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    Essie Davis

    1970-01-07 (54 years old) in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    ​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.

    Movies

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    Fungi: The Web of Life
    64 %|Mar 1, 2023
    Documentary
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    Nitram
    70 %|Sep 30, 2021
    Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama
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    The Justice of Bunny King
    72 %|Jul 29, 2021
    Drama
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    Babyteeth
    68.53 %|Jun 15, 2020
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
    61 %|Feb 27, 2020
    Drama, Adventure, Mystery
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    True History of the Kelly Gang
    59 %|Nov 23, 2019
    Crime, Drama, Western, Thriller
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    Assassin's Creed
    54.3 %|Dec 21, 2016
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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    Mindhorn
    61 %|Oct 9, 2016
    Comedy
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    The Babadook
    65.21 %|May 22, 2014
    Drama, Horror
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    A Poet in New York
    53 %|Apr 30, 2014
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Burning Man
    60.17 %|Sep 10, 2011
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    South Solitary
    69 %|Jul 29, 2010
    Drama
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    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
    68 %|Jul 10, 2010
    Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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    The Wedding Party
    52 %|Jan 1, 2010
    Comedy, Drama
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    Australia
    66 %|Nov 18, 2008
    Adventure, Romance, Drama
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    Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
    58 %|Mar 20, 2008
    Comedy, Drama
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    Charlotte's Web
    62.089999999999996 %|Dec 7, 2006
    Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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    The Silence
    60 %|Sep 8, 2006
    Crime, Mystery, TV Movie
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    Sweeney Todd
    63 %|Jan 3, 2006
    Drama, Horror, Thriller, Music
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    Isolation
    55 %|Sep 10, 2005
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Girl with a Pearl Earring
    66.01 %|Dec 12, 2003
    Drama, Romance
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    The Matrix Revolutions
    67 %|Nov 5, 2003
    Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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    Code 46
    62 %|Sep 2, 2003
    Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
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    After the Deluge
    0 %|Jun 15, 2003
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    The Matrix Reloaded
    70.53 %|May 15, 2003
    Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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    The Pact
    30 %|May 14, 2003
    Thriller, Action
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    The Sound of One Hand Clapping
    28 %|Apr 22, 1998
    Drama
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    The Ripper
    55 %|Dec 6, 1997
    TV Movie, Thriller, Horror
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    River Street
    0 %|Jul 17, 1997
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    The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
    50 %|Jun 1, 1997
    Fantasy, Drama
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    Blackrock
    60 %|May 1, 1997
    Drama, Thriller
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    Lilian's Story
    52 %|May 9, 1996
    Drama
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    Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
    50 %|Jul 20, 1995
    Comedy
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    The Custodian
    43 %|Mar 17, 1994
    Drama, Crime

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    One Day
    77 %|Feb 8, 2024
    Drama
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    Faraway Downs
    70 %|Nov 26, 2023
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Western
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    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
    75.72 %|Oct 25, 2022
    Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Lambs of God
    59 %|Jul 21, 2019
    Drama
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    The Last Post
    70 %|Oct 1, 2017
    Drama, War & Politics
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    Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
    70.6 %|Sep 17, 2017
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    The White Princess
    78.45 %|Apr 16, 2017
    Drama, War & Politics
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    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
    76.79 %|Feb 24, 2012
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Slap
    68 %|Oct 6, 2011
    Drama
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    Cloudstreet
    70 %|May 22, 2011
    Drama
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    After the Deluge
    47 %|Jun 15, 2003
    Drama
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    Alien: Earth
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Game of Thrones
    84.57000000000001 %|Apr 17, 2011
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Young Lions
    0 %|Jul 17, 2002
    Drama
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    Kings in Grass Castles
    100 %|Mar 28, 1998
    Drama
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    Halifax f.p.
    62 %|Oct 9, 1994
    Drama, Mystery
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    Play School
    0 %|Jan 1, 1966