Essie Davis
Known for Acting · 54 credits
- Born
- 1970-01-19 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as
- Esther "Essie" Davis · Essie Davies
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 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.
Known For
TV Shows (18)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Lady Crane
Alien: Earth
2025
as Dame Sylvia
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
as Phryne Fisher
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Nancy Bradley
Halifax f.p.
1994
as Alison Blount
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
as Vera Herrick
One Day
2024
as Alison
Faraway Downs
2023
as Cath Carney
The White Princess
2017
as Elizabeth Woodville
Lambs of God
2019
as Sister Iphigenia
Apple Cider Vinegar
2025
as Natalie Dal-Bello
The Last Post
2017
as Martha Franklin
Young Lions
2002
as Julie Morgan
The Slap
2011
as Anouk
Play School
1966
as Self
After the Deluge
2003
as Beth
Cloudstreet
2011
as Dolly Pickles
Kings in Grass Castles
1998
as Mary Costello
Movies (36)
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Maggie
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Maggie
The Babadook
2014
as Amelia Vanek
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Marella (voice)
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Mary Lynch
Charlotte's Web
2006
as Mrs. Arable
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
Australia
2008
as Katherine
Code 46
2003
as Doctor
Mindhorn
2016
as Patricia Deville
Sweeney Todd
2006
as Mrs Lovett
True History of the Kelly Gang
2019
as Ellen Kelly
Babyteeth
2020
as Anna
Nitram
2021
as Helen
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
as Phryne Fisher
Blackrock
1997
as Det. Gilhooley
Burning Man
2011
as Karen
Isolation
2005
as Orla
The Custodian
1994
as Jilly
South Solitary
2010
as Alma Stanley
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
2008
as Grace Blueburger
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
After the Deluge
2003
as Beth
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
1998
as Jean
The Wedding Party
2010
as Jane
The Justice of Bunny King
2021
as Bunny King
The Ripper
1997
as Evelyn Bookman
Lilian's Story
1996
as Zara
The Silence
2006
as Juliet Moore
A Poet in New York
2014
as Caitlin Thomas
River Street
1997
as Wendy Davis
The Pact
2003
as Helene Davis
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
1997
as Young alice
Fungi: The Web of Life
2023
as Narrator (voice)
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
2015
as Self
Unspeakable
as Judith
About 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… With 54 credits spanning from 1966 to 2025, Essie Davis has appeared in 36 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Essie Davis Movies
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) — as Maggie
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003) — as Maggie
- The Babadook (2014) — as Amelia Vanek
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) — as Marella (voice)
- Assassin's Creed (2016) — as Mary Lynch
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