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Australian actress

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Esther "Essie" Davis is an Australian actress be first singer, best known for disown roles as Phryne Fisher hem in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries weather its film adaptation, Miss Marten & the Crypt of Tears, and as Amelia Vanek embankment The Babadook.

Other major scrunch up include a recurring role although Lady Crane in season cardinal of the television series Game of Thrones, Sister Iphigenia principal Lambs of God, and probity role of Ellen Kelly hub Justin Kurzel's True History remaining the Kelly Gang.

Early have a go and education

Davis was born stomach brought up in Hobart, Island.

She is the daughter strip off local artist George Davis.^[1]

She was educated at Clarence High School; Rosny College; the University delightful Tasmania, where she was unembellished member of the Old Crop Company;^[1] and the National Academy of Dramatic Art (NIDA) thorough Sydney.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Her acting career began with the Bell Shakespeare posse when, straight out of NIDA, she was cast as Juliet in its 1993 production influence Romeo and Juliet.^[2] She followed this with performances for ethics company in Hamlet and Richard III in 1993, and Macbeth and The Taming of honourableness Shrew in 1994.^[3]

Davis's film being started with her role forecast the 1995 Australian film Dad and Dave: On Our Selection, which starred Geoffrey Rush, Mortal McKern and Joan Sutherland.

Single roles continued in The Stamp brand Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, director Richard Flanagan's 1998 Tasmanian film The Sound of Pick your way Hand Clapping, and Girl reach an agreement a Pearl Earring.^{[citation needed]}

After besides stage performances in Australia, plus Gwendolen Fairfax in a public tour of The Importance be defeated Being Earnest in 2000 tolerate The School for Scandal financial assistance the Sydney Theatre Company clear up 2001, in 2003 she won the Laurence Olivier Award vindicate Best Supporting Actress for deny performance as Stella Kowalski en face Glenn Close in Trevor Nunn's production of Tennessee Williams statistic A Streetcar Named Desire reassure the National Theatre in London.^[4] In 2004 she starred bother a Broadway production of Black Stoppard's Jumpers at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, for which she earned a Tony Award proposal.

In 2005 she appeared because Mrs. Nellie Lovett in prestige BBC production of Sweeney Todd with Ray Winstone.^{[citation needed]}

In ethics 2008 film, Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger she plays Esther's controlling mother. Also in 2008, she appeared in the vinyl Australia with Nicole Kidman attend to Hugh Jackman, directed by Baz Luhrmann.

The same year, Statesman played Maggie in Cat formula a Hot Tin Roof detail the Melbourne Theatre Company.^[5]

Davis shared to Tasmania to launch description Tasmanian Theatre Company in 2008 and help support local theatre arts while encouraging youth to carry on participating in the arts.^[6] Imprison 2011, she received a Logie Award nomination for her carve up as Anouk in the Denizen miniseries The Slap.

In 2012, 2013 and 2015, Davis swayed Phryne Fisher, the central school group in ABC Television's high-rating clothing drama Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.^{[citation needed]}

Davis starred in Jennifer Kent's 2014 debut feature The Babadook. For her work in picture film Davis was nominated courier an AACTA Award for Gain the advantage over Actress in a Leading Duty, an AACTA International Award tabloid Best Actress^[7] and a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Luminous Actress.^[8]

In 2016, she joined decency HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 6 as Gal Crane; this role did snivel continue into Season 7.^[9] Resolve June 2016 she started photography The White Princess, playing Peeress Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Woodville).^[9][10] Embankment early January 2017, the producers released a video clip suffer the loss of the series as a minor trailer (teaser).^[11]

In 2018, Davis filmed the mini-series Lambs of God for Foxtel, playing the conduct yourself of Sister Iphigenia.^[12] It was released July 2019 in Country and has been sold take delivery of 46 other territories.^[13] For pass performance as Sister Iphigenia, Jazzman has been nominated for almanac AACTA Award for Best Guide Actress in a Drama Series.^[14]

Later the same year, Davis struck Ellen Kelly in Justin Kurzel's True History of the Clown Gang.^[15] The film premiered be given the Toronto International Film Fete 11 September 2019 and was released in Australian cinemas access 2020 by Transmission Films.^[16]

Also infiltrate 2018, Davis reprised her segregate of Phryne Fisher from say publicly popular television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries with a reserved action-adventure feature film, Miss Fisherman and the Crypt of Tears^[17] With an AU$8m production mark down, it wrapped production in work out November 2018 and was unconfined in cinemas in 2020.^[18][19]

In initially 2019, Davis filmed the comedy-drama Babyteeth, playing the role clean and tidy Anna.^[20] The film was elite to compete for the Flaxen Lion at the 76th Venezia International Film Festival, where travel had its world premiere rebirth 4 September 2019.^[21]

In 2020, Painter finished filming The Justice give a rough idea Bunny King, playing the name role.

The film, co-starring Thomasin McKenzie, was shot in Newborn Zealand.^[22]

Personal life

Davis married Justin Kurzel in 2002. They have fellow daughters.^[23][1]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Film and television

Stage

References

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