Essie Davis
Biography
Essie Davis is an Australian actress who trained at NIDA in Sydney and began her career with the Bell Shakespeare company, playing Juliet in its 1993 Romeo and Juliet. Her screen work started with Dad and Dave: On Our Selection, and she later appeared in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and Australia (2008). In London she won a 2003 Laurence Olivier Award as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, and her Broadway role in Jumpers earned a Tony nomination. She is best known for Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, reprised in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020), and for The Babadook (2014), which brought AACTA and Fangoria Chainsaw Award nominations. Her other work includes Lady Crane on Game of Thrones, Sister Iphigenia in Lambs of God, Ellen Kelly in True History of the Kelly Gang (2019), and Babyteeth (2020).
56years old
Turns 57 on January 19in 93 days
- Born Hobart
- Star sign: CapricornLast day of the sign, on the Aquarius cusp
- Esther Davis (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 25 years1996 to 2021
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First role
As a child, Davis acted in community theater. She first took the stage at Hobart's Theatre Royal when she was five, in the role of a moonbeam.
Big break
Straight out of NIDA, Davis was cast as Juliet in the Bell Shakespeare company's 1993 production of Romeo and Juliet, which began her acting career.
Behind the award
In 2003, Davis took home the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress. She earned it as Stella Kowalski, playing alongside Glenn Close in Trevor Nunn's National Theatre staging of A Streetcar Named Desire in London.
Behind the camera
Davis returned to Tasmania in 2008 to launch the Tasmanian Theatre Company, supporting local theater and encouraging youth to keep participating in the arts.
Essie Davis movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Justin Kurzel directed three of these films. Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Justin KurzelDirector, 3 films, 2016 to 2021
All films by Justin Kurzel
Also two films together3 more actors
- Sean KeenanNitram (2021) and True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
- Emily BarclayBabyteeth (2020) and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
- Ian BlissMiss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Essie Davis's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.1 billion
9 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$425M40.0% of the total
- 2$241M22.7% of the total
- 3$212M19.9% of the total
- 4$140M13.2% of the total
- 5$33M3.1% of the total
- 6$10M1.0% of the total
- 7$989K0.1% of the total
- 8$471K0.0% of the total
$278,056from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Six awards and honors from 2003 to 2021.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2021 | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nitram | Won |
| 2020 | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Babyteeth | Won |
| 2015 | Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress | The Babadook | Won |
| 2014 | Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award | The Babadook | Won |
| 2003 | AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama | After the Deluge | Won |
| 2003 | Laurence Olivier Awards | A Streetcar Named Desire | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.