Essie Davis

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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.

Most Popular Essie Davis Trailers

Total trailers found: 36

The Matrix Reloaded Trailer (2003)

15 May 2003

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion.

The Matrix Revolutions Trailer (2003)

05 November 2003

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

The Silence Trailer (2006)

08 September 2006

A police officer reassigned to curate a photography exhibition finds links between a series of murders.

The Babadook Trailer (2014)

22 May 2014

A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.

The Pact Trailer (2003)

14 May 2003

After the Deluge Trailer (2003)

15 June 2003

Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-start his faded music career as well as find a meaningful relationship with someone his own age, all three must come to terms with their father's mental state.

The Custodian Trailer (1994)

17 March 1994

Detective James Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him.

Assassin's Creed Trailer (2016)

21 December 2016

Through a technology that unlocks the genetic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient line of Assassins and amasses lethal skills to take on the oppressive Templar Order.

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

10 July 2010

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

Girl with a Pearl Earring Trailer (2003)

12 December 2003

This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.

Lilian's Story Trailer (1996)

09 May 1996

For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John.

Charlotte's Web Trailer (2006)

07 December 2006

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table.

Australia Trailer (2008)

18 November 2008

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 protect her new property from a takeover plot.

The Sound of One Hand Clapping Trailer (1998)

22 April 1998

Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life in a new country, but he is soon crushed into an alcoholic despair, and Sonja herself abandons him at the earliest opportunity.

River Street Trailer (1997)

17 July 1997

Ben, an arrogant, hustling property developer is wrongly arrested and things from bad to worse when he accidentally punches a policeman at the station.

The Ripper Trailer (1997)

06 December 1997

It is 1888, and London is in the grip of one of the most gruesome and mysterious crime sprees in history.

Code 46 Trailer (2003)

02 September 2003

In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics.

Isolation Trailer (2005)

06 November 2005

On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.

Nitram Trailer (2021)

30 September 2021

Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in.

True History of the Kelly Gang Trailer (2019)

23 November 2019

Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels — an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising their oppressors back in Ireland.

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears Trailer (2020)

27 February 2020

After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, an ancient curse and the disappearance of the girl's mother and massacre of her tribe.

Sweeney Todd Trailer (2006)

03 January 2006

A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 19th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.

The Justice of Bunny King Trailer (2021)

29 July 2021

Bunny King is a mother of two, a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to reunite with her children, a confrontation leads her to take her niece Tonyah under her wing.

Babyteeth Trailer (2020)

15 June 2020

A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.

Mindhorn Trailer (2016)

09 October 2016

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.

Burning Man Trailer (2011)

10 September 2011

Tom is a British chef in a Bondi restaurant who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules he needs to obey.

Blackrock Trailer (1997)

01 May 1997

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old.

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine Trailer (1997)

01 June 1997

Henry Howard discovers a way to stay young forever, but life doesn't seem worth living without his childhood sweetheart Alice.

South Solitary Trailer (2010)

29 July 2010

Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with her uncle the new head keeper.

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger Trailer (2008)

20 March 2008

With help from a new friend, a misfit at a fancy private school secretly enrolls at a public school as a foreign exchange student.

A Poet in New York Trailer (2014)

30 April 2014

In 1953 Dylan Thomas went to New York for the last time, his marriage a wreck, his drinking out of control.

Fungi: The Web of Life Trailer (2023)

01 March 2023

Much of life on Earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand.

They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook Trailer (2015)

16 February 2015

A short documentary about the making of Jennifer Kent's 'The Babadook'.

Emu Runner Trailer (2019)

07 November 2019

A spirited young girl in small town Australia forms a meaningful bond with a wild emu as she tries to cope with her beleaguered father, a naïve social worker, and her own painful grief in the aftermath of her mother’s sudden death.

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection Trailer (1995)

20 July 1995

Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit

The Wedding Party Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

When Steve's secret marriage of convenience is discovered by his family, he finds himself at the centre of the world's most farcical wedding, the only problem is, he is in love with somebody else.