List of Judy Davis performances

Judy Davis filmography
Judy Davis in 2012
Film34
Television series21

The film career of Judy Davis spans over four decades and includes credits in both film and television. Davis first garnered acclaim for her performance in the period drama My Brilliant Career (1979), which earned her two BAFTA Awards. She garnered international attention for her performance in A Passage to India (1984), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.[1]

In 1990, Davis appeared in Alice, directed by Woody Allen, followed by a supporting role in David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch, as well as Joel Coen's Barton Fink (both 1991). She subsequently starred in Allen's drama Husbands and Wives (1992), which saw her nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a BAFTA for Best Actress. She subsequently co-starred with Glenn Close in the television drama film Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) before reuniting with Allen to appear in Deconstructing Harry (1997) and Celebrity (1998).

Davis starred as Lillian Hellman in the Kathy Bates-directed television film Dash and Lilly (1999), followed by Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001), a critically acclaimed miniseries in which she portrayed Judy Garland. She again portrayed another real-life character, Nancy Reagan, in the television film The Reagans (2003). Subsequent film roles include the romantic comedy The Break-Up (2006), Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006), and The Dressmaker. In 2017, Davis co-starred with Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon on the network series Feud, in which she portrayed journalist Hedda Hopper.

Film

Key
† Denotes films works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
1977 High Rolling Lynn Igor Auzins Alternate title: High Rolling in a Hot Corvette [2]
1979 My Brilliant Career Sybylla Melvyn Gillian Armstrong [3]
1981 Hoodwink Sarah Claude Whatham [4]
Winter of Our Dreams Lou John Duigan [4]
1982 Heatwave Kate Dean Phillip Noyce [4]
Who Dares Wins Frankie Leith Ian Sharp Alternate title: The Final Option [4][5]
1984 A Passage to India Adela Quested David Lean [4]
1986 Kangaroo Harriet Somers Tim Burstall [1]
1987 High Tide Lilli Gillian Armstrong [6]
1988 Georgia Nina Bailley/Georgia White Ben Lewin [7]
1990 Alice Vicki Woody Allen [8]
1991 Barton Fink Audrey Taylor Joel Coen [8]
Impromptu George Sand James Lapine [6]
Where Angels Fear to Tread Harriet Harriton Charles Sturridge [9]
Naked Lunch Joan Lee/Joan Frost David Cronenberg [10]
On My Own The Mother Antonio Tibaldi [11]
1992 Husbands and Wives Sally Woody Allen [12]
1993 Dark Blood Buffy George Sluizer Incomplete and unreleased until 2012 [9]
1994 The Ref Caroline Chasseur Ted Demme Alternate title: Hostile Hostages [8]
The New Age Katherine Witner Michael Tolkin [13]
1996 Children of the Revolution Joan Fraser Peter Duncan [9]
1997 Deconstructing Harry Lucy Woody Allen [9]
Absolute Power Gloria Russell Clint Eastwood [8]
Blood and Wine Suzanne Gates Bob Rafelson [8]
1998 Celebrity Robin Simon Woody Allen [14]
2001 The Man Who Sued God Anna Redmond Mark Joffe [15]
Gaudi Afternoon Cassandra Reilly Susan Seidelman [16]
2003 Swimming Upstream Dora Fingleton Russell Mulcahy [17]
2006 The Break-Up Marilyn Dean Peyton Reed [18]
Marie Antoinette Comtesse de Noailles Sofia Coppola [19]
2011 The Eye of the Storm Dorothy de Lascabanes Fred Schepisi [20]
2012 To Rome with Love Phyllis Woody Allen [21]
2013 The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet Jibsen Jean-Pierre Jeunet [22][23]
2015 The Dressmaker Molly Dunnage Jocelyn Moorhouse [24]
2021 Nitram "Mum" Justin Kurzel [25]
2026 Holy Days Sister Agnes Nathalie Boltt [26]
TBA Butterfly Stroke † Ruth Denis Rabaglia [27]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1980 Water Under the Bridge Carrie Mazzini Miniseries
1982 A Woman Called Golda Golda Myerson/Meir Television film [6]
1983 The Merry Wives of Windsor Mistress Ford BBC Television Shakespeare
1985 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself TV series, 1 episode
1986 Rocket to the Moon Cleo Singer American Playhouse [28]
1991 One Against the Wind Mary Lindell Television film [11]
1995 Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Dianne Television film [8]
1998 The Echo of Thunder Gladwyn Ritchie Television film [29]
1999 Dash and Lilly Lillian Hellman Television film [9]
A Cooler Climate Paula Tanner Television film [30]
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Judy Garland Miniseries [31]
2003 The Reagans Nancy Reagan Television film [32]
Coast to Coast Maxine Pierce Television film [33]
2006 A Little Thing Called Murder Sante Kimes Television film [31]
2007 The Starter Wife Joan McAllister Miniseries [34]
Masters of Science Fiction: A Clean Escape Dr. Deanna Evans 2 episodes [30]
2011 Page Eight Jill Tankard Television film [35]
2009 Diamonds Senator Joan Cameron 2 episodes [30]
2014 Salting the Battlefield Jill Tankard Television film
2017 Feud: Bette and Joan Hedda Hopper 8 episodes [30]
2018 Mystery Road Emma James 6 episodes [36]
2020 Ratched Betsy Bucket Main role [37]
2022 Roar Rosey Episode: "The Woman Who Ate Photographs" [38]

Theatre

Year Production Role(s) Playwright Venue Refs.
1977 Romeo and Juliet Juliet William Shakespeare National Institute of Dramatic Art [39]
1978 Visions N/a Louis Nowra Paris Theatre Company, Sydney [40]
1980 Piaf Edith Piaf Pam Gems Playhouse Theatre, Perth [41]
1982 Insignificance The Actress Terry Johnson Royal Court Theatre, London [42]
1983 Miss Julie Miss Julie August Strindberg Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney [43]
1984 King Lear Cordelia / The Fool William Shakespeare Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney
1984 The Bear Popova Anton Chekhov Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney
1984 Inside the Island N/a Louis Nowra Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney
1984 Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney [44]
1989 Hapgood "Mother" Tom Stoppard Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles [45]
2011 The Seagull Irina Arkadina Anton Chekhov Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney [46]
2025 The Spare Room Helen Helen Garner Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney [47]

References

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