Portrait of Judy Davis

Acting

Judy Davis

Career

Active from 1977 to 2026, busiest in 1991 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
47
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mystery Road
Mystery Road
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Judy Davis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 11
  • Social Commentary 9
  • Political Intrigue 8
  • Character Study 5
  • Literary Adaptation 4
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Quirky Characters 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Dysfunctional Family 3
  • Emotional Journey 3
  • Cultural Clash 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

67
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 59
Holy Days
Holy Days (2026)
GoodWatch score 41

as Sister Agnes

Butterfly Stroke
Butterfly Stroke (2026)

as Ruth

Roar
Roar (2022)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Rosey

Nitram
Nitram (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

as Mother

Ratched
Ratched (2020)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Betsy Bucket

2010s

9 titles · average score 68
Mystery Road
Mystery Road (2018)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Emma James

FEUD
FEUD (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Hedda Hopper

The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

as Molly Dunnage

Salting the Battlefield
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jill Tankard

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
GoodWatch score 67

as G.H. Jibsen

To Rome with Love
To Rome with Love (2012)
GoodWatch score 53

as Phyllis

Dark Blood
Dark Blood (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

as Buffy Fletcher

The Eye of the Storm
The Eye of the Storm (2011)
GoodWatch score 56

as Dorothy de Lascabanes

Page Eight
Page Eight (2011)
GoodWatch score 79

as Jill Tankard

2000s

15 titles · average score 57
Diamonds
Diamonds (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show

The Starter Wife
The Starter Wife (2008)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Joan McAllister

The Starter Wife
The Starter Wife (2007)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Joan McAllister

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (2006)
GoodWatch score 63

as Comtesse de Noailles

The Break-Up
The Break-Up (2006)
GoodWatch score 47

as Marilyn Dean

Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast (2004)
GoodWatch score 51

as Maxine Pierce

The Reagans
The Reagans (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Nancy Reagan

Swimming Upstream
Swimming Upstream (2003)
GoodWatch score 57

as Dora Fingleton

The Reagans
The Reagans (2003)
GoodWatch score 59

as Nancy Reagan

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Judy Garland

The Man Who Sued God
The Man Who Sued God (2001)
GoodWatch score 66

as Anna Redmond

Gaudi Afternoon
Gaudi Afternoon (2001)
GoodWatch score 45

as Cassandra

1990s

19 titles · average score 65
Dash and Lilly
Dash and Lilly (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lillian Hellman

Celebrity
Celebrity (1998)
GoodWatch score 50

as Robin Simon

Deconstructing Harry
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

as Lucy

Absolute Power
Absolute Power (1997)
GoodWatch score 59

as Gloria Russell

Children of the Revolution
Children of the Revolution (1996)
GoodWatch score 62

as Joan Fraser Welch

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
GoodWatch score 63

as Diane

The Ref
The Ref (1994)
GoodWatch score 67

as Caroline Chasseur

The New Age
The New Age (1994)
GoodWatch score 50

as Katherine Witner

Husbands and Wives
Husbands and Wives (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

as Sally

Barton Fink
Barton Fink (1991)
GoodWatch score 79

as Audrey Taylor

Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

as Joan Frost

Impromptu
Impromptu (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

as George Sand

1980s

15 titles · average score 65
Georgia
Georgia (1989)

as Nina Bailley / Georgia White

High Tide
High Tide (1987)
GoodWatch score 83

as Lillie

Kangaroo
Kangaroo (1986)
GoodWatch score 61

as Harriet Somers

Rocket to the Moon
Rocket to the Moon (1986)

as Cleo

A Passage to India
A Passage to India (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

as Adela Quested

Who Dares Wins
Who Dares Wins (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

as Frankie Leith

Heatwave
Heatwave (1982)
GoodWatch score 51

as Kate Dean

The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)

as Mistress Ford

A Woman Called Golda
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
GoodWatch score 75

as Young Golda

Winter of Our Dreams
Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
GoodWatch score 44

as Lou

Hoodwink
Hoodwink (1981)

as Sarah

Water Under the Bridge
Water Under the Bridge (1980)

TV show · as Carrie Mazzini

1970s

3 titles · average score 65
My Brilliant Career
My Brilliant Career (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sybylla Melvyn

The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

TV show · as Mistress Ford

High Rolling
High Rolling (1977)

as Lynn

1950s

1 title · average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Gladwyn Ritchie / Mary Lindell