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Essie Davis

Acting 56 years old Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ★ 1.7
Born: January 19, 1970

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (54)

Alien: Earth
Alien: Earth Dame Sylvia 2025
Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches
Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches Self 2025
Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar Natalie Dal-Bello 2025
One Day
One Day Alison 2024
Faraway Downs
Faraway Downs Cath Carney 2023
Fungi: The Web of Life
Fungi: The Web of Life Narrator (voice) 2023
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Nancy Bradley 2022
Nitram
Nitram Helen 2021
The Justice of Bunny King
The Justice of Bunny King Bunny King 2021
Babyteeth
Babyteeth Anna 2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears Phryne Fisher 2020
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang Ellen Kelly 2019
Lambs of God
Lambs of God Sister Iphigenia 2019
The Last Post
The Last Post Martha Franklin 2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Vera Herrick 2017
The White Princess
The White Princess Elizabeth Woodville 2017
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed Mary Lynch 2016
Mindhorn
Mindhorn Patricia Deville 2016
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook 2015
The Babadook
The Babadook Amelia Vanek 2014
A Poet in New York
A Poet in New York Caitlin Thomas 2014
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Phryne Fisher 2012
The Slap
The Slap Anouk 2011
Burning Man
Burning Man Karen 2011
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet Dolly Pickles 2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones Lady Crane 2011
South Solitary
South Solitary Alma Stanley 2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Marella (voice) 2010
The Wedding Party
The Wedding Party Jane 2010
Australia
Australia Katherine 2008
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger Grace Blueburger 2008
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web Mrs. Arable 2006
The Silence
The Silence Juliet Moore 2006
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd Mrs Lovett 2006
Isolation
Isolation Orla 2005
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring Catharina Bolnes Vermeer 2003
The Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Revolutions Maggie 2003
Code 46
Code 46 Doctor 2003
After the Deluge
After the Deluge Beth 2003
After the Deluge
After the Deluge Beth 2003
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded Maggie 2003
The Pact
The Pact Helene Davis 2003
Young Lions
Young Lions Julie Morgan 2002
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
The Sound of One Hand Clapping Jean 1998
Kings in Grass Castles
Kings in Grass Castles Mary Costello 1998
The Ripper
The Ripper Evelyn Bookman 1997
River Street
River Street Wendy Davis 1997
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine Young alice 1997
Blackrock
Blackrock Det. Gilhooley 1997
Lilian's Story
Lilian's Story Zara 1996
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection 1995
Halifax f.p.
Halifax f.p. Alison Blount 1994
The Custodian
The Custodian Jilly 1994
Play School
Play School Self 1966

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