Essie Davis

Q: Has Essie Davis won any awards?

Essie Davis has received several awards, including AACTA Awards for her performances in film and television, highlighting her talent in the industry.

Q: What was Essie Davis's first film?

Essie Davis made her film debut in 'The Matrix' in 1999, where she played a minor role, marking the beginning of her successful career.

Q: Which genres is Essie Davis most associated with?

Essie Davis is primarily associated with drama and horror genres, showcasing her ability to convey deep emotions and complex characters.

Q: Is Essie Davis involved in any charitable work?

Yes, Essie Davis is an advocate for animal rights and supports various organizations dedicated to animal welfare and conservation.

Q: What is Essie Davis's estimated net worth?

Essie Davis's estimated net worth is around $2 million, reflecting her successful career in the entertainment industry.

Q: What are some of Essie Davis's television highlights?

Essie Davis starred in the acclaimed series 'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries,' which earned her widespread recognition and a dedicated fanbase.

Q: What is notable about Essie Davis's acting style?

Essie Davis is known for her powerful emotional range and ability to portray complex characters, often leaving a lasting impact on audiences.

Known for

The Babadook (2014)

IMDb 6.8 / 10

2014 / Drama, Horror / 94 min

A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but...

Australia (2008)

IMDb 6.6 / 10

2008 / Adventure, Comedy / 165 min

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to...

Game of Thrones (2011–2019)

IMDb 9.2 / 10

2011–2019 / Action, Adventure / 57 min

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...

Name

Essie Davis

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

7 January 1970, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Spouses

Damien Duffy (2002–present)

Children

2, Stella Duffy, and a second child whose name is not publicly known.

Parents

Simon Davis, and a mother whose name is not publicly known.

Estimated Net Worth

$2 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	TV Alien: Earth When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers...	Dame Sylvia	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2025	TV Apple Cider Vinegar Two young women advocate for wellness remedies to cure deadly illnesses, unraveling their lives as they unknowingly — and knowingly...	Natalie Dal-Bello	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2024	TV One Day After spending graduation night together, Emma and Dexter go their separate ways — but their lives remain intertwined.	Alison	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2023	TV Faraway Downs The story of an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley, who inherits a large cattle ranch in Australia after her husband...	Cath Carney	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Fungi: The Web of Life Much of life on Earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand....	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2022	TV Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.	Nancy Bradley	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	Movie Nitram Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of...	Helen	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie The Justice of Bunny King Bunny King is a mother of two, a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to...	Bunny King	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2020	Movie Babyteeth A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.	Anna	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2020	Movie Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police...	Phryne Fisher	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	Movie True History of the Kelly Gang Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly...	Ellen Kelly	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2019	TV Lambs of God A dark, gothic tale about three nuns, each a generation apart, living in an isolated convent by the coast, and...	Sister Iphigenia	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2017	TV The Last Post Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with...	Martha Franklin	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2017	TV Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.	Vera Herrick	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	TV The White Princess The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based...	Elizabeth Woodville	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2016	Movie Assassin's Creed Through a technology that unlocks the genetic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is...	Mary Lynch	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	Movie Mindhorn A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with...	Patricia Deville	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook A short documentary about the making of Jennifer Kent's 'The Babadook'.	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2014	Movie The Babadook A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests...	Amelia Vanek	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2014	Movie A Poet in New York In 1953 Dylan Thomas went to New York for the last time, his marriage a wreck, his drinking out of...	Caitlin Thomas	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	TV Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl...	Phryne Fisher	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2011	TV The Slap At an Australian backyard BBQ, amongst alcohol, friendship and a children's cricket game, a man slaps a child who is...	Anouk	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	Movie Burning Man Tom is a British chef in a Bondi restaurant who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules...	Karen	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2011	TV Cloudstreet Cloudstreet is an Australian television drama miniseries for the Showcase subscription television channel, which first screened from 22 May 2011,...	Dolly Pickles	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2011	TV Game of Thrones Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war....	Lady Crane	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2010	Movie South Solitary Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with her uncle the new...	Alma Stanley	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2010	Movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the...	Marella (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	Movie The Wedding Party When Steve's secret marriage of convenience is discovered by his family, he finds himself at the centre of the world's...	Jane	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie Australia Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a...	Katherine	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	Movie Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger With help from a new friend, a misfit at a fancy private school secretly enrolls at a public school as...	Grace Blueburger	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2006	Movie Charlotte's Web Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will...	Mrs. Arable	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2006	Movie The Silence A police officer reassigned to curate a photography exhibition finds links between a series of murders.	Juliet Moore	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2006	Movie Sweeney Todd A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 19th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who...	Mrs Lovett	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2005	Movie Isolation On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.	Orla	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2003	Movie Girl with a Pearl Earring This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the...	Catharina Bolnes Vermeer	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2003	Movie The Matrix Revolutions The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the...	Maggie	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2003	Movie Code 46 In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic...	Doctor	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2003	TV After the Deluge Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to...	Beth	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2003	Movie After the Deluge Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to...	Beth	Not rated
2003	Movie The Matrix Reloaded The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo...	Maggie	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2003	Movie The Pact	Helene Davis	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2002	TV Young Lions Young Lions was an Australian TV police drama broadcast on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ...	Julie Morgan	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1998	Movie The Sound of One Hand Clapping Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life...	Jean	TMDB 3.6 / 10
1998	TV Kings in Grass Castles The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century. Based on a...	Mary Costello	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1997	Movie The Ripper It is 1888, and London is in the grip of one of the most gruesome and mysterious crime sprees in...	Evelyn Bookman	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1997	Movie River Street Ben, an arrogant, hustling property developer is wrongly arrested and things from bad to worse when he accidentally punches a...	Wendy Davis	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1997	Movie The Two-Wheeled Time Machine Henry Howard discovers a way to stay young forever, but life doesn't seem worth living without his childhood sweetheart Alice....	Young alice	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1997	Movie Blackrock In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for...	Det. Gilhooley	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1996	Movie Lilian's Story For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually...	Zara	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1995	Movie Dad and Dave: On Our Selection Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1994	TV Halifax f.p. Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca...	Alison Blount	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1994	Movie The Custodian Detective James Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose...	Jilly	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1966	TV Play School Play School is an Australian Gold Logie award winning educational television show for children produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie Unspeakable A young mother, Lil, struggles to connect with her newborn baby. Ashamed and exhausted, she tells no one. An ancient...	Judith	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2020	Movie Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police...	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	Movie Emu Runner A spirited young girl in small town Australia forms a meaningful bond with a wild emu as she tries to...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 5.5 / 10

Fungi: The Web of Life

2023 / TMDB 6.5

Nitram

2021 / TMDB 6.9

The Justice of Bunny King

2021 / TMDB 7.2

Babyteeth

2020 / TMDB 6.9

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

2020 / TMDB 6.1

True History of the Kelly Gang

2019 / TMDB 5.9

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Got a question about Essie Davis?

What are Essie Davis's most notable film roles?

Essie Davis is best known for her role in 'The Babadook' and her performances in 'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' and 'Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.'

Has Essie Davis won any awards?

What was Essie Davis's first film?

Which genres is Essie Davis most associated with?

Is Essie Davis involved in any charitable work?

What is Essie Davis's estimated net worth?

What are some of Essie Davis's television highlights?

What is notable about Essie Davis's acting style?