Acting • AGE 56
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...


Alien: Earth
Dame Sylvia
2025

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Lynette Maison
2025

Apple Cider Vinegar
Natalie Dal-Bello
2025

One Day
Alison
2024

Faraway Downs
Cath Carney
2023

Fungi: The Web of Life
Narrator (voice)
2023

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Nancy Bradley
2022

Nitram
Helen
2021

The Justice of Bunny King
Bunny King
2021

Babyteeth
Anna
2020

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Phryne Fisher
2020

True History of the Kelly Gang
Ellen Kelly
2019

Emu Runner
Thanks
2019

Lambs of God
Sister Iphigenia
2019

The Last Post
Martha Franklin
2017

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Vera Herrick
2017

The White Princess
Elizabeth Woodville
2017

Assassin's Creed
Mary Lynch
2016

Mindhorn
Patricia Deville
2016

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

The Babadook
Amelia Vanek
2014

A Poet in New York
Caitlin Thomas
2014

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Phryne Fisher
2012

The Slap
Anouk
2011

Burning Man
Karen
2011

Cloudstreet
Dolly Pickles
2011

Game of Thrones
Lady Crane
2011

South Solitary
Alma Stanley
2010

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Marella (voice)
2010

The Wedding Party
Jane
2010

Australia
Katherine
2008

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Grace Blueburger
2008

Charlotte's Web
Mrs. Arable
2006

The Silence
Juliet Moore
2006

Sweeney Todd
Mrs Lovett
2006

Isolation
Orla
2005

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
2003

The Matrix Revolutions
Maggie
2003

Code 46
Doctor
2003

After the Deluge
Beth
2003

After the Deluge
Beth
2003

The Matrix Reloaded
Maggie
2003

The Pact
Helene Davis
2003

Young Lions
Julie Morgan
2002

The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Jean
1998

Kings in Grass Castles
Mary Costello
1998

The Ripper
Evelyn Bookman
1997

River Street
Wendy Davis
1997

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
Young alice
1997

Blackrock
Det. Gilhooley
1997

Lilian's Story
Zara
1996

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995

Halifax f.p.
Alison Blount
1994

The Custodian
Jilly
1994

Play School
Self
1966