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Essie Davis‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1970-01-07

Popularity

star14.7

Essie Davis

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Essie Davis

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1970-01-07

Popularity

star14.7

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. She has recently completed filming the movie Australia with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, directed by Baz Luhrmann. In 2008 Davis played Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She returned to Tasmania to launch the "The Tasmanian Theatre Company" in 2008 and help support local theatre whilst encouraging youth to continue participating in the arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Essie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded‌
star7.1
calendar 2003

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring‌
star6.6
calendar 2003

Blackrock

Blackrock‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

Australia

Australia‌
star6.6
calendar 2008

Isolation

Isolation‌
star5.5
calendar 2005

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web‌
star6.2
calendar 2006

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole‌
star6.8
calendar 2010

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd‌
star6.3
calendar 2006

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger‌
star5.8
calendar 2008

South Solitary

South Solitary‌
star6.9
calendar 2010

Burning Man

Burning Man‌
star6.0
calendar 2011

After the Deluge

After the Deluge‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party‌
star5.2
calendar 2010

The Pact

The Pact‌
star3.0
calendar 2003

The Ripper

The Ripper‌
star5.5
calendar 1997

The Babadook

The Babadook‌
star6.5
calendar 2014

Lilian's Story

Lilian's Story‌
star5.2
calendar 1996

A Poet in New York

A Poet in New York‌
star5.3
calendar 2014

The Custodian

The Custodian‌
star4.3
calendar 1994

River Street

River Street‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Code 46

Code 46‌
star6.2
calendar 2003

They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook

They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook‌
star5.3
calendar 2015

The Silence

The Silence‌
star6.0
calendar 2006

Mindhorn

Mindhorn‌
star6.1
calendar 2016

The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg

The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed‌
star5.4
calendar 2016

Fungi: The Web of Life

Fungi: The Web of Life‌
star6.4
calendar 2023

True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang‌
star5.9
calendar 2019

Babyteeth

Babyteeth‌
star6.8
calendar 2020

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears‌
star6.1
calendar 2020

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection‌
star5.0
calendar 1995

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine‌
star5.0
calendar 1997

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping‌
star2.8
calendar 1998

The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions‌
star6.7
calendar 2003

The Justice of Bunny King

The Justice of Bunny King‌
star7.2
calendar 2021

Nitram

Nitram‌
star7.0
calendar 2021

Tv Credits

The Last Post

The Last Post‌
star7.0
calendar 2017

After the Deluge

After the Deluge‌
star4.7
calendar 2003

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries‌
star7.7
calendar 2012

Cloudstreet

Cloudstreet‌
star7.0
calendar 2011

The Slap

The Slap‌
star6.8
calendar 2011

Alien: Earth

Alien: Earth‌
star0.0
calendar

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones‌
star8.5
calendar 2011

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams‌
star7.1
calendar 2017

Kings in Grass Castles

Kings in Grass Castles‌
star10.0
calendar 1998

One Day

One Day‌
star7.8
calendar 2024

Faraway Downs

Faraway Downs‌
star7.0
calendar 2023

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities‌
star7.6
calendar 2022

Play School

Play School‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Lambs of God

Lambs of God‌
star5.9
calendar 2019

Halifax f.p.

Halifax f.p.‌
star6.2
calendar 1994

Young Lions

Young Lions‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

The White Princess

The White Princess‌
star7.8
calendar 2017