Margot Robbie accepts award for LuckyChap at Variety’s Power of Women show

Dua Lipa presented the Power of Women Producer of the Year Award to LuckyChap Entertainmentthe minds behind films and television series that celebrate women’s stories, including “Barbie,” “Promising Young Woman” and “Maid.”

“Since 2014, LuckyChap has been championing female filmmakers,” Lipa said Thursday night at the Variety Power of Women Dinner, presented by Lifetime. “This mission is part of the company ethos: celebrating strong female storytellers and characters, and employing female HODs, but if you talk to Margot [Robbie]Thomas [Ackerley] and joseph [McNamara] They will tell you: it is just good business.”

“As filmmakers, the LuckyChap team leads with humor, empathy and heart every step of the way,” the singer continued. “They are involved in all facets of their projects, from creating hands-on, immersive environments on set, which became home to a truly epic dance party in the film, to touching moments where audiences from all over “The world was challenged with the idea of ​​what it means to be human.”

Lipa attributed her global success to the incredible visionaries behind LuckyChap who, “two years ago, had the foresight to follow through with what could have been a risky move,” the billion-dollar blockbuster “Barbie.”

After thanking their fellow honorees, McNamara and Ackerley revealed that they would be speaking on behalf of their producing partner Robbie, who lost her voice days ago. The actor and producer then gave a speech that he recently wrote and that he never shared with either of them.

The first reveal of Robbie’s speech? That her partners at LuckyChap “use her as a kind of crutch for this kind of public thing,” Ackerley read.

“You’re right, Tom, we do,” McNamara continued. “And that’s not fair, just because he acts for a living doesn’t mean he doesn’t find public speaking as terrifying as we do.”

“We know, so I promise here and now, in front of all these people and Dua Lipa (who I’m secretly in love with), not to leave all the speeches to Margot for now,” Ackerley said.

The jokes continued to point out the oddity of two “guys” speaking on behalf of a woman at a Power of Women event, which Robbie addressed head-on: “But it’s me, Margot, writing this. I have to say the only thing I love more than seeing women supporting women is seeing men supporting women. “I have watched for the past 10 years as these two guys have dedicated their careers to supporting women in this industry and nothing could make me love them more.”

Robbie founded LuckyChap in 2014 with her husband Ackerley and friends McNamara and Sophia Kerr.