Essie Davis
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Geoffre...
Known For
Filmography
Alien: Earth
2025
as Dame Sylvia
Apple Cider Vinegar
2025
as Natalie Dal-Bello
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025
as Lynette Maison
One Day
2024
as Alison
Fungi: The Web of Life
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Faraway Downs
2023
as Cath Carney
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Nancy Bradley
The Justice of Bunny King
2021
as Bunny King
Nitram
2021
as Helen
Babyteeth
2020
as Anna
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
as Phryne Fisher
True History of the Kelly Gang
2019
as Ellen Kelly
Lambs of God
2019
as Sister Iphigenia
The Last Post
2017
as Martha Franklin
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
as Vera Herrick
The White Princess
2017
as Elizabeth Woodville
Mindhorn
2016
as Patricia Deville
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Mary Lynch
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
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
as Phryne Fisher
Burning Man
2011
as Karen
Cloudstreet
2011
as Dolly Pickles
The Slap
2011
as Anouk
Game of Thrones
2011
as Lady Crane
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Marella (voice)
South Solitary
2010
as Alma Stanley
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
Sweeney Todd
2006
as Mrs Lovett
The Silence
2006
as Juliet Moore
Isolation
2005
as Orla
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Maggie
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
After the Deluge
2003
as Beth
The Pact
2003
as Helene Davis
Code 46
2003
as Doctor
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Maggie
After the Deluge
2003
as Beth
Young Lions
2002
as Julie Morgan
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
1998
as Jean
Kings in Grass Castles
1998
as Mary Costello
Blackrock
1997
as Det. Gilhooley
The Ripper
1997
as Evelyn Bookman
River Street
1997
as Wendy Davis
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
1997
as Young alice
Lilian's Story
1996
as Zara
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
The Custodian
1994
as Jilly
Halifax f.p.
1994
as Alison Blount
Play School
1966
as Self