Person Details

Birthday: 1970-01-01 18:38:47

Aliases: Esther "Essie" Davis , Essie Davies

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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Movie Involvements: 28

TV Involvements: 14


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Game of Thrones
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Game of Thrones

(2011) Lady Crane
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
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8
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
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8

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

(2012) Phryne Fisher
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
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7

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

(2017) Vera Herrick
Halifax f.p.
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6

Halifax f.p.

(1994) Alison Blount
The White Princess
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8

The White Princess

(2017) Elizabeth Woodville
The Slap
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7

The Slap

(2011) Anouk
After the Deluge
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4

After the Deluge

(2003) Beth

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Nancy Bradley
2021 Helen
Bunny King
2020 Anna
Phryne Fisher
2019 Ellen Kelly
Sister Iphigenia
2017 Martha Franklin
Vera Herrick
Elizabeth Woodville
2016 Mary Lynch
Patricia Deville
2015 N/A
2014 Amelia Vanek
Caitlin Thomas
2012 Phryne Fisher
2011 Anouk
Karen
Dolly Pickles
Lady Crane
2010 Alma Stanley
Marella (voice)
Jane
2008 Katherine
Grace Blueburger
2006 Mrs. Arable
Juliet Moore
Mrs Lovett
2005 Orla
2003 Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
Maggie
Doctor
Beth
Beth
Maggie
Helene Davis
2002 Julie Morgan
1998 Jean
Mary Costello
1997 Evelyn Bookman
Wendy Davis
Young alice
Det. Gilhooley
1996 Zara
1995 N/A
1994 Alison Blount
Jilly
Dame Silvia
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Associate Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

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