Everything You Need to Know About Margot Robbie in 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Transforming into Naomi Lapaglia required shedding every trace of Robbie’s laid-back Australian demeanor. Naomi was designed as a direct fictional stand-in for Nadine Caridi, a British-born model raised in Brooklyn who met Jordan Belfort during the height of his Stratton Oakmont empire in the early 1990s. Caridi’s presence in Belfort’s life was volatile, glamorous, and protective of her children, requiring an actress who could deliver biting humor while maintaining fierce survival instincts.
To capture the character's vocal cadences, Robbie worked relentlessly on a thick Bay Ridge dialect. The accent needed weight, bite, and elongated vowels that betrayed working-class roots dressed up in designer silk. Robbie studied footage of New York women, practiced the rhythm of sharp consonants, and deliberately elevated the pitch of her voice during arguments. When the cameras rolled, Naomi never sounded like a caricature; she sounded like someone who knew exactly how to dismantle a corrupt millionaire in his own living room.
