- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1970
- Place of Birth
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Essie Davis
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…
Filmography
tvAlien: Earth
2025 · Dame Sylvia
tvThe Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025 · Lynette Maison
tvApple Cider Vinegar
2025 · Natalie Dal-Bello
tvOne Day
2024 · Alison
tvFaraway Downs
2023 · Cath Carney
movieFungi: The Web of Life
2023 · Narrator (voice)
tvGuillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022 · Nancy Bradley
movieNitram
2021 · Helen
movieThe Justice of Bunny King
2021 · Bunny King
movieBabyteeth
2020 · Anna
movieMiss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020 · Phryne Fisher, Associate Producer
movieTrue History of the Kelly Gang
2019 · Ellen Kelly
movieEmu Runner
2019 · Thanks
tvLambs of God
2019 · Sister Iphigenia
tvThe Last Post
2017 · Martha Franklin
tvPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · Vera Herrick
tvThe White Princess
2017 · Elizabeth Woodville
movieAssassin's Creed
2016 · Mary Lynch
movieMindhorn
2016 · Patricia Deville
movieThey Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
2015 · Self
movieThe Babadook
2014 · Amelia Vanek
movieA Poet in New York
2014 · Caitlin Thomas
tvMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012 · Phryne Fisher
tvThe Slap
2011 · Anouk
movieBurning Man
2011 · Karen
tvCloudstreet
2011 · Dolly Pickles
tvGame of Thrones
2011 · Lady Crane
movieSouth Solitary
2010 · Alma Stanley
movieLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 · Marella (voice)
movieThe Wedding Party
2010 · Jane
movieAustralia
2008 · Katherine
movieHey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
2008 · Grace Blueburger
movieCharlotte's Web
2006 · Mrs. Arable
movieThe Silence
2006 · Juliet Moore
movieSweeney Todd
2006 · Mrs Lovett
movieIsolation
2005 · Orla
movieGirl with a Pearl Earring
2003 · Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
movieThe Matrix Revolutions
2003 · Maggie
movieCode 46
2003 · Doctor
movieAfter the Deluge
2003 · Beth
tvAfter the Deluge
2003 · Beth
movieThe Matrix Reloaded
2003 · Maggie
movieThe Pact
2003 · Helene Davis
tvYoung Lions
2002 · Julie Morgan
movieThe Sound of One Hand Clapping
1998 · Jean
tvKings in Grass Castles
1998 · Mary Costello
movieThe Ripper
1997 · Evelyn Bookman
movieRiver Street
1997 · Wendy Davis
movieThe Two-Wheeled Time Machine
1997 · Young alice
movieBlackrock
1997 · Det. Gilhooley
movieLilian's Story
1996 · Zara
movieDad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
tvHalifax f.p.
1994 · Alison Blount
movieThe Custodian
1994 · Jilly
tvPlay School
1966 · Self
Unspeakable
— · Judith