Is Emma Mackey in Barbie?

Yes, Emma Mackey is in Barbie as she portrays the role of a physicist Barbie in the film.

Emma Mackey is a British-French actress who is rising to prominence in Hollywood. She began her career by starring in Netflix’s original 2019 released series, Sex Education. Mackey portrayed the role of Maeve Wiley in the series for which she received heaps of praise and also went on to win the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2023. As the years passed by, Mackey began starring in various projects such as Eiffel, Death on the Nile, Emily, and Barbie.

Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig was one of the most talked about films of the year 2023. Due to its date clash and pole-apart plots from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, this resulted in the Barbenheimer cultural phenomenon, in which spectators were urged to see both films on the same date as a double feature. Barbie was released on July 21, 2023, and was a massive hit amongst the critics and audience.

What role did Emma Mackey play in Barbie?

Emma Mackey portrayed the role of physicist Barbie in Greta Gerwig’s directorial. While Margot Robbie portrayed the “main stereotypical Barbie” in the film, Mackey along with various other famous Hollywood actresses, played different variants of Barbies in the film. Mackey’s physicist Barbie was a Barbie who won the Nobel prize and who lives in the Barbie Land along with other Barbies.

As per Mackey, her role in Barbie changed her life. During her interview with Elle, Mackey shared her experience working with Greta Gerwig and the huge star cast in the film. Mackey said, “I learnt so much. It was life-changing.” She further said, “Greta Gerwig has always been someone I really wanted to work with. I just get how her brain works. She’s incredible, a joy. I really wanted to be a part of it [Barbie], even in the smallest way..."

Mackey also added, “Greta was very clear from the beginning that she wanted us all to feel really beautiful, whatever that meant to us. So in terms of the outfits and the make-up, we were all part of the conversation, which is quite rare, or has been rare in my limited experience. All of us felt heard."

Why was Emma Mackey chosen for Barbie?

Although Emma Mackey is a rising star, she was chosen for the role of Barbie due to her uncanny resemblance with Hollywood star Margot Robbie who played the role of stereotypical Barbie in the film.

When Margot Robbie was asked about her experience working with doppelganger Emma Mackey, during her interview with Buzzfeed, the Australian actress said, “[Mackey] plays one of the Barbies in the movie pretty much because Greta and I thought it would be funny. We were gonna do this whole joke about us looking similar.”

Robbie also added, “But once we got all dressed up as our Barbies, we were kind of like, ‘We don’t actually look that similar’. Like, when she’s got her brown hair and I’ve got my blonde hair, we don’t look that similar, so we didn’t put that joke in the movie.”