Essie Davis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1970
- Birthplace
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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.
Filmography
- Unspeakable
Unspeakable TBA
as Judith
Fungi: The Web of Life 2023
as Narrator (voice)
Nitram 2021
as Helen
The Justice of Bunny King 2021
as Bunny King
Babyteeth 2020
as Anna
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears 2020
as Phryne Fisher, Associate Producer
True History of the Kelly Gang 2019
as Ellen Kelly
Emu Runner 2019
Thanks
Assassin's Creed 2016
as Mary Lynch
Mindhorn 2016
as Patricia Deville
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook 2015
as Self
The Babadook 2014
as Amelia Vanek
A Poet in New York 2014
as Caitlin Thomas
Burning Man 2011
as Karen
South Solitary 2010
as Alma Stanley
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 2010
as Marella (voice)
The Wedding Party 2010
as Jane
Australia 2008
as Katherine
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger 2008
as Grace Blueburger
Charlotte's Web 2006
as Mrs. Arable
The Silence 2006
as Juliet Moore
Sweeney Todd 2006
as Mrs Lovett
Isolation 2005
as Orla
Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003
as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
The Matrix Revolutions 2003
as Maggie
Code 46 2003
as Doctor
After the Deluge 2003
as Beth
The Matrix Reloaded 2003
as Maggie
The Pact 2003
as Helene Davis
The Sound of One Hand Clapping 1998
as Jean
The Ripper 1997
as Evelyn Bookman
River Street 1997
as Wendy Davis
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine 1997
as Young alice
Blackrock 1997
as Det. Gilhooley
Lilian's Story 1996
as Zara
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection 1995
Actor
The Custodian 1994
as Jilly
Credits from TMDB.