Biography
Judy Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress. In a career spanning over four decades of both screen and stage, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequent collaborator Woody Allen described her as "one of the most exciting actresses in the world". Davis has received numerous accolades, including nine AACTA Awards (of which she is the most rewarded recipient), three Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Film A...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Nitram
2021
as Mother
Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitt...
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood c...
The Dressmaker
2015
as Molly Dunnage
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with he...
Riding a Train of Thoughts
2014
as Self
A documentary directed by Julien Lecat.
Salting the Battlefield
2014
as Jill Tankard
David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. John...
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
as G.H. Jibsen
A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and ...
Dark Blood
2012
as Buffy Fletcher
Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site i...
To Rome with Love
2012
as Phyllis
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful in...
The Eye of the Storm
2011
as Dorothy de Lascabanes
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir B...
The Eye of the Storm
2011
Executive Producer
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir B...
Page Eight
2011
as Jill Tankard
Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.
Diamonds
2009
as Joan Cameron
Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter.
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).
The Break-Up
2006
as Marilyn Dean
Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend...
Marie Antoinette
2006
as Comtesse de Noailles
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19...
A Little Thing Called Murder
2006
as Sante Kimes
Fast forgery without mistakes. Shoplifting under pressure. Effective body disposal. The ability to multitask various felonies. These are just a few of...
Coast to Coast
2004
as Maxine Pierce
Barnaby and Maxine Pierce, an embattled married couple in Connecticut, are on the verge of divorce. Their son is getting married in California and the...
The Reagans
2003
as Nancy Reagan
The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in...
Swimming Upstream
2003
as Dora Fingleton
A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demo...
The Man Who Sued God
2001
as Anna Redmond
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance m...
Gaudi Afternoon
2001
as Cassandra
Barcelona hasn’t turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra thought it would be. But just when she’s about to return to Am...
A Cooler Climate
1999
as Paula
Iris is broke after her divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula. When Paula and her husband separate, an unli...
Dash and Lilly
1999
as Lillian Hellman
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry,...
Celebrity
1998
as Robin Simon
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...
The Echo of Thunder
1998
as Gladwyn Ritchie
Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's adjustment to a new fa...
Deconstructing Harry
1997
as Lucy
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated fr...
Absolute Power
1997
as Gloria Russell
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. H...
Children of the Revolution
1996
as Joan Fraser Welch
A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.
Blood and Wine
1996
as Suzanne
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife inte...
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995
as Diane
After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen h...
The New Age
1994
as Katherine Witner
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begi...
The Ref
1994
as Caroline Chasseur
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
On My Own
1993
as The Mother
Simon Henderson is at boarding school in Canada while his father works in Hong Kong, and his mother lives in England. When his parents visit him in th...
Naked Making Lunch
1992
as Self
A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.
Husbands and Wives
1992
as Sally
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are ...
Naked Lunch
1991
as Joan Frost
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meetin...
One Against the Wind
1991
as Countess Mary Lindell
Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the u...
Barton Fink
1991
as Audrey Taylor
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
1991
as Harriet Herriton
An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.
Impromptu
1991
as George Sand
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Alice
1990
as Vicky
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults h...
Georgia
1989
as Nina Bailley / Georgia White
A young woman investigates the death of her mother, who drowned when her daughter was still a baby. The question is: was it murder, suicide or merely ...
High Tide
1987
as Lillie
A backup singer gets stranded in a small coastal town after losing her job in a band. She winds up in a caravan park only to encounter, by accident, t...
A Pair of One
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Tells the story of Greta and Freda Chaplin, a pair of English identical twins who dress alike, try to walk in step and for much of the time speak the ...
Kangaroo
1986
as Harriet Somers
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the...
Rocket to the Moon
1986
as Cleo
In 1938 New York City, a dentist finds his business and marriage failing as he embarks on a love affair with a young dental assistant.
A Passage to India
1984
as Adela Quested
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a Bri...
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Mistress Ford
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Wh...
Who Dares Wins
1982
as Frankie Leith
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The...
A Woman Called Golda
1982
as Young Golda
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Heatwave
1982
as Kate Dean
During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of ...
Hoodwink
1981
as Sarah
Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves star...
Winter of Our Dreams
1981
as Lou
When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of a former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meets her friend, a prostitute. They ho...
Ciné regards: Judy Davis
1980
as Interviewee
Television documentary about Australian actress Judy Davis and her film debut MY BRILLIANT CAREER (1979).
My Brilliant Career
1979
as Sybylla Melvyn
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married...
High Rolling
1977
as Lynn
Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dop...
Holy Days
N/A
Three quirky older nuns hit the road looking for miracles but end up learning to drive like demons instead. When the last of the sisters of St. Suzann...
Butterfly Stroke
N/A
as Ruth
Ruth is an eccentric, determined woman who wants control over everything. Even death. So, she goes to Zurich for a tidy, orderly exit. But her chaotic...