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