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.
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 (Movies)
Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches
Character:Self
Release Date:23/07/2025
Fungi: The Web of Life
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/03/2023
Nitram
Character:Helen
Release Date:30/09/2021
The Justice of Bunny King
Character:Bunny King
Release Date:29/07/2021
Babyteeth
Character:Anna
Release Date:15/06/2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Character:Phryne Fisher
Release Date:27/02/2020
True History of the Kelly Gang
Character:Ellen Kelly
Release Date:23/11/2019
Assassin's Creed
Character:Mary Lynch
Release Date:21/12/2016
Mindhorn
Character:Patricia Deville
Release Date:09/10/2016
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
Character:
Release Date:16/02/2015
The Babadook
Character:Amelia Vanek
Release Date:22/05/2014
A Poet in New York
Character:Caitlin Thomas
Release Date:30/04/2014
Burning Man
Character:Karen
Release Date:10/09/2011
South Solitary
Character:Alma Stanley
Release Date:29/07/2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Character:Marella (voice)
Release Date:10/07/2010
The Wedding Party
Character:Jane
Release Date:01/01/2010
Australia
Character:Katherine
Release Date:18/11/2008
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Character:Grace Blueburger
Release Date:20/03/2008
Charlotte's Web
Character:Mrs. Arable
Release Date:07/12/2006
The Silence
Character:Juliet Moore
Release Date:08/09/2006
Sweeney Todd
Character:Mrs Lovett
Release Date:03/01/2006
Isolation
Character:Orla
Release Date:06/11/2005
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Character:Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
Release Date:12/12/2003
The Matrix Revolutions
Character:Maggie
Release Date:05/11/2003
Code 46
Character:Doctor
Release Date:02/09/2003
After the Deluge
Character:Beth
Release Date:15/06/2003
The Matrix Reloaded
Character:Maggie
Release Date:15/05/2003
The Pact
Character:Helene Davis
Release Date:14/05/2003
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Character:Jean
Release Date:22/04/1998
The Ripper
Character:Evelyn Bookman
Release Date:06/12/1997
River Street
Character:Wendy Davis
Release Date:17/07/1997
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
Character:Young alice
Release Date:01/06/1997
Blackrock
Character:Det. Gilhooley
Release Date:01/05/1997
Lilian's Story
Character:Zara
Release Date:09/05/1996
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Character:
Release Date:20/07/1995
The Custodian
Character:Jilly
Release Date:17/03/1994
Television Appearances
Alien: Earth
Character:Dame Sylvia
Apple Cider Vinegar
Character:Natalie Dal-Bello
One Day
Character:Alison
Faraway Downs
Character:Cath Carney
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Character:Nancy Bradley
Lambs of God
Character:Sister Iphigenia
The Last Post
Character:Martha Franklin
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Character:Vera Herrick
The White Princess
Character:Elizabeth Woodville
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Character:Phryne Fisher
The Slap
Character:Anouk
Cloudstreet
Character:Dolly Pickles
Game of Thrones
Character:Lady Crane
After the Deluge
Character:Beth
Young Lions
Character:Julie Morgan
Kings in Grass Castles
Character:Mary Costello
Halifax f.p.
Character:Alison Blount
Play School
Character:Self
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