Judy Davis

69 · Born: Apr 23, 1955

Personal Details

Born Apr 23, 1955 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Biography

Judy Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress best known for her roles in Husbands and Wives, Barton Fink, A Passage to India and in the TV miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. Davis first came to attention for her role as the fiery Sybylla Melvyn in the 1979 film My Brilliant Career. She has won many acting awards, including two Golden Globe Awards, three Emmy Awards, one BAFTA and five AFI Awards. She has also been nominated twice for an Academy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Judy Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2022

Roar as Rosey

2021

Nitram as Mother

2020

Ratched as Nurse Betsy Bucket

2018

Mystery Road as Detective Emma James

2017

Feud as Hedda Hopper

2015

The Dressmaker as Molly Dunnage

2014

Salting the Battlefield

Salting the Battlefield as Jill Tankard

Mother of Rock Lillian Roxon

Mother of Rock Lillian Roxon as Narrator

2013

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as G.H. Jibsen

2012

To Rome with Love

To Rome with Love as Phyllis

Dark Blood as Buffy Fletcher

2011

The Eye of the Storm

The Eye of the Storm as Dorothy de Lascabanes

Page Eight as Jill Tankard

2007

The Starter Wife

The Starter Wife as Joan McAllister

The Starter Wife

The Starter Wife as Joan McAllister

2006

The Break-Up as Marilyn Dean

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette as Anne de Noailles

A Little Thing Called Murder

A Little Thing Called Murder as Sante Kimes

2004

Coast to Coast as Maxine Pierce

2003

The Reagans as Nancy Reagan

Swimming Upstream

Swimming Upstream as Dora Fingleton

2001

Gaudi Afternoon

Gaudi Afternoon

The Man Who Sued God

The Man Who Sued God as Anna Redmond

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows as Judy Garland

1999

Dash and Lilly as Lillian Hellman

A Cooler Climate

A Cooler Climate as Paula

1998

Celebrity as Robin Simon

The Echo of Thunder

The Echo of Thunder as Gladwyn Ritchie

1997

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry as Lucy

Absolute Power as Gloria Russell

1996

Blood and Wine as Suzanne

Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution as Joan Fraser Welch

1995

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story as Diane

1994

The New Age as Katherine Witner

The Ref as Caroline Chasseur

1993

On My Own as The Mother

1992

Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives as Sally

1991

Naked Lunch as Joan Frost

One Against the Wind

One Against the Wind as Countess Mary Lindell

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Where Angels Fear to Tread as Harriet Herriton

Impromptu as George Sand

Barton Fink as Audrey Taylor

1990

Alice as Vicky

1989

Georgia as Nina Bailley / Georgia White

1987

High Tide as Lillie

1986

American Playhouse

American Playhouse as Cleo

Kangaroo as Harriet Somers

1984

A Passage to India

A Passage to India as Adela Quested

1982

A Woman Called Golda

A Woman Called Golda as Young Golda

Heatwave as Kate Dean

The Final Option

The Final Option as Frankie Leith

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor as Mistress Ford

1981

Winter of Our Dreams

Winter of Our Dreams as Lou

Hoodwink as Sarah

1980

Water Under the Bridge

Water Under the Bridge as Carrie Mazzini

1979

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career as Sybylla Melvyn

1977

High Rolling in a Hot Corvette

High Rolling in a Hot Corvette as Lynn

appearances

2007

The Making of 'Marie Antoinette'

The Making of 'Marie Antoinette'

1992

Naked Making Lunch

Naked Making Lunch