Essie Davis

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When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

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Alien: Earth (2025– )

Esther Davis is an Australian actress and singer, best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and its film adaptation, Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, and as Amelia Vanek in The Babadook. Other major works include a recurring role as Lady Crane in season six of the television series Game of Thrones, Sister Iphigenia in Lambs of God, and the role of Ellen Kelly in Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang.

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Awards
- 23 wins & 43 nominations total

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Known for

The Babadook

6.8

Amelia Vanek

2014

Girl with a Pearl Earring

6.9

Catharina

2003

Assassin's Creed

5.6

Cal's Mother

2016

The Matrix Revolutions

6.7

Maggie

2003

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Actress

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
7.2
TV Series
- Lynette Maison
- 2025
Apple Cider Vinegar
7.2
TV Mini Series
- Natalie Dal-Bello
- 2025
Exposure
4.9
TV Mini Series
- Kathy
- 2024
One Day
8.1
TV Mini Series
- Alison
- 2024
Faraway Downs
7.0
TV Mini Series
- Cath Carney
- 2023
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
7.0
TV Series
- Nancy Bradley
- 2022
Nitram
7.1
- Helen
- 2021
The Justice of Bunny King
6.7
- Bunny
- 2021
Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears
6.1
- Phryne Fisher
- 2020
True History of the Kelly Gang
6.0
- Ellen Kelly
- 2019
Babyteeth
7.2
- Anna
- 2019
Lambs of God
7.3
TV Mini Series
- Sister Iphigenia
- 2019
True Story with Hamish & Andy
7.1
TV Series
- Dr. Karen
- 2018
The Last Post
7.2
TV Mini Series
- Martha Franklin
- 2017
Electric Dreams
7.2
TV Series
- Vera
- 2017

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Official site
- PFD agency resume page
Alternative name
- Essie Davies
Height
- 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Born
- January 19, 1970
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Spouse
- Justin Kurzel2002 - present (2 children)
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Other works
Played "Stella Kowalski" in "A Streetcar Named Desire", a play by Tennessee Williams (Royal National Theater/Lyttelton, London, England, UK).

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Won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Royal National Theatre in England as Stella Kowalski opposite Glenn Close and Iann Glenn. Directed by Trevor Nunn. (2/4/2004).

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I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I think I kind of set out to do that when I began my career - to aim to never play the same thing twice.