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Essie Davis

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.


Aliases
  • Essie Davies
English

The White Princess

2017
as Elizabeth Woodville, Dowager Queen

The Babadook

2014
as Amelia Vanek

Assassin's Creed

2016
as Mary Lynch

Australia

2008
as Katherine

Charlotte's Web

2006
as Mrs. Arable

Babyteeth

2019
as Anna

Girl with a Pearl Earring

2004
as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

2008
as Grace Blueburger

One Day (2024)

2024
as Alison Mayhew

Burning Man

2011
as Karen

The Slap

2011
as Anouk

South Solitary

2010
as Alma Stanley

Blackrock

1997
as Det.Gilhooley

Sweeney Todd

2006
as Mrs Lovett

Lambs of God

2019
as Sister Iphigenia

Andorra

as Nancy Quay

Cloudstreet

2011
as Dolly Pickles

Code 46

2003
as Doctor

River Street

1996
as Wendy Davis

The Custodian

1993
as Jilly

Mindhorn

2016
as Patricia Deville

Isolation

2005
as Orla

Alien: Earth

as Dame Silvia

Nitram

2021
as Helen

The Silence

2006
as Juliet Moore

Guest Star

Episode Play School (1966)
Once Upon A Time (Monday)
2011
Episode Play School (1966)
Once Upon A Time (Wednesday)
2011
Episode Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
The Murmuring
2022
Episode True Story With Hamish And Andy
Carol
2018