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Essie Davis
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Essie Davis
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1970-01-07,Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

The Matrix Reloaded

7.056

The Matrix Reloaded
2003-05-15

Girl with a Pearl Earring

6.6

Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003-12-12

6

Blackrock
1997-05-01

6.6

Australia
2008-11-18

5.5

Isolation
2005-09-10

Charlotte's Web

6.216

Charlotte's Web
2006-12-07

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

6.81

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010-07-10

6.318

Sweeney Todd
2006-01-03

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

5.8

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
2008-03-20

6.9

South Solitary
2010-07-29

5.984

Burning Man
2011-09-10

After the Deluge

0

After the Deluge
2003-06-15

The Wedding Party

5.2

The Wedding Party
2010-01-01

3

The Pact
2003-05-14

5.5

The Ripper
1997-12-06

6.519

The Babadook
2014-05-22

5.2

Lilian's Story
1996-05-09

A Poet in New York

5.3

A Poet in New York
2014-04-30

4.3

The Custodian
1994-03-17

0

River Street
1997-07-17

6.232

Code 46
2003-09-02

They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook

5.3

They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
2015-02-16

6

The Silence
2006-09-08

6.1

Mindhorn
2016-10-09

Assassin's Creed

5.4

Assassin's Creed
2016-12-21

Fungi: The Web of Life

6.5

Fungi: The Web of Life
2023-03-01

True History of the Kelly Gang

5.9

True History of the Kelly Gang
2019-11-23

6.872

Babyteeth
2020-06-15

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

6.119

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020-02-27

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

5

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995-07-20

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

5

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
1997-06-01

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

2.8

The Sound of One Hand Clapping
1998-04-22

The Matrix Revolutions

6.732

The Matrix Revolutions
2003-11-05

The Justice of Bunny King

7.2

The Justice of Bunny King
2021-07-29

7

Nitram
2021-09-30

6.9

The Last Post
2017-10-01

After the Deluge

4.7

After the Deluge
2003-06-15

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

7.7

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012-02-24

7

Cloudstreet
2011-05-22

6.8

The Slap
2011-10-06

0

Alien: Earth

Game of Thrones

8.456

Game of Thrones
2011-04-17

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

7.1

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017-09-17

Kings in Grass Castles

10

Kings in Grass Castles
1998-03-28

7.7

One Day
2024-02-08

6.9

Faraway Downs
2023-11-26

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

7.5

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022-10-25

0

Play School
1966-01-01

5.8

Lambs of God
2019-07-21

6.2

Halifax f.p.
1994-10-09

0

Young Lions
2002-07-17

The White Princess

7.8

The White Princess
2017-04-16

Apple Cider Vinegar

6.6

Apple Cider Vinegar
2025-02-06