Essie Davis

About

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...

Known for

Game of ThronesSeries • 2011Alien: EarthSeries • 2025The Matrix ReloadedMovie • 2003Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesSeries • 2012The Matrix RevolutionsMovie • 2003Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesSeries • 2022Halifax f.p.Series • 1994The BabadookMovie • 2014Philip K. Dick's Electric DreamsSeries • 2017Faraway DownsSeries • 2023Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMovie • 2010One DaySeries • 2024Assassin's CreedMovie • 2016Charlotte's WebMovie • 2006The White PrincessSeries • 2017AustraliaMovie • 2008The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthSeries • 2025Girl with a Pearl EarringMovie • 2003Apple Cider VinegarSeries • 2025The SlapSeries • 2011True History of the Kelly GangMovie • 2019BabyteethMovie • 2020Lambs of GodSeries • 2019The Last PostSeries • 2017