Acting
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 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
Alien: Earth
Series · 2025
Apple Cider Vinegar
Series · 2025
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Series · 2025
One Day
Series · 2024
Fungi: The Web of Life
Film · 2023
Faraway Downs
Series · 2023
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Series · 2022
The Justice of Bunny King
Film · 2021
Nitram
Film · 2021
Babyteeth
Film · 2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Film · 2020
True History of the Kelly Gang
Film · 2019
Lambs of God
Series · 2019
The Last Post
Series · 2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Series · 2017
The White Princess
Series · 2017
Mindhorn
Film · 2016
Assassin's Creed
Film · 2016
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
Film · 2015
The Babadook
Film · 2014
A Poet in New York
Film · 2014
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Series · 2012
Burning Man
Film · 2011
Cloudstreet
Series · 2011
The Slap
Series · 2011
Game of Thrones
Series · 2011
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Film · 2010
South Solitary
Film · 2010
The Wedding Party
Film · 2010
Australia
Film · 2008
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Film · 2008
Charlotte's Web
Film · 2006
Sweeney Todd
Film · 2006
The Silence
Film · 2006
Isolation
Film · 2005
The Matrix Reloaded
Film · 2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Film · 2003
After the Deluge
Film · 2003
The Pact
Film · 2003
Code 46
Film · 2003
The Matrix Revolutions
Film · 2003
After the Deluge
Series · 2003
Young Lions
Series · 2002
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Film · 1998
Kings in Grass Castles
Series · 1998
Blackrock
Film · 1997
The Ripper
Film · 1997
River Street
Film · 1997
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
Film · 1997
Lilian's Story
Film · 1996
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Film · 1995
The Custodian
Film · 1994
Halifax f.p.
Series · 1994
Play School
Series · 1966
Unspeakable
Film