
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/19/1970
Place of Birth
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Also Known As
Esther "Essie" DavisEssie Davies
Essie Davis
Biography
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 ...
Known For

The Matrix Reloaded
as Maggie

Isolation
as Orla

The Matrix Revolutions
as Maggie

Blackrock
as Det. Gilhooley

The Babadook
as Amelia Vanek

Sweeney Todd
as Mrs Lovett

The Silence
as Juliet Moore

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Marella (voice)

Charlotte's Web
as Mrs. Arable

River Street
as Wendy Davis

Mindhorn
as Patricia Deville

Burning Man
as Karen

Australia
as Katherine

The Pact
as Helene Davis

Babyteeth
as Anna

Nitram
as Helen

The Custodian
as Jilly

Assassin's Creed
as Mary Lynch

Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer

The Ripper
as Evelyn Bookman