List of Judy Davis performances


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, which earned her two BAFTA Awards. She garnered international attention for her performance in A Passage to India, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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. She subsequently starred in Allen's drama Husbands and Wives, 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 before reuniting with Allen to appear in Deconstructing Harry and Celebrity.
Davis starred as Lillian Hellman in the Kathy Bates-directed television film Dash and Lilly, followed by Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, 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. Subsequent film roles include the romantic comedy The Break-Up, Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, 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

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1977High RollingLynnAlternate title: High Rolling in a Hot Corvette
1979My Brilliant CareerSybylla Melvyn
1981HoodwinkSarah
1981Winter of Our DreamsLou
1982HeatwaveKate Dean
1982Who Dares WinsFrankie LeithAlternate title: The Final Option
1984A Passage to IndiaAdela Quested
1986KangarooHarriet Somers
1987High TideLilli
1988GeorgiaNina Bailley/Georgia White
1990AliceVicki
1991Barton FinkAudrey Taylor
1991ImpromptuGeorge Sand
1991Where Angels Fear to TreadHarriet Harriton
1991Naked LunchJoan Lee/Joan Frost
1991On My OwnThe Mother
1992Husbands and WivesSally
1993Dark BloodBuffyIncomplete and unreleased until 2012
1994'Caroline ChasseurAlternate title: Hostile Hostages
1994'Katherine Witner
1996Children of the RevolutionJoan Fraser
1997Deconstructing HarryLucy
1997Absolute PowerGloria Russell
1997Blood and WineSuzanne Gates
1998CelebrityRobin Simon
2001'Anna Redmond
2001Gaudi AfternoonCassandra Reilly
2003Swimming UpstreamDora Fingleton
2006'Marilyn Dean
2006Marie AntoinetteComtesse de Noailles
2011Dorothy de Lascabanes
2012To Rome with LovePhyllis
2013The Young and Prodigious T.S. SpivetJibsen
2015The DressmakerMolly Dunnage
2021Nitram"Mum"Justin Kurzel