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.

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 1977 High Rolling Lynn Alternate title: High Rolling in a Hot Corvette 1979 My Brilliant Career Sybylla Melvyn 1981 Hoodwink Sarah Winter of Our Dreams Lou 1982 Heatwave Kate Dean Who Dares Wins Frankie Leith Alternate title: The Final Option 1984 A Passage to India Adela Quested 1986 Kangaroo Harriet Somers 1987 High Tide Lilli 1988 Georgia Nina Bailley/Georgia White 1990 Alice Vicki 1991 Barton Fink Audrey Taylor Impromptu George Sand Where Angels Fear to Tread Harriet Harriton Naked Lunch Joan Lee/Joan Frost On My Own The Mother 1992 Husbands and Wives Sally 1993 Dark Blood Buffy Incomplete and unreleased until 2012 1994 Caroline Chasseur Alternate title: Hostile Hostages Katherine Witner 1996 Children of the Revolution Joan Fraser 1997 Deconstructing Harry Lucy Absolute Power Gloria Russell Blood and Wine Suzanne Gates 1998 Celebrity Robin Simon 2001 Anna Redmond Gaudi Afternoon Cassandra Reilly 2003 Swimming Upstream Dora Fingleton 2006 Marilyn Dean Marie Antoinette Comtesse de Noailles 2011 Dorothy de Lascabanes 2012 To Rome with Love Phyllis 2013 The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet Jibsen 2015 The Dressmaker Molly Dunnage 2021 Nitram "Mum" Justin Kurzel 2026 Holy Days Sister Agnes TBA Ruth Denis Rabaglia

Television

Year Title Role Notes 1980 Water Under the Bridge Carrie Mazzini Miniseries 1982 Golda Myerson/Meir Television film 1983 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 1991 One Against the Wind Mary Lindell Television film 1995 Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Dianne Television film 1998 The Echo of Thunder Gladwyn Ritchie Television film 1999 Dash and Lilly Lillian Hellman Television film Paula Tanner Television film 2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Judy Garland Miniseries 2003 Nancy Reagan Television film Coast to Coast Maxine Pierce Television film 2006 Sante Kimes Television film 2007 Joan McAllister Miniseries Masters of Science Fiction: A Clean Escape Dr. Deanna Evans 2 episodes 2011 Page Eight Jill Tankard Television film 2009 Diamonds Senator Joan Cameron 2 episodes 2014 Salting the Battlefield Jill Tankard Television film 2017 Feud: Bette and Joan Hedda Hopper 8 episodes 2018 Mystery Road Emma James 6 episodes 2020 Ratched Betsy Bucket 8 episodes 2022 Roar Rosey Episode: "The Woman Who Ate Photographs" TBA Mrs. Baxter Main role

Theatre Year Production Role(s) Playwright Venue 1976 Miss Hook of Holland Chorus Austen HurgonPaul Rubens National Institute of Dramatic Art1977 Romeo and Juliet Juliet William Shakespeare National Institute of Dramatic Art Mother and Son Emma Louis Esson National Institute of Dramatic Art The Hostage Meg Brendan Behan National Institute of Dramatic Art Once in a Lifetime Actor Moss HartGeorge S. Kaufman National Institute of Dramatic Art1978 Visions Marie Louis Nowra Paris Theatre Company, Sydney Cedoona Performer Ron Blair Space Theatre, Adelaide1979 The Importance of Being Earnest Gwendolen Fairfax Oscar Wilde Q Theatre, Penrith The Department Myra Richard Brooks Q Theatre, Penrith The Father Bertha August Strindberg Q Theatre, Penrith The Good Soldier Schweik Kati Jaroslav Hašek Q Theatre, Penrith How the Other Half Loves Teresa Phillips Alan Ayckbourn Q Theatre, Penrith 1980 Piaf Edith Piaf Pam Gems Playhouse Theatre, Perth 1981 Lulu Lulu Louis Nowra The Playhouse, Adelaide 1982 Insignificance The Actress Terry Johnson Royal Court Theatre, London 1983 Miss Julie Miss Julie August Strindberg Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney1984 King Lear Cordelia / The Fool William Shakespeare Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney The Bear Popova Anton Chekhov Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney Inside the Island Signe Louis Nowra Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney 1989 Hapgood "Mother" Tom Stoppard Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles 2004 Victory Susan Bradshaw Howard Barker Wharf Theatre, Sydney 2011 The Seagull Irina Arkadina Anton Chekhov Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2025 The Spare Room Helen Helen Garner Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney

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