My Take
Thomasin McKenzie is one of those actors who makes you sit up and pay attention the moment she appears on screen, and she pulled that off at just 17 in Leave No Trace — a film that could have easily been forgotten but became something special almost entirely because of her. Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 2000, she comes from a genuinely theatrical family, and it shows: there's a craft to her stillness that most young actors take decades to find, if they find it at all. She followed that breakthrough with sharp turns in Jojo Rabbit, Last Night in Soho, and Old, proving she's not picky about genre — she just picks interesting projects and then quietly outperforms everyone's expectations. She's twenty-something and already has a body of work that older actors would envy. I'm genuinely curious where she takes it next.
Overview
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (born 26 July 2000) is a New Zealand actress. After a minor role in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), she rose to critical prominence for playing a young girl living in isolation in Debra Granik's drama film Leave No Trace (2018), winning the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Thomasin McKenzie
- Name (Japanese)
- トーマサイン・マッケンジー
- Reading
- とーまさいん・まっけんじー
- Born
- July 26, 2000 (age 25)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.