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Acting

Essie Davis

Career: Active from 1994 to 2025, busiest in 1997 and 2011 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Essie Davis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.2, average 5.4
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
2.2, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Body Horror 2
Psychological Tension 2
Melancholic Tone 2
Social Commentary 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Psychological Drama 2
Epic Family Saga 2
Resilience & Hardship 2
Character Study 2
Psychological Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

as Judith

2020s

11 titles · average score 72

Alien: Earth

77

TV show · as Dame Sylvia

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

81

TV show · as Lynette Maison

Apple Cider Vinegar

72

TV show · as Natalie Dal-Bello

One Day

81

TV show · as Alison

Fungi: The Web of Life

48

as Narrator (voice)

Faraway Downs

58

TV show · as Cath Carney

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

76

TV show · as Nancy Bradley

Nitram

80

as Helen

The Justice of Bunny King

70

as Bunny King

Babyteeth

79

as Anna

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

66

as Phryne Fisher

2010s

18 titles · average score 67

True History of the Kelly Gang

66

as Ellen Kelly

Lambs of God

72

TV show · as Sister Iphigenia

The White Princess

72

TV show · as Elizabeth Woodville

Mindhorn

71

as Patricia Deville

The Babadook

80

as Amelia Vanek

A Poet in New York

60

as Caitlin Thomas

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

84

TV show · as Phryne Fisher

Burning Man

63

as Karen

The Slap

70

TV show · as Anouk

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Lady Crane

Cloudstreet

72

TV show · as Dolly Pickles

South Solitary

65

as Alma Stanley

2000s

14 titles · average score 61

Australia

58

as Katherine

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

40

as Grace Blueburger

Sweeney Todd

67

as Mrs Lovett

The Silence

62

as Juliet Moore

Charlotte's Web

68

as Mrs. Arable

Isolation

59

as Orla

Girl with a Pearl Earring

70

as Catharina Bolnes Vermeer

The Matrix Reloaded

69

as Maggie

The Matrix Revolutions

52

as Maggie

After the Deluge

72

as Beth

Code 46

56

as Doctor

Young Lions

82

TV show · as Julie Morgan

1990s

9 titles · average score 54

Kings in Grass Castles

TV show · as Mary Costello

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

as Jean

River Street

as Wendy Davis

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

as Young alice

The Ripper

52

as Evelyn Bookman

Blackrock

59

as Det. Gilhooley

Lilian's Story

51

as Zara

The Custodian

40

as Jilly

Halifax f.p.

67

TV show · as Alison Blount