Anya Robbie: The Oldest Robbie Sibling Chose Numbers Over Cameras — And One Source Still Got Her Birth Order Wrong

Anya Robbie is the oldest of four siblings. Her sister became one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. Her brother Lachlan performs stunts on blockbuster films. Her brother Cameron acts and presents for MTV Australia. Anya Robbie became a senior accountant.

That choice is the headline most articles lead with. But sitting behind it are several details that get quietly muddled across sources — including at least one outlet that called her Margot’s younger sister, which is simply wrong, and a birth year situation between Anya and her brother Lachlan that nobody has ever directly addressed.

Quick Facts

Detail	Information
Full name	Anya Robbie
Born	May 1989, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
Birth order	Oldest of four Robbie siblings
Parents	Doug Robbie (sugarcane farmer, property developer) and Sarie Kessler (physiotherapist)
Siblings	Lachlan Robbie (stuntman), Margot Robbie (actress), Cameron Robbie (actor)
Education	Bond University, Gold Coast — Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), graduated 2013
Additional study	Italian language, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy (A2 level)
Career	Cost Controller, BDR Projects (2014–2016); Senior Accountant, Accountis Pty Ltd (Gold Coast, current)
Relationship status	Unknown — not publicly confirmed
Residence	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Social media	None confirmed public
Notable connection	Bridesmaid at Margot’s wedding to Tom Ackerley, 2016

Dalby, a Farm, and a Mother Raising Four Kids Alone

The Robbie children were not raised in Sydney or Melbourne. They were born in Dalby — a rural town roughly three hours inland from the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

Their parents, Doug Robbie and Sarie Kessler, separated when Margot was approximately five years old, which places the split around 1995 or 1996. Anya would have been around six at the time. After Doug left, Sarie raised all four children on her own.

Margot said of her mother in a 2017 interview with The Resident: “She was a single mother raising my brothers and my sister and I by herself and we didn’t make life easy for her. We were always fighting and my mum had to be a very strong woman to hold things together.”

The family lived on their grandparents’ farm in the Gold Coast hinterland after the parents separated. Anya and her siblings grew up doing farm work, boar-hunting, and surfing. This upbringing — rural, physical, unglamorous — is consistently described across every credible source as the foundation of the Robbie siblings’ work ethic and closeness.

Doug Robbie is described across sources as a sugar cane farmer and later a property developer. He is not a significant presence in any of his children’s documented lives after the separation.

The Birth Year Problem Nobody Discusses

Here is a specific gap in the record that nobody has addressed.

Anya is described consistently as born in May 1989 in Dalby. She is the oldest sibling. Multiple sources confirm this.

Lachlan Robbie is described as the second-oldest. One source, htowndaily.com, explicitly states he was “also born in 1989.” If Anya was born in May 1989 and Lachlan was also born in 1989, the two oldest Robbie children were born in the same calendar year — meaning they are either very close in age, or one of those birth years is wrong.

No source mentions this. No source names Lachlan’s birth month. No source uses the word “Irish twins” or otherwise acknowledges the obvious question.

This detail sits in the record without explanation. It is either a fascinating biographical fact about the Robbie family or a quiet error in Lachlan’s documented birth year. Neither possibility has been examined publicly.

The One Source That Called Her Margot’s Younger Sister

Kemi Filani’s profile of Anya includes this line: “She is famous for being Margot Robbie’s younger sister.”

Anya Robbie is older than Margot. She was born May 1989. Margot was born July 2, 1990. The age gap is approximately thirteen months.

This error is not a borderline case. It directly contradicts every other source, including People magazine, Hello magazine, AmoMama, and the consistent description across all credible reports.

One source saying the opposite of established fact is not a controversy. It is a mistake worth naming because it appears in search results and could mislead anyone researching her.

One Headline Called Her an Actress and Producer

TheCityCeleb published a headline describing Anya as “an Australian actress and producer.” The body of the same article then correctly identifies her as “a senior accountant.”

Anya Robbie has no acting credits. She has no producing credits. The headline appears to have been generated from a template or framework that confused her with Margot’s profile. The article then contradicts its own headline.

She is an accountant. That is documented by her own brother Cameron, who confirmed it in a live TV interview on Today in 2018, saying: “She tells me she loves numbers, I don’t really get that.”

That is the most directly sourced statement about Anya’s career in the public record — a comment from a sibling in a live interview, not a press release.

The Education Trail — What Is Confirmed

Bond University is a private university on the Gold Coast. Anya attended it and graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree specializing in accounting. Multiple sources confirm this, and the detail is specific enough — named institution, graduation year, degree type — to treat as credible.

She also studied Italian at the Università degli Studi di Bergamo in Italy, reaching A2 proficiency. This detail appears in AmoMama and biomagazine.co.uk. A2 is the second level of the Common European Framework — basic conversational Italian, not fluency. The Bergamo detail is specific enough to be plausible but is not confirmed by any institutional source.

No source documents her secondary school, so the full education picture has a gap before Bond University.

The Career — Documented at Two Points

Her career has two documented data points.

First: Cost Controller at BDR Projects from 2014 to 2016. This appears in NewProvider.co.uk’s profile and is consistent with what a recent accounting graduate might do two years after completing her degree.

Second: Senior Accountant at Accountis Pty Ltd. This is a Gold Coast firm offering accounting, finance, estate planning, and funding services. She currently holds this role. The specific company name, location, and services are confirmed by AmoMama.

No other employer, project, or professional milestone is documented between or around these points.

One source mentions she worked “at a private firm.” That is consistent with Accountis being a mid-tier private practice rather than a Big Four accounting firm. Neither source provides her specific team, salary range, or scope of responsibility.

Margot’s Wedding, the Ghan Train, and a Funeral Delay

The clearest evidence that Anya and Margot maintain a close adult relationship comes from three documented events.

When Margot married Tom Ackerley in December 2016 in Byron Bay, Anya was a bridesmaid. She was present in the wedding party, not merely attending as a guest. This is confirmed by multiple reports.

For Anya’s 30th birthday in 2019, Margot gave her a trip on the Ghan — Australia’s famous long-distance train journey from Adelaide to Darwin, covering nearly 3,000 kilometres through the Australian outback. The specific gift is documented in NewsSimpper and NewProvider profiles. It is the kind of detail that reads as genuine rather than constructed: specific, unusual, and not self-promotional for Margot.

In 2019, the Robbie family’s grandmother Verna passed away. According to multiple sources, the family arranged to delay the funeral so that Margot — who was filming at the time — could travel home and attend. The decision to hold a funeral for a family member reflects the family’s priority structure. It also confirms Anya is part of a family that accommodates everyone’s presence at significant events.

What Her Siblings Are Actually Doing

Lachlan Robbie — known as Lockie — is a professional stuntman. His confirmed credits include Alien: Covenant (2017), Aquaman (2018), Birds of Prey (2020, alongside Margot who played Harley Quinn), and several others. He also runs a gym called The Movement on the Gold Coast. Lachlan shared a photo from the Birds of Prey set and wrote: “This photo it’s one of the highest points in my career.” He is in a relationship with Brisbane entertainment reporter Amy Price.

Cameron Robbie — born February 9, 1995 — is the youngest. He started acting in 2015. He appeared in the short film Gifted, the shows I.C.U. and People You May Know. He appeared in Neighbours — the same show that launched Margot’s career. He also worked as a presenter for MTV Australia and famously surprised Margot during a 2018 press junket for Peter Rabbit, showing up to interview her on camera. She did not know he was coming.

Anya is not part of any of that. Her professional world is accounting in Queensland. That is the full documented scope.

What Is Actually Known vs. What Is Not

Confirmed across solid sources:

• Born May 1989, Dalby, Queensland
• Oldest of four siblings
• Raised primarily by mother Sarie Kessler after parents separated, on grandparents’ farm
• Bond University, Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), graduated 2013
• Italian language study at Università degli Studi di Bergamo (A2 level)
• Cost Controller at BDR Projects (2014–2016)
• Senior Accountant at Accountis Pty Ltd, Gold Coast (current)
• Bridesmaid at Margot’s wedding, 2016
• Lives on the Gold Coast
• No public social media presence

Unresolved or unclear:

• Lachlan’s birth year: if also 1989, raises unanswered question about sibling ages
• Her exact birth date in May 1989 (month confirmed, day not)
• Relationship status — not confirmed
• Whether she has ever held any other role or worked for any other employer
• Her current scope of work at Accountis Pty Ltd

Directly wrong in at least one source:

• “Margot Robbie’s younger sister” (Kemi Filani) — she is older
• “Australian actress and producer” (TheCityCeleb headline) — she is an accountant with no entertainment credits

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FAQ — 12 Real Questions

1. Who is Anya Robbie?

She is the oldest sibling of Australian actress Margot Robbie. She grew up on the Gold Coast in Queensland, studied accounting at Bond University, and works as a senior accountant. She has no acting, modelling, or entertainment career.

2. Is she older or younger than Margot?

Older. Anya was born in May 1989. Margot was born July 2, 1990. Anya is approximately thirteen months older. One source incorrectly called her the younger sister — that is wrong.

3. Where was she born and raised?

Born in Dalby, Queensland. After her parents separated, she was raised with her siblings on their grandparents’ farm in the Gold Coast hinterland. The family was raised entirely by their mother, Sarie Kessler.

4. What did she study?

A Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Accounting at Bond University on the Gold Coast, graduating in 2013. She also studied Italian at the Università degli Studi di Bergamo in Italy, reaching A2 proficiency.

5. Where does she work?

She is the Senior Accountant at Accountis Pty Ltd, a Gold Coast firm. Before that, she worked as a Cost Controller at BDR Projects from 2014 to 2016.

6. How do we know she’s an accountant?

Her brother Cameron confirmed it in a live interview on Today in 2018, saying she loves numbers. Her employer, Accountis Pty Ltd, has been named by multiple sources.

7. What is the Lachlan birth year issue?

Multiple sources confirm Anya was born in May 1989. At least one source states Lachlan was also born in 1989. If both are correct, the two oldest Robbie children were born in the same calendar year. No source has addressed this or named Lachlan’s birth month.

8. Was she at Margot’s wedding?

Yes. Anya was a bridesmaid when Margot married Tom Ackerley in Byron Bay in December 2016.

9. What is the Ghan train story?

For Anya’s 30th birthday in 2019, Margot gave her a trip on the Ghan — the famous Australian train journey from Adelaide to Darwin. Multiple sources document this as a gift from Margot to Anya.

10. Does she have social media?

No confirmed public accounts. She maintains a completely private online presence.

11. Is she married or in a relationship?

Unknown. No public information exists about her romantic or family life beyond her immediate Robbie family.

12. What are her siblings doing now?

Lachlan is a professional stuntman (Aquaman, Birds of Prey) who also runs a gym on the Gold Coast. Margot is one of Hollywood’s most prominent actresses (Barbie, Wolf of Wall Street, I, Tonya). Cameron acts and has appeared in Neighbours and various short films. Anya is the only sibling not involved in entertainment.