Angourie Isabel Teresa Rice ( ; born 1 January 2001) 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

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, 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 ''

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'' episode " Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" (2019), the

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miniseries '' Mare of Easttown'' (2021), and the

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miniseries '' The Last Thing He Told Me'' (2023).

Early life

Rice was named after Angourie, New South Wales, where her grandmother lived. Her parents are Jeremy Rice, a director, and Kate Rice, a writer. She was born in

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and then lived in

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for five years and in

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, Germany, for one year before moving to Melbourne. She lives in Collingwood,

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and is often away filming, mainly in the US. She attended Princes Hill Secondary College graduating in 2018, but was unable to attend the

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due to growing success as an actress.

Career

Rice began her career in

, 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. In 2013, Rice made her feature film acting debut with apocalyptic thriller film '' These Final Hours''. She also appeared in the live action sequences at the beginning and end of the animated film ''

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''. 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. In 2016, Rice had her break-out performance as Holly March in the action comedy '' The Nice Guys'' opposite

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and

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. 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''. She reprised the role again in the web series '' The Daily Bugle'', and yet again in '' Spider-Man: No Way Home''. 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. In 2019, Rice starred opposite

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in the season 5 finale of ''

'', an episode described as a "save-the-day buddy romp" and "a teen sci-fi adventure". In 2021, Rice was listed in ''Variety'' magazine's coveted 'Actors to Watch' list, as well as their 'Power of Young Hollywood' list. She played the role of Siobhan in '' Mare of Easttown'' opposite

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. She noted that the Delco accent (Philadelphia) was hard to master and worked hard to tone down her Australian English. Inspired from her current book club activities, she runs the podcast ''The Community Library'' with an aim to democratise critical reading skills. The podcast began in 2019. In April 2022, Rice was cast to star alongside Jennifer Garner in the

miniseries '' The Last Thing He Told Me''. 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. She co-wrote ''Stuck Up & Stupid'' with her mother, Kate Rice. The book was shortlisted for the 2024 Young Adult Indie Book Award.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rice, Angourie 2001 births Living people Australian child actresses Australian film actresses Australian television actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Actresses from Melbourne Best Actress AACTA Award winners Australian expatriate actresses in the United States Actresses from Sydney