Essie Davis

Essie Davis

​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.

  • Title: Essie Davis
  • Popularity: 10.488
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1970-01-07
  • Place of Birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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  • Also Known As: Esther "Essie" Davis, Essie Davies
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Essie Davis Movies

  • 2003
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    The Matrix Reloaded

    The Matrix Reloaded

    7.052 2003 HD

    Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed...

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  • 2003
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    Girl with a Pearl Earring

    Girl with a Pearl Earring

    6.6 2003 HD

    This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl...

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  • 1997
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    Blackrock

    Blackrock

    6 1997 HD

    In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates...

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  • 2008
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    Australia

    Australia

    6.6 2008 HD

    Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to...

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  • 2005
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    Isolation

    Isolation

    5.5 2005 HD

    On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.

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  • 2006
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    Charlotte's Web

    Charlotte's Web

    6.205 2006 HD

    Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with...

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  • 2010
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    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

    6.8 2010 HD

    When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

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  • 2006
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    Sweeney Todd

    Sweeney Todd

    6.3 2006 HD

    A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 18th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of...

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  • 2008
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    Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

    Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

    5.8 2008 HD

    This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out -...

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  • 2010
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    South Solitary

    South Solitary

    6.9 2010 HD

    Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with her uncle the new head keeper.

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  • 2011
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    Burning Man

    Burning Man

    6.017 2011 HD

    An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by...

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  • 2003
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    After the Deluge

    After the Deluge

    1 2003 HD

    Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries...

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  • 2010
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    The Wedding Party

    The Wedding Party

    5.2 2010 HD

    When Steve's secret marriage of convenience is discovered by his family, he finds himself at the centre of the world's most farcical wedding, the...

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  • 2003
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    The Pact

    The Pact

    3 2003 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Ripper

    The Ripper

    5.5 1997 HD

    It is 1888, and London is in the grip of one of the most gruesome and mysterious crime sprees in history. Under extreme pressure from the Royal...

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  • 2014
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    The Babadook

    The Babadook

    6.5 2014 HD

    A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a...

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  • 1996
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    Lilian's Story

    Lilian's Story

    5.2 1996 HD

    For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and...

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  • 2014
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    A Poet in New York

    A Poet in New York

    5.3 2014 HD

    In 1953 Dylan Thomas went to New York for the last time, his marriage a wreck, his drinking out of control. He was on his way to meet Stravinsky and...

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  • 1994
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    The Custodian

    The Custodian

    4.3 1994 HD

    Detective James Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt...

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  • 1997
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    River Street

    River Street

    1 1997 HD

    Ben, an arrogant, hustling property developer is wrongly arrested and things from bad to worse when he accidentally punches a policeman at the...

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  • 2003
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    Code 46

    Code 46

    6.2 2003 HD

    In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic...

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  • 2015
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    They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook

    They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook

    5.3 2015 HD

    A short documentary about the making of Jennifer Kent's 'The Babadook'.

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  • 2006
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    The Silence

    The Silence

    6 2006 HD

    A police officer reassigned to curate a photography exhibition finds links between a series of murders.

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  • 2016
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    Mindhorn

    Mindhorn

    6.08 2016 HD

    A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer...

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  • 2010
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    The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg

    The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg

    1 2010 HD

    Lotte and Ned have a problem. The wunderkind director of their theatre company, Bryce Kransky, pulls out of directing an adaptation of Chekhov's...

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  • 2016
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    Assassin's Creed

    Assassin's Creed

    5.429 2016 HD

    Through unlocked genetic memories that allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he's a...

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  • 2023
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    Fungi: The Web of Life

    Fungi: The Web of Life

    6.4 2023 HD

    Much of life on Earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand. Out of sight, between the world of plants...

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  • 2019
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    True History of the Kelly Gang

    True History of the Kelly Gang

    5.9 2019 HD

    Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of...

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  • 2020
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    Babyteeth

    Babyteeth

    6.8 2020 HD

    A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.

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  • 2020
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    Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

    Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

    6.1 2020 HD

    After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective...

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  • 1995
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    Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

    Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

    5 1995 HD

    Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament

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  • 1997
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    The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

    The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

    5 1997 HD

    Henry Howard discovers a way to stay young forever, but life doesn't seem worth living without his childhood sweetheart Alice. Risking old age, Henry...

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  • 1998
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    The Sound of One Hand Clapping

    The Sound of One Hand Clapping

    2.8 1998 HD

    Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life in a...

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  • 2003
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    The Matrix Revolutions

    The Matrix Revolutions

    6.727 2003 HD

    The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing...

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  • 2021
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    The Justice of Bunny King

    The Justice of Bunny King

    7.2 2021 HD

    Bunny King is a mother of two, a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to reunite with her children, a confrontation leads...

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  • 2021
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    Nitram

    Nitram

    7 2021 HD

    Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never...

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  • 2020
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    Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

    Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

    6.1 2020 HD

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  • 2019
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    Emu Runner

    Emu Runner

    5 2019 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Last Post

    The Last Post

    7 2017 HD

    Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with the challenges of politics, love...

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  • 2003
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    After the Deluge

    After the Deluge

    4.7 2003 HD

    Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries...

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  • 2012
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    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

    7.7 2012 HD

    Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and...

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  • 2011
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    Cloudstreet

    Cloudstreet

    7 2011 HD

    Cloudstreet is an Australian television drama miniseries for the Showcase subscription television channel, which first screened from 22 May 2011, in...

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  • 2011
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    The Slap

    The Slap

    6.8 2011 HD

    When a man slaps a 4-year-old boy, the incident results in an intense court case.

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  • 1970
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    Alien: Earth

    Alien: Earth

    1 1970 HD

    When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them...

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  • 2011
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    Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones

    8.456 2011 HD

    Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...

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  • 2017
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    Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

    Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

    7.1 2017 HD

    A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.

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  • 1998
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    Kings in Grass Castles

    Kings in Grass Castles

    10 1998 HD

    The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.

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  • 2024
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    One Day

    One Day

    7.829 2024 HD

    After spending graduation night together, Emma and Dexter go their separate ways — but their lives remain intertwined.

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  • 2023
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    Faraway Downs

    Faraway Downs

    6.981 2023 HD

    The story of an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley, who inherits a large cattle ranch in Australia after her husband dies. When Australian cattle...

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  • 2022
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    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

    7.582 2022 HD

    Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

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  • 1966
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    Play School

    Play School

    1 1966 HD

    Play School is an Australian Gold Logie award winning educational television show for children produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

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  • 2019
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    Lambs of God

    Lambs of God

    5.9 2019 HD

    A dark, gothic tale about three nuns, each a generation apart, living in an isolated convent by the coast, and an unwelcome visitor who enters their...

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  • 1994
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    Halifax f.p.

    Halifax f.p.

    6.2 1994 HD

    Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane...

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  • 2002
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    Young Lions

    Young Lions

    1 2002 HD

    Young Lions was an Australian TV police drama broadcast on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ Two.The series was based around the...

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  • 2017
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    The White Princess

    The White Princess

    7.8 2017 HD

    The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book...

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