Career

Debicki was born in Paris and arrived in Australia at the age of five. She trained in dance before switching to theatre. Debicki studied at the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...

's Victorian College of the Arts, graduating in 2010. In August 2009, she was the recipient of a Richard Pratt Bursary for outstanding acting students in their second year of training. After seeing Debicki's reel, director Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann

Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, which includes his films Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...

 flew her to auditions in Los Angeles. In May 2011, Luhrmann announced that she had been cast as Jordan Baker in his 2012 adaptation of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (2012 film)

The Great Gatsby is an upcoming drama romance film adaptation of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's highly praised 1925 novel of the same name. It will be directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, as well as Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway...

. Filming began in September 2011.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	A Few Best Men	Maureen	Post-production
	The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (2012 film) The Great Gatsby is an upcoming drama romance film adaptation of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's highly praised 1925 novel of the same name. It will be directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, as well as Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway...	Jordan Baker	Filming

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