Essie Davis
Acting
Born: 1970-01-19 · Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Fungi: The Web of Life
2023
Narrator (voice)
Nitram
2021
Helen
The Justice of Bunny King
2021
Bunny King
Babyteeth
2020
Anna
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
Phryne Fisher
True History of the Kelly Gang
2019
Ellen Kelly
Assassin's Creed
2016
Mary Lynch
Mindhorn
2016
Patricia Deville
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
2015
Self
The Babadook
2014
Amelia Vanek
A Poet in New York
2014
Caitlin Thomas
Burning Man
2011
Karen
South Solitary
2010
Alma Stanley
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
Marella (voice)
The Wedding Party
2010
Jane
Australia
2008
Katherine
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
2008
Grace Blueburger
Charlotte's Web
2006
Mrs. Arable
The Silence
2006
Juliet Moore
Sweeney Todd
2006
Mrs Lovett
📺 TV Shows (18)
Alien: Earth
2025
Dame Sylvia
Apple Cider Vinegar
2025
Natalie Dal-Bello
One Day
2024
Alison
Faraway Downs
2023
Cath Carney
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
Nancy Bradley
Lambs of God
2019
Sister Iphigenia
The Last Post
2017
Martha Franklin
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
Vera Herrick
The White Princess
2017
Elizabeth Woodville
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
Phryne Fisher
The Slap
2011
Anouk
Cloudstreet
2011
Dolly Pickles
Game of Thrones
2011
Lady Crane
After the Deluge
2003
Beth
Young Lions
2002
Julie Morgan
Kings in Grass Castles
1998
Mary Costello
Halifax f.p.
1994
Alison Blount
Play School
1966
Self