Angourie Rice
Rice in 2017
Born
Angourie Isabelle Theresa Rice

(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Angourie Isabelle Theresa Rice (/æŋˈɡaʊri/ ang-GOW-ree;[1] born 1 January 2001[2]) is an Australian actress. She began her career as a child actress, coming to attention for her roles in These Final Hours (2013) and The Nice Guys (2016). She played Betty Brant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). For her starring role in Ladies in Black (2018), she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 2024, she starred as Cady Heron in the musical film Mean Girls.

Rice's television credits include the Black Mirror episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" (2019), the HBO miniseries Mare of Easttown (2021) and the Apple TV+ miniseries The Last Thing He Told Me (2023).

Early life

Rice was named after Angourie, New South Wales, where her grandmother lived.[2] She was born in Sydney and lives in Melbourne, with her parents Jeremy Rice, a director, and Kate Rice, a writer, where she attended Princes Hill Secondary College[3] graduating in 2018.[4] She also lived in Perth for five years and in Munich, Germany, for one year before moving back to Melbourne.[5]

Career

Rice began her career in Perth, Western Australia, with several short films and Australian television credits. In 2012, Rice gained industry attention at just eleven years old with her lead role in Zak Hilditch's short Transmission, for which she won the Best Actress award at the St Kilda Short Film Festival.[6]

In 2013, Rice made her feature film acting debut with apocalyptic thriller film These Final Hours.[7] She also appeared in the live action sequences at the beginning and end of the animated film Walking with Dinosaurs.[7][8] In 2014, Rice appeared in the television series The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Worst Year of My Life Again, and appeared in Mako: Island of Secrets in 2015.[8]

In 2016, Rice had her break-out performance as Holly March in the action comedy The Nice Guys opposite Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. She also appeared in the science-fiction fantasy film Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows as Tegan, a supernatural villain. In 2017, she played Eliza Wishart in the Australian film adaptation of the novel Jasper Jones which garnered several AACTA nominations. She also played Jane in The Beguiled.

Rice played Betty Brant in the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming. She reprised the part, this time in a more significant role, in the 2019 sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home.[9] She reprised the role again in the web series The Daily Bugle,[10][11] and yet again in Spider-Man: No Way Home.[12]

In 2018, Rice headlined the romantic drama Every Day, and as Lisa in the Australian film adaptation of Ladies in Black for which she won an AACTA award for Best Lead Actress.[13][14][6] In 2019, Rice starred opposite Miley Cyrus in the Season 5 finale of Black Mirror, an episode described as a "save-the-day buddy romp" and "a teen sci-fi adventure".[15][16] In 2021, Rice was listed in Variety magazine's coveted 'Actors to Watch' list, as well as their 'Power of Young Hollywood' list.[6][17] She played the role of Siobhan in Mare of Easttown opposite Kate Winslet.[18] She noted that the Delco accent was hard to master and worked hard to tone down her Australian accent.[19]

Inspired from her current book club activities, she runs the podcast The Community Library with an aim to democratise critical reading skills.[20] The podcast began in 2019.[21]

In April 2022, Rice was cast to star alongside Jennifer Garner in the Apple TV+ miniseries The Last Thing He Told Me.[22] In December 2022, Rice was cast as Cady Heron in the film-adaptation of the Broadway musical Mean Girls, based on the 2004 hit film alongside Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, and Jaquel Spivey, which was released in theatres on 12 January 2024.[23]

She co-wrote Stuck Up & Stupid with her mother, Kate Rice. The book was shortlisted for the 2024 Young Adult Indie Book Award.[24]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 These Final Hours Rose
Walking with Dinosaurs Jade
2016 Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows Tegan
The Nice Guys Holly March
2017 Jasper Jones Eliza Wishart
The Beguiled Jane
Spider-Man: Homecoming Betty Brant
2018 Every Day Rhiannon
Ladies in Black Lisa
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Betty Brant
2020 Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal Daisy Quokka (voice) [25]
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home Betty Brant
2022 Senior Year Young Stephanie Conway [12]
Honor Society Honor Rose [26]
2024 Mean Girls Cady Heron

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Lisa Wooton Episode: "The Silence"
Worst Year of My Life Again Ruby Episode: "Halloween"
2015 Mako: Island of Secrets Neppy Episode: "Stowaway"
2019 Black Mirror Rachel Goggins Episode: "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too"
2021 Mare of Easttown Siobhan Sheehan Main role[18][19]
2023 The Last Thing He Told Me Bailey Michaels

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2021 The Daily Bugle Betty Brant Main role (season 2)

References

  1. ^ "Angourie Rice (@angourierice)". Instagram. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019. Angourie rhymes with floury and dowry.
  2. ^ a b Turnbell, Tiffany (31 December 2019). "Today's Birthday 1/1". Seven News. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. ^ Hawker, Philippa (13 October 2014). "Angourie Rice juggles high school and Hollywood". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Today's Birthday 1/1". 7NEWS.com.au. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ Hawker, Philippa (13 October 2014). "Angourie Rice juggles high school and Hollywood". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Angourie Rice". CPMGT. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Australian actor Angourie Rice wins dream role as hunk Ryan Gosling's daughter". The Daily Telegraph. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b Groves, Don (6 July 2015). "Cinema release for Nowhere Boys movie". if.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  9. ^ Scott, A. O. (27 June 2019). "Review: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Is the Latest Iron Man Movie". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  10. ^ Al-Heeti, Abrar (24 November 2021). "Spider-Man: No Way Home joins TikTok with an account for The Daily Bugle". CNET. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  11. ^ Micajah, CL (25 November 2021). "Spider-Man: Watch J. Jonah Jameson Returns as The Daily Bugle Now Has its Own TikTok Channel". Fan Fest. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  12. ^ a b Justin, Kroll (7 May 2021). "Justin Hartley, Angourie Rice, Zoë Chao, Sam Richardson, Others Join Rebel Wilson In Paramount Players' 'Senior Year'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  13. ^ Bulbeck, Pip (3 October 2017). "Angourie Rice to Star in Australian Period Drama 'Ladies in Black'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Interview with Angourie Rice – Ladies in Black". STACK | JB Hi-Fi. 17 December 2018. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  15. ^ Ivie, Devon (11 June 2019). "Black Mirror's Madison Davenport and Angourie Rice on Working With a 'Diva' Robot". Vulture. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  16. ^ Foutch, Haleigh (5 June 2019). "'Black Mirror' Season 5 Review: An Entertaining but Slight Season Loses Its Horrifying Edge". Collider. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  17. ^ Riley, Jenelle; Hailu, Selome; Plunkett, Paul; Tangcay, Jazz; Horst, Carole; Gilchrist, Todd (21 October 2021). "Variety's 10 Actors to Watch for 2021". Variety. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  18. ^ a b "'Mare Of Easttown': Julianne Nicholson & Jean Smart Among 6 Cast In HBO Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  19. ^ a b "'Mare of Easttown': Angourie Rice on Having Kate Winslet's Support, Guessing the Killer, and the Secrecy of 'Spider-Man'". Collider. 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  20. ^ Gonzales, Erica (11 May 2021). "Angourie Rice and Kate Winslet Were Both Nervous About Their Mare of Easttown Accents". Harper's Bazaar. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  21. ^ Angourie Rice. "The Community Library". Anchor (Podcast). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  22. ^ Cordero, Rosy (6 April 2022). "The Last Thing He Told Me: Angourie Rice To Star Alongside Jennifer Garner In Apple Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  23. ^ "'Mean Girls' Movie Musical Sets Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  24. ^ "Indie Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  25. ^ Felperin, Leslie (29 June 2021). "Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal review – too cute for the competition". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  26. ^ Cordero, Rosy (18 January 2022). "Awesomeness Films Greenlights 'Honor Society' Starring Angourie Rice, Gaten Matarazzo And Christopher Mintz-Plasse". Deadline. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Angourie Rice.
AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Authority control databases
Categories