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Margaret Qualley
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Sarah Margaret Qualley (/ˈkwɔːli/ KWAW-lee; born October 23, 1994) is an American actress. A daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, she trained as a ballet dancer in her youth. She made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto. She gained recognition for her supporting role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017).
Qualley appears in the films The Nice Guys (2016), Death Note (2017) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and the video games Death Stranding (2019) and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (2025). She received praise and nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Ann Reinking in the FX biographical miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019) and for the tit…
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Sarah Margaret Qualley (/ˈkwɔːli/ KWAW-lee; born October 23, 1994) is an American actress. A daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, she trained as a ballet dancer in her youth. She made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto. She gained recognition for her supporting role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017). Qualley appears in the films The Nice Guys (2016), Death Note (2017) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and the video games Death Stranding (2019) and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (2025). She received praise and nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Ann Reinking in the FX biographical miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019) and for the title role in the Netflix drama miniseries Maid (2021); she also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the latter. Qualley has since appeared in Yorgos Lanthimos's films Poor Things (2023) and Kinds of Kindness (2024), and earned a second Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the body horror film The Substance (2024). In 2026, she co-starred with Jacob Elordi, Guy Pearce, and Josh Brolin in director Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic drama The Dog Stars. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Qualley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Margaret Qualley's Filmography
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Possession
as Anna / Helen

Love of Your Life
as Maya

The Dog Stars
as Cima

Romeo + Juliet
as Juliet

How to Make a Killing
as Julia

Blue Moon
as Elizabeth Weiland

Honey Don't!
as Honey O'Donahue

Happy Gilmore 2
as Sally

The Substance
as Sue

Kinds of Kindness
as Vivian / Martha / Ruth / Rebecca

Drive-Away Dolls
as Jamie

Poor Things
as Felicity

Sanctuary
as Rebecca Marin

Stars at Noon
as Trish

My Salinger Year
as Joanna

Wake Up
as Jane Doe

Seberg
as Linette Solomon

Strange but True
as Melissa Moody

Adam
as Casey

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Pussycat'

Native Son
as Mary Dalton

IO
as Sam Walden

Donnybrook
as Delia Angus

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Alexandra

Novitiate
as Sister Cathleen

Death Note
as Mia Sutton

Dream Girl
as Nora

The Nice Guys
as Amelia Kuttner

L'Américaine
as The American Girl

What Does Despondent Mean?
as Margaret

Palo Alto
as Raquel
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Untitled Fred Astaire Biopic
as Adele Astaire

King Snake
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