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Essie Davis

Essie Davis

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 07, 1970 (55)
Birthplace Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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​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.

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The Justice of Bunny King

The Justice of Bunny King

2021

as Bunny King

Nitram

Nitram

2021

as Helen

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

2020

as Phryne Fisher

Babyteeth

Babyteeth

2020

as Anna

True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang

2019

as Ellen Kelly

Mindhorn

Mindhorn

2016

as Patricia Deville

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed

2016

as Mary Lynch

The Babadook

The Babadook

2014

as Amelia Vanek

A Poet in New York

A Poet in New York

2014

as Caitlin Thomas

Burning Man

Burning Man

2011

as Karen

South Solitary

South Solitary

2010

as Alma Stanley

The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party

2010

as Jane

Australia

Australia

2008

as Katherine

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

2008

as Grace Blueburger

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd

2006

as Mrs Lovett

The Silence

The Silence

2006

as Juliet Moore

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web

2006

as Mrs. Arable

Isolation

Isolation

2005

as Orla

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring

2003

as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer

After the Deluge

After the Deluge

2003

as Beth

The Pact

The Pact

2003

as Helene Davis

Code 46

Code 46

2003

as Doctor

The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

2003

as Maggie

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

2003

as Maggie

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

1997

as Young alice

River Street

River Street

1997

as Wendy Davis

The Ripper

The Ripper

1997

as Evelyn Bookman

Blackrock

Blackrock

1997

as Det. Gilhooley

Lilian's Story

Lilian's Story

1996

as Zara

The Custodian

The Custodian

1994

as Jilly

Emu Runner

Emu Runner

2019

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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

2020

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Television Credits

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

as Phryne Fisher

Episodes: 34

First Aired: Feb 24, 2012

The Slap

as Anouk

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 06, 2011

The White Princess

as Elizabeth Woodville

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 16, 2017

Faraway Downs

as Cath Carney

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 26, 2023

The Last Post

as Martha Franklin

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 01, 2017

One Day

as Alison

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 08, 2024

Lambs of God

as Sister Iphigenia

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jul 21, 2019

Cloudstreet

as Dolly Pickles

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 22, 2011

Game of Thrones

as Lady Crane

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 17, 2011

After the Deluge

as Beth

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 15, 2003

Kings in Grass Castles

as Mary Costello

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 28, 1998

Young Lions

as Julie Morgan

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 17, 2002

Alien: Earth

as Dame Silvia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

as Vera Herrick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 2017

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

as Nancy Bradley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 25, 2022

Halifax f.p.

as Alison Blount

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 1994

Play School

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 01, 1966

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