--- title: Tonya Harding and Margot Robbie Had a Red Carpet Encounter description: The former figure skater and the actress who portrays her on film in the new 'I, Tonya' shared a photo at the L.A. premiere. canonical: https://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-06T18:36:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:24.617Z og:title: Tonya Harding and Margot Robbie Had a Red Carpet Encounter og:description: The Aussie actress and the skater she portrays in 'I, Tonya' stopped for a photo og:url: https://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf05bda6a8813dfb2/6988f40b929fad5fb0beebf3/tonya-harding-margot-robbie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NEON and 30WEST Present the Los Angeles Premiere of "I, Tonya" Supported By Svedka og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tonya Harding and Margot Robbie Had a Red Carpet Encounter twitter:description: The Aussie actress and the skater she portrays in 'I, Tonya' stopped for a photo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf05bda6a8813dfb2/6988f40b929fad5fb0beebf3/tonya-harding-margot-robbie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Margot Robbie and the Real Tonya Harding United for a Photo on the _I, Tonya_ Red Carpet ## Video: I, TONYA Trailer [Watch (HLS stream): I, TONYA Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CVnMN9CT.m3u8) (0:52)  _Published 2017-10-20. Trailer for I, TONYA_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 6, 2017 6:36 PM UTC  Tonya Harding and Margot Robbie attend NEON and 30WEST Present the Los Angeles Premiere of "I, Tonya" Supported By Svedka on December 5, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Tonya Harding and Margot Robbie attend NEON and 30WEST Present the Los Angeles Premiere of "I, Tonya" Supported By Svedka on December 5, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Vivien Killilea—Getty Images for NEON  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 6, 2017 6:36 PM UTC _I, Tonya_, meet her, Tonya. Actor [Margot Robbie](http://time.com/5050236/chris-pratt-margot-robbie-jimmy-kimmel-live-interview/) had a red carpet encounter with the notorious figure skater that she portrays in the new Craig Gillespie-directed film during its premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, so of course they stopped to snap a photo together. It’s just as amazing as you’d expect, even though some of the actors say they [were nervous](http://people.com/movies/margot-robbie-cant-contain-her-excitement-as-tonya-harding-joins-her-at-i-tonya-premiere/) to meet the real-life Harding in person. This, however, is not the first time these two have met, as Robbie shared with fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal [in a _Variety_ interview](http://time.com/5039499/margot-robbie-tonya-harding/?iid=sr-link1) last month. In that earlier encounter, Robbie told Gyllenhaal, Harding asked her questions about how she manages her own fame. “And actually, it was very kind of her to ask. Because to be honest, her situation was horrible, and it happened to her so young, and I think what made the biggest difference in the world was she didn’t have a support network around her. And I do, and I’m so lucky,” Robbie explained to Gyllenhaal about the difference between the two. Harding also gave Robbie some advice on ice-skating: do more sit-ups, [she told PEOPLE.](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/11/margot-robbie-tonya-harding-movie-i-tonya-advice) _I, Tonya_, which [also stars Allison Janney](http://time.com/5027081/allison-janney-i-tonya-review/?iid=sr-link2) and Sebastian Stan as Harding’s tough-love mother and ex-husband respectively, is currently in theaters. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/"},"headline":"Margot Robbie and the Real Tonya Harding United for a Photo on the I, Tonya Red Carpet","datePublished":"2017-12-06T18:36:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:24.617Z","description":"Will the real Tonya please stand up?","url":"https://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","margot robbie"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf05bda6a8813dfb2/6988f40b929fad5fb0beebf3/tonya-harding-margot-robbie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf05bda6a8813dfb2/6988f40b929fad5fb0beebf3/tonya-harding-margot-robbie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NEON and 30WEST Present the Los Angeles Premiere of \"I, Tonya\" Supported By Svedka","caption":"NEON and 30WEST Present the Los Angeles Premiere of \"I, Tonya\" Supported By Svedka","creditText":"Vivien Killilea—Getty Images for NEON","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/","name":"Margot Robbie and the Real Tonya Harding United for a Photo on the I, Tonya Red Carpet"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"I, TONYA Trailer","description":"Trailer for I, TONYA","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/CVnMN9CT/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-20T11:45:37.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CVnMN9CT.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/","duration":"PT52S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```