Essie Davis
12 titles
Filmography
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The Babadook
(2014)A mother struggles to protect her son from an evil supernatural entity that has escaped the pages of a children's book and is lurking in their home.

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
(2020)In her debut cinematic adventure, join detective-extraordinaire, the Hon. Miss Phryne Fisher, as she embarks on a globe-trotting romp of mystery and mayhem across the exotic 1920s deserts of the Negev, glamorous manor-house ballrooms, and the darkened back alleys of London.

Kings in Grass Castles
The sweeping saga of an Irish immigrant family, as their roots take hold in their new land of Australia, during the second half of the 19th century.

The Justice of Bunny King
(2021)ESSIE DAVIS plays Bunny King, a mother of two who works as a squeegee bandit washing windows at traffic lights. Bunny uses her warmth and wit to charm money from gridlocked motorists, saving every cent to get custody of her children. When Bunny promises her daughter a birthday party, she finds herself struggling against the social services to keep her word. After Bunny is thrown out of her sister's house, she is now with no money, no home and her niece Tonyah (THOMASIN MCKENZIE) in tow. With no help from social services, Bunny must break the rules to deliver the birthday and rescue her niece.

Sweeney Todd
(2006)In 18th-century London, a murderous barber and a young pie-maker form a twisted partnership in this adaptation of the Victorian penny dreadful tale.
The Silence
(2006)A former police detective working as a curator at the Justice and Police Museum becomes obsessed with a beautiful victim in one of the crime scene photographs in his exhibition from the 1960's. As he delves into the mystery surrounding the image, he must confront the truth, not only about this dead woman, but about his own life.

Isolation
(2005)On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong. Starring Essie Davis and Sean Harris.

Alien: Earth
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat. FX’s Alien: Earth is created for television and executive produced by Noah Hawley.

Burning Man
(2011)A man's wild sexual excursions & exploits.

True History of the Kelly Gang
(2019)A gang attempts to evade authorities during the 1870s.

Nitram
(2021)Nitram lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
(2008)Inspiring comedy film about a quirky and fun private school teen who makes a public-school friend and secretly enrolls as a foreign exchange student.