Esther "Essie" Davis (born 19 January 1970 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian actress.
She is probably best known for playing the flapper Private Detective Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and traumatised mother Amelia Vanek in The Babadook.
She is married to Australian director Justin Kurzel.
Partial filmography:
- The Ripper (1997) as Evelyn Bookman
- The Matrix as Maggie
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) as Catharina
- Australia (2008) as Catherine "Cath" Carney Fletcher
- Legend Of The Guardians The Owls Of Ga Hoole (2010) as Marella (voice)
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) as Phryne Fisher
- The Babadook (2014) as Amelia Vanek
- Game of Thrones (Season 6, 2016) as Lady Crane
- Assassin's Creed (2016) as Mary Lynch
- The White Princess (2017) as Elizabeth Woodville
- True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) as Ellen Quinn Kelly
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022) as Nancy Bradley
