Margaret Qualley

Sarah Margaret Qualley (born October 23, 1994 ) is an American actress.

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell and the sister of actress Rainey Qualley, she trained as a ballerina in her youth.

In 2011, at age 16, Qualley made her modeling debut during New York Fashion Week, walking for Alberta Ferretti.

She modeled during Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012 for Valentino and Chanel.

She again walked for Chanel during their Fall/Winter 2012 show.

Qualley has appeared on the covers and editorials of Evening Standard, Jolie, Teen Vogue, Paper, Elle, W, Hunger, Porter, Document Journal, AnOther, Interview, Vogue (including Vogue Russia and China), Vanity Fair, Nylon, V, The Cut, and C.

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Kenzo, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, and Celine.

Qualley has also appeared in numerous campaigns for Chanel, for which she is a house ambassador.

She made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto and gained recognition for her supporting role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017).

Qualley first appeared on screen in 2013 playing a small part in Gia Coppola's film Palo Alto.

She received the part because she happened to be on set visiting her then-boyfriend, Nat Wolff.

In June 2013, Qualley was cast as a series regular in the HBO television series The Leftovers.

Qualley reprised her role as Jill Garvey for the subsequent second and third seasons of the HBO drama series The Leftovers in 2015 and 2017, respectively.

In 2015, Qualley appeared in the short promotional film L'Américaine for American fashion label Tory Burch.

Qualley subsequently appeared in films such as The Nice Guys (2016), Death Note (2017), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and performed a voice role in the video game Death Stranding (2019).

In 2016, Qualley appeared as the central character in a Spike Jonze-directed commercial for KENZO World; choreographed by Ryan Heffington, Qualley improvised much of the dance routine using her training in classical ballet.

Qualley next appeared in Shane Black's 2016 comedy The Nice Guys starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.

In April 2016, Qualley was announced to have joined the cast of Shawn Christensen's The Vanishing of Sidney Hall.

Qualley and her sister Rainey appeared in the music video for Soko's 2017 single "Sweet Sound of Ignorance".

The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, alongside another film of hers, Novitiate.

In Novitiate, Qualley stars as Sister Cathleen, a young woman who begins to question her faith as she trains to be a nun.

The film was released on October 27, 2017.

That same year, Qualley starred in Death Note, directed by Adam Wingard.

In 2018, Qualley appeared in Donnybrook, directed by Tim Sutton and co-starring Jamie Bell and Frank Grillo.

She received critical acclaim and nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for playing Ann Reinking in the FX biographical miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019) and the title role in the Netflix drama miniseries Maid (2021).

Sarah Margaret Qualley was born in Kalispell, Montana.

She is the daughter of actress and model Andie MacDowell, and former model Paul Qualley.

She has an older brother, Justin, and an older sister, actress and singer Rainey Qualley.

The Qualley siblings spent their early years on a ranch in Missoula, Montana, moving to Asheville, North Carolina, when Margaret was four.

Qualley's parents separated when she was five years old, and she subsequently split her time equally between them.

For many years, her parents lived just 3 mile apart.

Her family home with MacDowell is in North Carolina, where they have extended family nearby.

As a teenager growing up in Asheville, North Carolina, she and her sister were both debutantes, and Qualley made her debut at the Bal des débutantes in Paris.

She left home at 14 to board at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied dance.

She trained as a ballerina, earning an apprenticeship at the American Ballet Theatre and studying at New York's Professional Children's School.

However, at the age of 16, following an offer to become an apprentice with the North Carolina Dance Theater company, Qualley decided to quit dance.

In order to stay in New York, she began working as a model.

Of this period, Qualley says: "I wrote to my mom saying: 'Look, I don't think I want to be a dancer any more so I'm going to quit ballet and stay here. I will have this and this income next week.' I laid it out in a way that she couldn't say no because I was so organized."

Qualley later changed her focus to acting and attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art summer program.

Qualley attended New York University but left after a semester for acting roles.