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person_profile-Essie Davis

Essie Davis Age: 55

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Essie Davis

Date of Birth:

Jan 07, 1970

Country of birth:

Australia

Biography of

Essie Davis

    ​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.

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Filmography of

Essie Davis

Found 33 Movies in total

Witches

(archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2024

Fungi: The Web of Life

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2023

Nitram

Helen ( Actor )

... 2021

The Justice of Bunny King

Bunny King ( Actor )

... 2021

Babyteeth

Anna ( Actor )

... 2020

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Phryne Fisher ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 2020

True History of the Kelly Gang

Ellen Kelly ( Actor )

... 2019

Assassin's Creed

Mary Lynch ( Actor )

... 2016

Mindhorn

Patricia Deville ( Actor )

... 2016

The Babadook

Amelia Vanek ( Actor )

... 2014

Burning Man

Karen ( Actor )

... 2011

South Solitary

Alma Stanley ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2010

The Wedding Party

Jane ( Actor )

... 2010

Australia

Katherine ( Actor )

... 2008

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

Grace Blueburger ( Actor )

... 2008

Charlotte's Web

Mrs. Arable ( Actor )

... 2006

The Silence

Juliet Moore ( Actor )

... 2006

Sweeney Todd

Mrs Lovett ( Actor )

... 2006

Isolation

Orla ( Actor )

... 2005

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Catharina Bolnes Vermeer ( Actor )

... 2003

The Matrix Revolutions

Maggie ( Actor )

... 2003

Code 46

Doctor ( Actor )

... 2003

After the Deluge

Beth ( Actor )

... 2003

The Matrix Reloaded

Maggie ( Actor )

... 2003

The Pact

Helene Davis ( Actor )

... 2003

... 1998

The Ripper

Evelyn Bookman ( Actor )

... 1997

River Street

Wendy Davis ( Actor )

... 1997

Blackrock

Det. Gilhooley ( Actor )

... 1997

Lilian's Story

Zara ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1995

The Custodian

Jilly ( Actor )

... 1994