This Barbie is a good daughter!
Margot Robbie is currently on top of the world as the Barbie movie is currently the go-to film in cinemas right now.
But despite all of her success, the 33-year-old Aussie star has never lost touch with her roots. And who represents our roots better than our own parents?
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In fact, she gave her mum Sarie Kessler one hell of a 60th birthday present back in 2014 as a token of appreciation.
Robbie paid off the mortgage on Kessler's $490,000 home in Southport on the Gold Coast of Australia.
At the time, Kessler said: "It was an amazing thing [that Margot did] but I don’t want to say anything more about it.
"I’m just so proud — we all are. It was definitely the best birthday ever."
Robbie made the generous payment using money she'd made from her break-out role in The Wolf of Wall Street.
And the star recently reflected on the moment in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, saying: "She’d take money out of the house mortgage, lend me money, so I always knew I got to pay that back.
"And then one day, when I made enough money, I just paid that whole mortgage off completely. I was like, 'Mum, don’t even worry about that mortgage anymore. It doesn’t even exist anymore.'
"Everything I owed my mum, I had it written down.
"Honestly, anyone in my position... you’d do that for your mum."
Robbie has previously spoken of her mum being a source of support for her during the earlier years of fame.
During one of her 'lowest' moments after shooting to notoriety, Robbie confided in her mum and got a straight answer.
The Babylon star recalled to Vanity Fair in 2022: "Something was happening in those early stages and it was all pretty awful, and I remember saying to my mum, 'I don’t think I want to do this'.
"And she just looked at me, completely straight-faced, and was like, 'Darling, I think it’s too late not to.' That’s when I realised the only way was forward."
Since its release on July 21, Barbie has grossed over $300 million in the global box office, according to Deadline, and has received rave reviews from critics.
The Evening Standard branded it 'the comedy of the year', writing: "One of the funnest and funniest movies ever made, it's also breezily outrageous.
"By refusing to play safe, star and producer Margot Robbie, and writer-director Greta Gerwig, have done themselves proud."
Barbie is out in cinemas now.
Topics: Margot Robbie, Barbie, Celebrity
Ben Thompson