Essie Davis
Born
January 7, 1970 (55 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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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.
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Known For

Alien: Earth
Dame Sylvia · (8 episodes)
2025

Apple Cider Vinegar
Natalie Dal-Bello · (6 episodes)
2025

One Day
Alison · (4 episodes)
2024

Faraway Downs
Cath Carney · (6 episodes)
2023

Fungi: The Web of Life
Narrator (voice)
2023

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Nancy Bradley · (1 episode)
2022

Nitram
Helen
2021

The Justice of Bunny King
Bunny King
2021

Babyteeth
Anna
2020

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Phryne Fisher
2020

True History of the Kelly Gang
Ellen Kelly
2019

Lambs of God
Sister Iphigenia · (4 episodes)
2019

The Last Post
Martha Franklin · (5 episodes)
2017

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Vera Herrick · (1 episode)
2017

The White Princess
Elizabeth Woodville · (8 episodes)
2017

Assassin's Creed
Mary Lynch
2016

Mindhorn
Patricia Deville
2016

They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
2015

The Babadook
Amelia Vanek
2014

A Poet in New York
Caitlin Thomas
2014

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Phryne Fisher · (34 episodes)
2012

The Slap
Anouk · (8 episodes)
2011

Burning Man
Karen
2011

Cloudstreet
Dolly Pickles · (3 episodes)
2011

Game of Thrones
Lady Crane · (3 episodes)
2011

South Solitary
Alma Stanley
2010

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Marella (voice)
2010

The Wedding Party
Jane
2010

Australia
Katherine
2008

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Grace Blueburger
2008

Charlotte's Web
Mrs. Arable
2006

The Silence
Juliet Moore
2006

Sweeney Todd
Mrs Lovett
2006

Isolation
Orla
2005

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
2003

The Matrix Revolutions
Maggie
2003

Code 46
Doctor
2003

After the Deluge
Beth
2003

After the Deluge
Beth · (2 episodes)
2003

The Matrix Reloaded
Maggie
2003

The Pact
Helene Davis
2003

Young Lions
Julie Morgan · (2 episodes)
2002

The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Jean
1998

Kings in Grass Castles
Mary Costello · (2 episodes)
1998

The Ripper
Evelyn Bookman
1997

River Street
Wendy Davis
1997

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
Young alice
1997

Blackrock
Det. Gilhooley
1997

Lilian's Story
Zara
1996

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995

Halifax f.p.
Alison Blount · (1 episode)
1994

The Custodian
Jilly
1994

Play School
Self · (2 episodes)
1966