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Once You Fall in Love With Danielle Macdonald in Dumplin', See What Else She's Been In

Dec 14 2018 - 9:00am

Dumplin' [1] is now streaming on Netflix, which means it's only a matter of time before you fall in love with Danielle Macdonald. The 27-year-old Australian actress has been in films and TV shows since 2010, when she began her career with guest spots in Glee, Toolies, and Pretty Little Liars [2]. Since then, she's gone on to more high-profile projects, and it's safe to say we can't get enough of her. See Macdonald's most notable roles, ahead!

Patti Cake$ (2017)

Macdonald made a splash as the titular Patti in 2017's Patti Cake$. The drama, which also stars Siddharth Dhananjay, follows a young woman who's not-so-secretly an aspiring rapper. Although Killa P, aka Patti Cake$, has big dreams, becoming a hip-hop star from her small hometown in New Jersey isn't so easy.

Every Secret Thing (2014)

Macdonald plays Diane Lane [4]'s daughter in this 2014 drama, which sees a detective trying to solve a mystery involving two young women who, seven years earlier, were put in jail after it was suspected they were responsible for an infant's death.

Easy, Season 2 (2017)

In the second season of this Netflix series, Macdonald appears in the episode "Prodigal Daughter," about a teenager who gets back at her parents for forcing her to go to church every week.

Bird Box (2018)

Macdonald has a role in the Decembere thriller, playing a sweet character named Olympia.

Dumplin' (2018)

And, of course, Macdonald stars in Dumplin' as Willowdean Dickson, a Dolly Parton-obsessed teen who decides to enter into her small Texas town's beauty pageant as an act of rebellion against people who judge her for her size.


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