Judy Davis

    Actor, Producer, Soundtrack

    Birthdate: Apr 23, 1955

    Birthplace: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Davis was educated at Loreto Convent and the Western Institute of Technology and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1977. She found international success with the role of Adela Quested in A Passage to India (1984). Her performance was nominated an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She went on to receive another Academy Award nomination (this time for Best Actress in a Supporting Role) for her performance as Sally in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1992). Davis and Allen would go on to be a longtime collaborators; Allen once described Davis as "one of the most exciting actresses in the world".

    Known For

    Husbands and Wives
    Husbands and Wives

    (1992)

    The Ref
    The Ref

    (1994)

    Celebrity
    Celebrity

    (1998)

    Judy Davis Movies

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    Previous (40)

    • 2026 |

      Holy Days

      asSister Agnes
    • 2024 |

      High Tide

    • 2022 |

      Nitram

      asMum
    • 2018 |

      Kangaroo

    • 2016 |

      The Dressmaker

    • 2013 |
      The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
    • 2012 |
      Dark Blood
    • 2011 |
      The Eye of the Storm
    • 2010 |
      Mother of Rock Lillian Roxon
    • 2010 |
      The Forgotten Australians
    • 2009 |
      Mask and Memory: Sidney Nolan
    • 2006 |
      George Sluizer - Filming Beyond Boundaries
    • 2006 |
      Marie Antoinette
    • 2006 |
      The Break-Up
    • 2006 |

      The Break-Up

      asMarilyn Dean
    • 2003 |
      Swimming Upstream
    • 2001 |
      Gaudi Afternoon
    • 2001 |
      The Man Who Sued God
    • 1998 |
      Celebrity
    • 1997 |
      Deconstructing Harry
    • 1996 |
      Children of the Revolution
    • 1996 |
      Blood and Wine
    • 1997 |
      Absolute Power
    • 1994 |
      The New Age
    • 1994 |
      The Ref
    • 1992 |
      Naked Making Lunch
    • 1992 |
      Husbands and Wives
    • 1991 |
      Where Angels Fear to Tread
    • 1991 |
      On My Own
    • 1991 |
      Naked Lunch
    • 1991 |
      Barton Fink
    • 1991 |
      Impromptu
    • 1988 |
      Georgia
    • 1984 |
      A Passage to India
    • 1982 |
      The Final Option
    • 1982 |
      Heatwave
    • 1981 |
      Hoodwink
    • 1981 |
      Winter of Our Dreams
    • 1979 |
      My Brilliant Career
    • 1977 |
      High Rolling in a Hot Corvette