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Essie Davis
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Essie Davis

January 19, 1970 (age 56)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Female
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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…

Movies

36 credits
The Matrix Reloaded
★ 7.1
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The Matrix Reloaded
2003 as Maggie
The Matrix Revolutions
★ 6.7
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The Matrix Revolutions
2003 as Maggie
Code 46
★ 6.2
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Code 46
2003 as Doctor
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
★ 6.8
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 as Marella (voice)
The Babadook
★ 6.5
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The Babadook
2014 as Amelia Vanek
A Poet in New York
★ 5.3
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A Poet in New York
2014 as Caitlin Thomas
Mindhorn
★ 6.1
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Mindhorn
2016 as Patricia Deville
Australia
★ 6.6
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Australia
2008 as Katherine
Charlotte's Web
★ 6.2
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Charlotte's Web
2006 as Mrs. Arable
Assassin's Creed
★ 5.4
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Assassin's Creed
2016 as Mary Lynch
Burning Man
★ 5.9
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Burning Man
2011 as Karen
The Ripper
★ 5.3
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The Ripper
1997 as Evelyn Bookman
The Justice of Bunny King
★ 7.1
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The Justice of Bunny King
2021 as Bunny King
Sweeney Todd
★ 6.3
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Sweeney Todd
2006 as Mrs Lovett
Girl with a Pearl Earring
★ 6.6
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
★ 6.1
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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020 as Phryne Fisher
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
★ 5.0
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Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
The Pact
★ 3.0
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The Pact
2003 as Helene Davis
Nitram
★ 6.9
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Nitram
2021 as Helen
True History of the Kelly Gang
★ 5.9
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True History of the Kelly Gang
2019 as Ellen Kelly
After the Deluge
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After the Deluge
2003 as Beth
Blackrock
★ 5.3
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Blackrock
1997 as Det. Gilhooley
Isolation
★ 5.5
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Isolation
2005 as Orla
River Street
★ 1.0
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River Street
1997 as Wendy Davis
Babyteeth
★ 6.9
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Babyteeth
2020 as Anna
Fungi: The Web of Life
★ 6.5
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Fungi: The Web of Life
2023 as Narrator (voice)
South Solitary
★ 6.9
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South Solitary
2010 as Alma Stanley
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
★ 2.8
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The Sound of One Hand Clapping
1998 as Jean
The Silence
★ 6.0
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The Silence
2006 as Juliet Moore
Lilian's Story
★ 4.4
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Lilian's Story
1996 as Zara

TV Shows

18 credits
Game of Thrones TV
★ 8.5
Action & Adventure, Drama
2011 Action & Adventure, Drama
Alien: Earth TV
★ 7.3
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
2025 Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries TV
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012 as Phryne Fisher
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities TV
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022 as Nancy Bradley
One Day TV
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One Day
2024 as Alison
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams TV
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 as Vera Herrick
Faraway Downs TV
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Faraway Downs
2023 as Cath Carney
Play School TV
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Play School
1966 as Self
The White Princess TV
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The White Princess
2017 as Elizabeth Woodville
Young Lions TV
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Young Lions
2002 as Julie Morgan
Halifax f.p. TV
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Halifax f.p.
1994 as Alison Blount
The Last Post TV
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The Last Post
2017 as Martha Franklin
Apple Cider Vinegar TV
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Apple Cider Vinegar
2025 as Natalie Dal-Bello
The Slap TV
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The Slap
2011 as Anouk
Lambs of God TV
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Lambs of God
2019 as Sister Iphigenia
Kings in Grass Castles TV
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Kings in Grass Castles
1998 as Mary Costello
After the Deluge TV
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After the Deluge
2003 as Beth
Cloudstreet TV
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Cloudstreet
2011 as Dolly Pickles