Essie Davis
Age: 55 | From: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Person Details
Birthday: 1970-01-01 18:38:47
Aliases: Esther "Essie" Davis , Essie Davies
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Homepage:
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
(2011) Lady Crane
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
(2022) Nancy Bradley
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
(2012) Phryne Fisher
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
(2017) Vera Herrick
Halifax f.p.
(1994) Alison Blount
The White Princess
(2017) Elizabeth Woodville
The Slap
(2011) Anouk
After the Deluge
(2003) BethActing
| 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 |
