Essie Davis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Biography
Essie Davis is an Australian actress. Born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania, she is the daughter of locally famed artist George Davis. She emerged from the Old Nick Company at the University of Tasmania in the late 1980s and has gone on to appear in Hollywood movies. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. Her career started after her role in the all Australian movie Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995), also starring other prestigious actors such as Geoffrey Rush, Leo McKern, and Joan Sutherland. Her most famous movie roles are in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, Richard Flanagan's 1998 Tasmanian film The Sound of One Hand Clapping, and Girl with a Pearl Earring. In 2003 she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her UK performance in the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire. In 2004 she starred in a Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Jumpers, for which she earned a Tony nomination. In 2005 she appeared as Mrs. Nellie Lovett in the BBC production of Sweeney Todd with Ray Winstone. In the 2008 film Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger she plays Esther's controlling mother.
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Filmography
Unspeakable
Movie · as Judith
Alien: Earth
TV · as Dame Sylvia · 8 eps
Apple Cider Vinegar
TV · as Natalie Dal-Bello · 6 eps
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
TV · as Lynette Maison · 3 eps
One Day
TV · as Alison · 4 eps
Fungi: The Web of Life
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Faraway Downs
TV · as Cath Carney · 6 eps
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
TV · as Nancy Bradley · 1 ep
The Justice of Bunny King
Movie · as Bunny King
Nitram
Movie · as Helen
Babyteeth
Movie · as Anna
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Movie · as Phryne Fisher
True History of the Kelly Gang
Movie · as Ellen Kelly
Lambs of God
TV · as Sister Iphigenia · 4 eps
The Last Post
TV · as Martha Franklin · 5 eps
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV · as Vera Herrick · 1 ep
The White Princess
TV · as Elizabeth Woodville · 8 eps
Mindhorn
Movie · as Patricia Deville
Assassin's Creed
Movie · as Mary Lynch
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
Movie · as Self
The Babadook
Movie · as Amelia Vanek
A Poet in New York
Movie · as Caitlin Thomas
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
TV · as Phryne Fisher · 34 eps
Burning Man
Movie · as Karen
Cloudstreet
TV · as Dolly Pickles · 3 eps
The Slap
TV · as Anouk · 8 eps
Game of Thrones
TV · as Lady Crane · 3 eps
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Movie · as Marella (voice)
South Solitary
Movie · as Alma Stanley
The Wedding Party
Movie · as Jane
Australia
Movie · as Katherine
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Movie · as Grace Blueburger
Charlotte's Web
Movie · as Mrs. Arable
Sweeney Todd
Movie · as Mrs Lovett
The Silence
Movie · as Juliet Moore
Isolation
Movie · as Orla
The Matrix Reloaded
Movie · as Maggie
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Movie · as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
After the Deluge
Movie · as Beth
The Pact
Movie · as Helene Davis
Code 46
Movie · as Doctor
The Matrix Revolutions
Movie · as Maggie
After the Deluge
TV · as Beth · 2 eps
Young Lions
TV · as Julie Morgan · 2 eps
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Movie · as Jean
Kings in Grass Castles
TV · as Mary Costello · 2 eps
Blackrock
Movie · as Det. Gilhooley
The Ripper
Movie · as Evelyn Bookman
River Street
Movie · as Wendy Davis
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
Movie · as Young alice
Lilian's Story
Movie · as Zara
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Movie
The Custodian
Movie · as Jilly
Halifax f.p.
TV · as Alison Blount · 1 ep
Play School
TV · as Self · 2 eps