Acting
Essie Davis
Born Jan 19, 1970 · 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.
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Acting
Alien: Earth
2025
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025
Drama · War & Politics
Apple Cider Vinegar
2025
Drama · Crime
One Day
2024
Drama
Faraway Downs
2023
Action & Adventure · Drama · Western
Fungi: The Web of Life
2023
Documentary
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Nitram
2021
Thriller · Crime · Drama
The Justice of Bunny King
2021
Drama
Babyteeth
2020
Drama · Comedy · Romance
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
Drama · Adventure · Mystery
True History of the Kelly Gang
2019
Crime · Drama · Western
Lambs of God
2019
Drama
The Last Post
2017
Drama · War & Politics
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
The White Princess
2017
Drama · War & Politics
Assassin's Creed
2016
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Mindhorn
2016
Comedy
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
2015
Documentary
The Babadook
2014
Drama · Horror
A Poet in New York
2014
Drama · TV Movie
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Slap
2011
Drama
Burning Man
2011
Drama · Romance
Cloudstreet
2011
Drama
Game of Thrones
2011
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Action & Adventure
South Solitary
2010
Drama
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
Animation · Adventure · Family
The Wedding Party
2010
Comedy · Drama
Australia
2008
Adventure · Romance · History
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
2008
Comedy · Drama
Charlotte's Web
2006
Comedy · Family · Fantasy
The Silence
2006
Crime · Mystery · TV Movie
Sweeney Todd
2006
Drama · Horror · Thriller
Isolation
2005
Horror · Science Fiction
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
Drama · Romance
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
Action · Thriller · Science Fiction
Code 46
2003
Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller
After the Deluge
2003
Drama · Romance · TV Movie
After the Deluge
2003
Drama
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
Action · Thriller · Science Fiction
The Pact
2003
Thriller · Action
Young Lions
2002
Drama
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
1998
Drama
Kings in Grass Castles
1998
Drama
The Ripper
1997
TV Movie · Thriller · Horror
River Street
1997
Comedy · Romance
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
1997
Fantasy · Drama
Blackrock
1997
Drama · Thriller
Lilian's Story
1996
Drama
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
Comedy
Halifax f.p.
1994
Drama · Mystery
The Custodian
1994
Drama · Crime