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.
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Known For
Marie Antoinette
(2006)
Comtesse de Noailles
The Dressmaker
(2015)
Molly Dunnage
Barton Fink
(1991)
Audrey Taylor
Absolute Power
(1997)
Gloria Russell
Naked Lunch
(1991)
Joan Frost
The Ref
(1994)
Caroline Chasseur
Celebrity
(1998)
Robin Simon
The Break-Up
(2006)
Marilyn Dean
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
(2013)
G.H. Jibsen
Deconstructing Harry
(1997)
Lucy
Husbands and Wives
(1992)
Sally
Page Eight
(2011)
Jill Tankard
Alice
(1990)
Vicky
Nitram
(2021)
Mother
Impromptu
(1991)
George Sand
A Passage to India
(1984)
Adela Quested
Full Filmography
Acting
High Rolling
(1977)
Lynn
My Brilliant Career
(1979)
Sybylla Melvyn
Ciné regards: Judy Davis
(1980)
Interviewee
Hoodwink
(1981)
Sarah
Winter of Our Dreams
(1981)
Lou
Heatwave
(1982)
Kate Dean
Who Dares Wins
(1982)
Frankie Leith
A Woman Called Golda
(1982)
Young Golda
The Merry Wives of Windsor
(1982)
Mistress Ford
A Passage to India
(1984)
Adela Quested
Kangaroo
(1986)
Harriet Somers
Rocket to the Moon
(1986)
Cleo
High Tide
(1987)
Lillie
Georgia
(1989)
Nina Bailley / Georgia White
Alice
(1990)
Vicky
Barton Fink
(1991)
Audrey Taylor
Naked Lunch
(1991)
Joan Frost
One Against the Wind
(1991)
Countess Mary Lindell
Impromptu
(1991)
George Sand
Where Angels Fear to Tread
(1991)
Harriet Herriton
Husbands and Wives
(1992)
Sally
Naked Making Lunch
(1992)
Herself
On My Own
(1993)
The Mother
The Ref
(1994)
Caroline Chasseur
The New Age
(1994)
Katherine Witner
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
(1995)
Diane
Blood and Wine
(1996)
Suzanne
Children of the Revolution
(1996)
Joan Fraser Welch
Absolute Power
(1997)
Gloria Russell
Deconstructing Harry
(1997)
Lucy
Celebrity
(1998)
Robin Simon
The Echo of Thunder
(1998)
Gladwyn Ritchie
A Cooler Climate
(1999)
Paula
Dash and Lilly
(1999)
Lillian Hellman
The Man Who Sued God
(2001)
Anna Redmond
Gaudi Afternoon
(2001)
Cassandra
Swimming Upstream
(2003)
Dora Fingleton
The Reagans
(2003)
Nancy Reagan
Coast to Coast
(2004)
Maxine Pierce
Marie Antoinette
(2006)
Comtesse de Noailles
The Break-Up
(2006)
Marilyn Dean
A Little Thing Called Murder
(2006)
Sante Kimes
The Making of Marie Antoinette
(2007)
Self
Diamonds
(2009)
Joan Cameron
Page Eight
(2011)
Jill Tankard
The Eye of the Storm
(2011)
Dorothy de Lascabanes
To Rome with Love
(2012)
Phyllis
Dark Blood
(2012)
Buffy Fletcher
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
(2013)
G.H. Jibsen
Salting the Battlefield
(2014)
Jill Tankard
Riding a Train of Thoughts
(2014)
Self
The Dressmaker
(2015)
Molly Dunnage
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
(2017)
Self
Nitram
(2021)
Mother
Production