Essie Davis

Essie Davis

Birthday: 1970-01-07

Place of birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Also known as: Esther "Essie" Davis, Essie Davies

imdb_id: nm0204583

Biography:

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. She has recently completed filming the movie Australia with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, directed by Baz Luhrmann. In 2008 Davis played Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She returned to Tasmania to launch the "The Tasmanian Theatre Company" in 2008 and help support local theatre whilst encouraging youth to continue participating in the arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Essie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

The Justice of Bunny King

Score: 7.2

The Matrix Reloaded

Score: 7.1

Nitram

Score: 7.0

Babyteeth

Score: 6.9

South Solitary

Score: 6.9

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Score: 6.8

The Matrix Revolutions

Score: 6.7

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Score: 6.6

Australia

Score: 6.6

The Babadook

Score: 6.5

Fungi: The Web of Life

Score: 6.3

Sweeney Todd

Score: 6.3

Code 46

Score: 6.2

Charlotte's Web

Score: 6.2

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Score: 6.1

Mindhorn

Score: 6.1

Burning Man

Score: 6.0

The Silence

Score: 6.0

Blackrock

Score: 6.0

True History of the Kelly Gang

Score: 5.9

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

Score: 5.8

The Ripper

Score: 5.5

Isolation

Score: 5.5

Assassin's Creed

Score: 5.4

They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook

Score: 5.3

A Poet in New York

Score: 5.3

Lilian's Story

Score: 5.2

The Wedding Party

Score: 5.2

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

Score: 5.0

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

Score: 5.0

The Custodian

Score: 4.3

The Pact

Score: 3.0

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Score: 2.8

River Street

Score: 0.0

After the Deluge

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Kings in Grass Castles

Score: 10.0

Game of Thrones

Score: 8.5

The White Princess

Score: 7.8

One Day

Score: 7.7

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Score: 7.7

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Score: 7.5

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Score: 7.1

Cloudstreet

Score: 7.0

Faraway Downs

Score: 6.9

The Last Post

Score: 6.9

Apple Cider Vinegar

Score: 6.7

The Slap

Score: 6.7

Halifax f.p.

Score: 6.2

Lambs of God

Score: 5.8

After the Deluge

Score: 4.7

Young Lions

Score: 0.0

Play School

Score: 0.0

Alien: Earth

Score: 0.0