Essie Davis Biography

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Essie Davis is an Australian actress. Born and bred in 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, Australia. Her career shot off after her role in the all Australian movie Dad and Dave; On Our Selection, also starting 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. In 2005 she appeared as Mrs. Nellie Lovett in the BBC production of Sweeney Todd with Ray Winstone.

Filmography

• Charlotte's Web (2006) (post-production)
  
• Sweeney Todd (2006) (TV) .... Mrs. Nellie Lovett
  
• The Silence (2005) .... Juliet Moore
  
• Isolation (2005) .... Orla
  
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003) .... Maggie
  
• Code 46 (2003) .... Doctor
  
• Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) .... Catharina Vermeer
  
• Temptation (2003) (TV) .... Julie
  
• After the Deluge (2003) (TV miniseries) .... Beth
  
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003) .... Maggie
  
• Enter the Matrix (2003) (video game) .... Maggie
  
• Young Lions
  
  • "Mardi Gras" (2002) .... Julie Morgan
    
  • Episode #1.2 (2002) .... Julie Morgan
    
  
  
• The Pact (2002) .... Helene Davis
  
• Corridors of Power
  
  • Episode #1.4 (2001) .... Sophie
    
  
  
• Halifax f.p: The Spider and the Fly (2000) (TV) .... Alison Blount
  
• Murder Call
  
  • "Deadfall" (1998) .... Judy St. John
    
  
  
• Kings in Grass Castles (1998) (TV miniseries).... Mary Costello
  
• The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998) .... Jean
  
• The Ripper (1997) (TV) .... Evelyn Bookman
  
• The Two-Wheeled Time Machine (1997) .... Young Alice
  
• Water Rats
  
  • "Dead or Alive" (1997) .... Senior Detective Nicola Bourke
    
  • "Blood Trail" (1997) .... Senior Detective Nicola Bourke
    
  
  
• Blackrock (1997) .... Det.Gilhooley
  
• River Street (1996) .... Wendy
  
• Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995) .... Kate
  
• Lilian's Story (1995) .... Zara
  
• The Custodian (1993) .... Jilly
  

External links

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• Article about her Laurence Olivier Award
  
• Article on Essie Davis
  

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