Judy Davis
Judy Davis (born April 23, 1955 in Perth , Australia ) is an Australian actress .
Life
Judy Davis graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1977 , where she studied with Mel Gibson in one class. Together they played the title roles in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in drama school . After her film debut in Coal, Coke & Hot Curves (1977), she was best known for the role of Sybylla Melvyn in My brilliant career (1979). With this film she took part in the competition at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1979 and was able to introduce herself to a broad international public for the first time. In 1995 she was the first actress to receive the Chlotrudis Award .
Davis received two Academy Award nominations, Best Actress in Trip to India (1984) and Best Supporting Actress in Husbands and Wives (1992), as well as 32 other film and television awards. Most recently, she won the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards for the role of Joan McAllister in The Starter Wife for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a TV Movie. Despite being considered one of the best actresses, she refrained from moving to Hollywood .
Judy Davis has been married to actor Colin Friels since 1984 and has two children, Jack and Charlotte.
Filmography (selection)
- 1977: High Rolling - Director: Igor Auzins
- 1979: My brilliant career (My Brilliant Career) - Director: Gillian Armstrong
- 1981: Winter of Our Dreams - Director: John Duigan
- 1981: Heatwave - Director: Phillip Noyce
- 1982: Golda Meir (A Woman Called Golda) - Director: Alan Gibson (as Golda Meir )
- 1982: The command (Who Dares Wins) - Director: Ian Sharp
- 1984: Journey to India (A Passage to India) - Director: David Lean
- 1987: High Tide - Director: Gillian Armstrong
- 1988: Georgia - Director: Ben Lewin
- 1990 Alice - Director: Woody Allen
- 1991: In Love with Chopin (Impromptu) - Director: James Lapine
- 1991: Barton Fink - Director: Joel Coen
- 1991: One Against the Wind - Director: Larry Elikann
- 1991: Naked Lunch - Directed by David Cronenberg
- 1991: Angels Fear to Tread (Where Angels Fear to Tread) - Director: Charles Sturridge
- 1992: Simons Sehnsucht (On My Own) - Director: Antonio Tibaldi
- 1992: Husbands and Wives (Husbands and Wives) - Director: Woody Allen
- 1994: No Panic (The Ref - Hostile Hostages)
- 1994: Serving In Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (Serving in Silence) - Director: Jeff Bleckner
- 1994: New Age - Directed by Michael Tolkin
- 1996: Children of the Revolution - Director: Peter Duncan
- 1996: Blood & Wine - Director: Bob Rafelson
- 1997: Absolute Power - Directed by Clint Eastwood
- 1997: Harry beside himself (Deconstructing Harry) - Director: Woody Allen
- 1998: Celebrity - beautiful. Rich. Famous. (Celebrity) - Director: Woody Allen
- 1999: Ice Age - A Marital War with Consequences (A Cooler Climate) - Director: Susan Seidelman
- 1999: Dash and Lilly - Directed by Kathy Bates
- 2001: The Man Who Sued God (The Man Who Sued God) - Director: Mark Joffe
- 2001: Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows - Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
- 2001: Gaudi Afternoon - Directed by Susan Seidelman
- 2003: Swimming Upstream - Directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 2003: The Reagans - Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman (as Nancy Reagan )
- 2004: Coast to Coast - Director: Paul Mazursky
- 2006: Marie Antoinette - Director: Sofia Coppola
- 2006: The Break-Up (The Break-Up) - Director: Peyton Reed
- 2007: The Starter Wife ( The Starter Wife , TV series)
- 2011: The Conspiracy - Treason at the Highest Level ( Page Eight , movie made for TV) - directed by David Hare
- 2012: To Rome With Love - Director: Woody Allen
- 2012: Dark Blood - Director: George Sluizer
- 2014: The Card of My Dreams (The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet) - Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- 2015: The Dressmaker - Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
- 2017: Feud (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2018: Mystery Road - Disappeared in the Outback ( Mystery Road , TV series, 6 episodes)
Web links
- Judy Davis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Judy Davis in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davis, Judy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth , Australia |