Portrait of Essie Davis

Acting

Essie Davis

Titles
36movies19TV shows
Career

Active from 1994 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Essie Davis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.2, average 5.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Emotional 2
  • Epic Family Saga 2
  • Resilience & Hardship 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Sci-Fi Horror 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Melancholy Tone 2
  • Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
TypeAllMovies36TV shows18
RoleAnyActing18Appearances1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1990s22000s22010s82020s6
GenreAnyDrama18Sci-Fi & Fantasy4War & Politics3Mystery3Action & Adventure2Crime2Western1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2020s

6 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch77
Poster for Alien: Earth

TV show · as Dame Sylvia

GoodWatch72
Poster for Apple Cider Vinegar

TV show · as Natalie Dal-Bello

GoodWatch81
Poster for The Narrow Road to the Deep North

TV show · as Lynette Maison

GoodWatch81
Poster for One Day

TV show · as Alison

GoodWatch58
Poster for Faraway Downs

TV show · as Cath Carney

2010s

8 titles · average score 73
GoodWatch72
Poster for Lambs of God

TV show · as Sister Iphigenia

GoodWatch73
Poster for The White Princess

TV show · as Elizabeth Woodville

GoodWatch67
Poster for The Last Post

TV show · as Martha Franklin

GoodWatch84
Poster for Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

TV show · as Phryne Fisher

GoodWatch65
Poster for The Slap

TV show · as Anouk

GoodWatch86
Poster for Game of Thrones

TV show · as Lady Crane

GoodWatch72
Poster for Cloudstreet

TV show · as Dolly Pickles

2000s

2 titles · average score 57
GoodWatch57
Poster for After the Deluge

TV show · as Beth

Poster for Young Lions

TV show · as Julie Morgan

1990s

2 titles · average score 67
Poster for Kings in Grass Castles

TV show · as Mary Costello

GoodWatch67
Poster for Halifax f.p.

TV show · as Alison Blount

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