Part of Golden Globes 2026 featuring Paul Thomas Anderson, Wagner Moura, Jessie Buckley, Timothée Chalamet, and Stellan Skarsgård.
Rise to Fame
She moved from Australian TV to Hollywood via Damages, where two Emmy nominations opposite Glenn Close proved she could hold dramatic weight. Then Bridesmaids happened. She played Helen, the antagonist, with such controlled comedic precision that she ended up the funniest person in a film full of very funny people. Getting laughs while playing the straight villain in a Judd Apatow production is a genuinely difficult thing. She made it look easy.
In the Spotlight
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) put her in a different conversation. A Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy, a Silver Bear at Berlin, an Independent Spirit Award, and an Oscar nomination - all for a film shot in 27 days about a mother quietly unraveling. Between that and Platonic Season 2 on Apple TV+ with Seth Rogen, she's doing what mid-career actors rarely manage: getting more interesting, not just more bankable. The industry is catching up to what she's been capable of the whole time.
Side Notes
Bobby Cannavale skipped her 2026 Golden Globes ceremony to buy a bearded dragon at a New Jersey reptile expo. Every major Australian drama school had already rejected her - NIDA, WAAPA, all of them - before any of this was on the table. Her go-to phrase for nailing an American accent is 'Patty hired 24-hour security for Katie,' which she repeats until the twang clicks. She co-founded Dollhouse Pictures to produce female-driven films. She's said watching herself onscreen makes her convinced she can't act.