Known for her roles in Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are All Right, and Stoker, she won the 2009 SXSW Film Festival Award for her performance in That Evening Sun.
She trained in ballet from ages nine to fourteen, gaining early performance experience.
She played the title role in the 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre.
Her parents are Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. She has an older sister and a younger brother. She dated actor Jesse Eisenberg from 2013 to 2015.
She starred as Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.