10 Best Movies and TV Shows

While she has only been acting since 2010, the best Daniel McDonald Movies and TV shows have some fantastic performances from the Australian actress. MacDonald began acting as a teenager, and after attending the Australian Institute of Performing Arts, she moved to Los Angeles and began her Hollywood acting career. She got her first role in The thiefA short film directed by Rachel Weiss, and then earned her first feature film role in the east (2013), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Since then, Macdonald has become a legitimate star, earning critical acclaim in TV shows and movies, both theatrical and streaming. She has worked with major directors like Greta Gerwig and top movie stars like Michelle Pfeiffer and Jennifer Aniston. Macdonald has also switched between lead roles, supporting roles and even smaller guest rolesAnd often steals the show in any movie or TV show she appears in. While award recognition has not yet come, her future looks bright.

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Every Secret Thing (2014)

Danielle Macdonald played Alice Manning

Danielle Macdonald took one of the main roles in the crime drama thriller Every secret thing In 2014, the movie stars MacDonald as Alice Manning, an 18-year-old who has just been released from juvenile hall after serving seven years for the kidnapping and murder of a biracial child. The same sentence for the crime was Dakota Fanning Ronnie Fuller. When a second biracial baby disappears, the truth about what happened seven years in the past finally comes to the surface.

Directed by Amy J. Berg, who is best known for her documentaries Hello us from evil And West of MemphisHelm the difficult story of murder and secrets in a small town. While the film received a low 32% Rotten Tomatoes score, Critics raved about Macdonand’s performance, praising her quiet anger and intensity and her ability to really draw viewers in with her expressions.. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, after which it received a theatrical release in the United States.

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Bird Box (2018)

Danielle Macdonald played Olympia

Danielle Macdonald has an important role in the Netflix horror movie Bird Box. Based on the novel by Josh Malerman, Bird Box is a post-apocalyptic story about unseen creatures that make people take their own lives if they see them. This means most people have to wear blindfolds when outdoors to protect themselves from the deadly consequences. At the same time, there are also growing cults that want people to die, believing it was meant to be.

Sandra Bullock is the main star, Malorie Hayes, and she protects two young children on her journey to find help. Danielle Macdonald stars as a pregnant woman named OlympiaPart of a group of survivors that Mallory discovers. Bird Box Received mixed reviews with a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it was a massive hit, with almost 26 million viewers in the first seven days of release, and a sequel was green-lit and arrived in 2023 called Bird Box Barcelona.

8

The Tourist (2022-present)

Danielle Macdonald played Helen

Danielle Macdonald is one of the main cast members of the Max series The tourist. Jamie Dornan stars in the series as an amnesiac Irishman who wakes up in an Australian hospital with no memories of who he is or what happened to him. He soon meets a local woman named Lucy (Shalom Brune-Franklin) who offers to help him figure out who he is. As for Danielle Macdonald, she plays probationary constable Helen ChambersAnd she is investigating the case of the mystery man and what happened.

The tourist It ran for two seasons and 12 episodes, airing on BBC One in the UK and Stan in Australia before streaming on Max in the United States after that. The series was critically acclaimed with a near perfect 97% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and praise for both Dornan and Macdonald for their performances. Macdonald won the Breakthrough Award at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.

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I Am A Woman (2019)

Danielle Macdonald played Lillian Roxon

I am a woman is a 2019 biopic starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Helen Reddy, the iconic singer of the 1960s and 70s who created a movement in the music industry with songs about female empowerment during the women’s liberation movement, including the song that is the movie Was named after the 1972 track “I’m a Woman.” The film shows her struggles as she tries to release her music in a male-dominated production industry.

Daniel McDonald Co-stars as Lilian Roxon, a real-life Australian journalist and author. Roxon was best known for her coverage of David Bowie, with whom she became friends, and for her reporting on the August 1970 Women’s Rights March in New York. Macdonald plays an important role in the movie, as a close friend of Helen Reddy, who helps her make music connections. Critics have given the film mixed reviews, with a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I am a woman Also earned 16 AACTA Awards nominations.

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American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016)

Danielle Macdonald played Bristol Windows

The American Horror Story The franchise has used a lot of actors over the years, and Danielle Macdonald got her chance to join the cast in American Horror Story: Roanoke. In this season of the anthology horror series, The first half of the season plays out like a paranormal documentary And the second half is found footage style. The cast has many acquaintances AHS Names include Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters and Angela Bassett.

Danielle Macdonald appeared in the explosive season finale as Bristol Windows, a fan of My Roanoke Nightmare Who was interviewed about her thoughts on the show And the people involved, saying she felt bad for Lee Harris (Adina Porter). The season has mostly positive reviews, with a recent rating of 74% on Rotten Tomatoes. The season earned four Primetime Emmy nominations, winning for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup.

5

French Exit (2020)

Danielle Macdonald played Madeleine

Based on the novel of the same name by Patrick DeWitt, French exit is a 2020 prestige movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer as Frances Price, a Manhattan heiress who has all her property seized by banks years after her husband died. Now, almost penniless, she and her son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) sell everything in their house and move to a small apartment in Paris that Frances’s sister owns. She also has a family cat, which could be her reincarnated husband. The film only received a limited theatrical release and finished with a lowly $1.6 million box office (via Box Office Mojo).

Critics have given the film mixed reviews, with a 64% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This was a disappointment since the move was expected to be an Oscar-worthy release, especially for Pfeiffer. Danielle Macdonald played Madeleine the middle French exitA device that scares passengers on a cruise ship by predicting their deaths. However, she is a real medium who helps them talk to Frances’ dead husband in a séance. Pfeiffer earned a Golden Globe nomination.

4

Lady Bird (2017)

Danielle Macdonald played Olivia

2017s Lady Bird is acclaimed director Greta Gerwig’s solo film directorial debut. Saoirse Ronan stars as Lady Bird Macpherson while Laurie Metcalf is her mother, Marion. Lady Bird wants to attend a prestigious university, but her family knows they can’t afford it, with Marion telling her daughter she’s ungrateful for such big dreams. As high school graduation and college looms, Lady Bird begins to rebel, making her home life and relationship with her mother harder.

Danielle Macdonald plays Olivia Lady BirdAnd even though it was only a small appearance, it was a huge moment for her. “It was one day of work, and I was like, ‘Yeah, I want to work on a Greta Gerwig film. I don’t care that I have one line‘” (by W Magazine). The film has a near perfect 99% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and went on to collect five Oscar nominationsIncluding Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Ronan), and Best Supporting Actress (Metcalf).

3

Easy (2017-2019)

Danielle Macdonald played Grace

Easy is an anthology TV series where each episode is a standalone story without any need to watch the other shows to keep up with the current one. This also means that there are a lot of actors working on the episodes, with many newcomers showing up each episode for a new story. One of the standouts in the second season was Danielle Macdonald, who starred in the sixth episode, “Prodigal Daughter”. She plays a teenager named Grace in the episode.

When her wealthy parents (including Judy Greer as her mother) catch Grace with a boy, they punish her by making her go to church every Sunday until she leaves for college. She finds a way to beat them back when she donates her life savings (thousands of dollars) to the church when the minister says that rich people can’t get into heaven. Critics have praised Macdonald and Greer for their performances, and the series itself has a high 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

2

Dumplin (2018)

Danielle Macdonald played Willowdean Dickson

The movie that introduced Danielle Macdonald to most of the world was the Netflix original Dumpling. MacDonald stars as Willowdean “Dumplin” Dixon, a young woman raised in a small Texas town and mostly raised by her Aunt Lucy. Her mother, Rosie (Jennifer Aniston), is a former beauty queen who is too busy running pageants to pay attention to her. After Lucy dies, Dumplin wants to hit back at her mother and enters a beauty pageant as an act of protest.

However, with the love of Dolly Parton and the help of a group of drag show performers, Dumplin is able to dive into the pageant she entered and prove that a person doesn’t have to have an “ideal” look to be a queen.. Critics praised the film, awarding it a fresh 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It also earned several awards, including a Golden Globe, for the Dolly Parton and Linda Perry song “Girl in the Movies,” which played in the Netflix movie.

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Unbelievable (2019)

Danielle Macdonald played Amber

The best TV show that Danielle Macdonald has appeared in in her career so far is the 2019 true crime biopic Unbelievable. The miniseries is based on a real case of A A woman who reported that she had been raped, only to be accused of making these claims. Caitlin Dever stars as Marie, the sexual assault survivor who was framed as a criminal for reporting her rape. Toni Collette and Merritt Weaver star as two police detectives investigating reports of a serial rapist.

Daniel McDonald The mini-series stars as Amber Stevenson, a second sexual assault victim, and the woman who prompts the two police detectives to begin looking into the case, eventually connecting it back to Marie. The miniseries has a certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 98% and over 32 million viewers have watched the miniseries After it hit Netflix. Unbelievable was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and won a Peabody Award for Entertainment.