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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.

  • Nacimiento: 1970-01-19, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,5 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • Juego de tronos (2011) — Lady Crane
  • Babadook (2014) — Amelia Vanek
  • Assassin's Creed (2016) — Mary Lynch
  • Matrix Revolutions (2003) — Maggie
  • Australia (2008) — Katherine
  • Matrix Reloaded (2003) — Maggie
  • Alien: Planeta Tierra (2025) — Dame Sylvia
  • La joven de la perla (2003) — Catharina Bolnes Vermeer

Filmografía

  • Unspeakable — Judith
  • Alien: Planeta Tierra (2025) — Dame Sylvia
  • El camino estrecho (2025) — Lynette Maison
  • Vinagre de manzana (2025) — Natalie Dal-Bello
  • Siempre el mismo día (2024) — Alison
  • Australia: Faraway Downs (2023) — Cath Carney
  • El gabinete de curiosidades de Guillermo del Toro (2022) — Nancy Bradley
  • Nitram (2021) — Helen
  • The Justice of Bunny King (2021) — Bunny King
  • El glorioso caos de la vida (2020) — Anna
  • Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020) — Phryne Fisher
  • La verdadera historia de la banda de Kelly (2019) — Ellen Kelly
  • Lambs of God (2019) — Sister Iphigenia
  • La última base (2017) — Martha Franklin
  • Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) — Vera Herrick
  • La princesa blanca (2017) — Elizabeth Woodville
  • Assassin's Creed (2016) — Mary Lynch
  • Mindhorn (2016) — Patricia Deville
  • Babadook (2014) — Amelia Vanek
  • A Poet in New York (2014) — Caitlin Thomas
  • Los misteriosos asesinatos de Miss Fisher (2012) — Phryne Fisher
  • The Slap (2011) — Anouk
  • Burning Man (2011) — Karen
  • Cloudstreet (2011) — Dolly Pickles
  • Juego de tronos (2011) — Lady Crane
  • South Solitary (2010) — Alma Stanley
  • Ga'Hoole: La leyenda de los guardianes (2010) — Marella (voz)
  • The Wedding Party (2010) — Jane
  • Australia (2008) — Katherine
  • Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008) — Grace Blueburger
  • La telaraña de Carlota (2006) — Mrs. Arable
  • The Silence (2006) — Juliet Moore
  • Sweeney Todd (2006) — Mrs Lovett
  • Experimento mortal (2005) — Orla
  • La joven de la perla (2003) — Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
  • Matrix Revolutions (2003) — Maggie
  • Código 46 (2003) — Doctor
  • After the Deluge (2003) — Beth
  • After the Deluge (2003) — Beth
  • Matrix Reloaded (2003) — Maggie
  • The Pact (2003) — Helene Davis
  • Young Lions (2002) — Julie Morgan
  • The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998) — Jean
  • Kings in Grass Castles (1998) — Mary Costello
  • El asesino de la noche (1997) — Evelyn Bookman
  • River Street (1997) — Wendy Davis
  • The Two-Wheeled Time Machine (1997) — Young alice
  • Blackrock (1997) — Det. Gilhooley
  • La vida de Lilian (1996) — Zara
  • Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
  • Halifax f.p. (1994) — Alison Blount
  • The Custodian (1994) — Jilly