to 2017. Her filmography also takes in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), The Nice Guys (2016) and Death Note (2017). She likewise appeared in the video game Death Stranding (2019) and its sequel Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (2025). On television, she played Ann Reinking in Fosse/Verdon (2019), which brought an Emmy nomination, and led the Netflix miniseries Maid (2021), earning another Emmy nod and a Golden Globe nomination. She later worked with Yorgos Lanthimos on Kinds of Kindness (2024) and Poor Things (2023), and The Substance (2024) earned her a second Golden Globe nomination.
31years old
Turns 32 on October 23in 8 days
- Born Kalispell
- Star sign: ScorpioFirst day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Also credited as Sarah Qualley
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 13 years2013 to 2026
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Early training
Qualley trained as a ballet dancer and earned an apprenticeship with the American Ballet Theatre, and she also studied at New York's Professional Children's School.
Early training
Qualley changed her focus to acting and then went to London, where she took part in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art summer program.
Getting ready for a role
Qualley took the lead role in a 2016 KENZO World commercial that Spike Jonze directed. Ryan Heffington did the choreography, and Qualley came up with much of the dancing on her own.
Margaret Qualley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Yorgos Lanthimos directed two of these films, Ethan Coen two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Yorgos Lanthimos
Ethan CoenDirector, 2 films, 2024 to 2025
All films by Ethan Coen
Also two films together2 more actors
- Joe AlwynKinds of Kindness (2024) and Stars at Noon (2022)
- Jack KilmerThe Nice Guys (2016) and Palo Alto (2013)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Margaret Qualley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$757 million
15 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 15 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$394M52.0% of the total
- 2$118M15.5% of the total
- 3$77M10.2% of the total
- 4$71M9.4% of the total
- 5$37M4.9% of the total
- 6$22M2.9% of the total
- 7$16M2.2% of the total
- 8$7.9M1.0% of the total
$13.7 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total