Essie Davis
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvAlien: Earth
2025
Dame Sylvia
tvThe Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025
Lynette Maison
tvApple Cider Vinegar
2025
Natalie Dal-Bello
tvOne Day
2024
Alison
tvFaraway Downs
2023
Cath Carney
movieFungi: The Web of Life
2023
Narrator (voice)
tvGuillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
Nancy Bradley
movieNitram
2021
Helen
movieThe Justice of Bunny King
2021
Bunny King
movieMiss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
Phryne Fisher
movieTrue History of the Kelly Gang
2019
Ellen Kelly
tvLambs of God
2019
Sister Iphigenia
tvThe Last Post
2017
Martha Franklin
tvPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
Vera Herrick
tvThe White Princess
2017
Elizabeth Woodville
movieAssassin's Creed
2016
Mary Lynch
movieMindhorn
2016
Patricia Deville
movieThe Babadook
2014
Amelia Vanek
movieA Poet in New York
2014
Caitlin Thomas
tvMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
Phryne Fisher
tvThe Slap
2011
Anouk
movieBurning Man
2011
Karen
tvCloudstreet
2011
Dolly Pickles
tvGame of Thrones
2011
Lady Crane
movieSouth Solitary
2010
Alma Stanley
movieLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
Marella (voice)
movieAustralia
2008
Katherine
movieHey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
2008
Grace Blueburger
movieCharlotte's Web
2006
Mrs. Arable
movieThe Silence
2006
Juliet Moore
movieSweeney Todd
2006
Mrs Lovett
movieGirl with a Pearl Earring
2003
Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
movieCode 46
2003
Doctor
movieThe Pact
2003
Helene Davis
tvYoung Lions
2002
Julie Morgan
tvKings in Grass Castles
1998
Mary Costello
movieThe Ripper
1997
Evelyn Bookman
movieRiver Street
1997
Wendy Davis
movieThe Two-Wheeled Time Machine
1997
Young alice
movieBlackrock
1997
Det. Gilhooley
tvHalifax f.p.
1994
Alison Blount
Crew1
movieEmu Runner
2019
Thanks
Production1
movieMiss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
Associate Producer