Judy Davis
Actor
- My Brilliant Career (1979)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Judy Davis, Sam Neill
- Landmark Australian film, with Judy Davis as a determinedly independent femme in the late 19th century. From the novel by Miles Franklin.
- Water Under the Bridge (TV Mini-series) (1980)
- Dir. Igor Auzins
Feat. Judy Davis, Robyn Nevin, David Cameron
- Unsentimental drama set between the two World Wars observes an aspiring actor and the three women who shape his life.
- Hoodwink (1981)
- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. John Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush…
- Devious bank robber Hargreaves eludes the law by pretending to be blind in this low–key Aussie caper–romance. Geoffrey Rush’s first…
- Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Baz Luhrmann
- A fiercely acted Australian drama, with Judy David as a drug–addicted prostitute looking for solace in a former 60s radical (Bryan Brown).
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1982)
- Feat. Alan Bennett, Richard Griffiths, Judy Davis…
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
- Heatwave (1982)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Judy Davis, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter
- Phillip Noyce followed NEWSFRONT with this arresting political thriller about an architect embroiled in Sydney’s corrupt inner city housing…
- Who Dares Wins (1982)
- Dir. Ian Sharp
Feat. Lewis Collins, Edward Woodward, Judy Davis…
- An SAS agent infiltrates a radical anti–nuclear group when they are held responsible for the assassination of a British undercover agent. Loopy…
- BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 5 (Richard III, King Lear, Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, The Merry Wives of Windsor) (1982-1983)
- Feat. Alan Bennett, Ben Kingsley, Judy Davis…
- The fifth in a series of boxed–sets compiling the BBC's comprehensive Shakespeare adaptations for television. This set includes:
Richard III,…
- Woman Called Golda, A (1982)
- Dir. Alan Gibson
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Ned Beatty, Judy Davis…
- Much–praised biopic in which Ingrid Bergman gives her final performance as Israeli Prime Minister and so–called "mother of Israel', Golda…
- Passage to India, A (1984)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft…
- Judy Davis leads a troupe of perenial British actors in this, the legendary director's final film – an immaculate production of E.M. Forster's…
- Kangaroo (1986)
- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Judy Davis, Colin Friels
- Thinly veiled autobiographical account of novelist D.H. Lawrence features Colin Friels as 'a British writer' in Australia who gets unintentionally…
- High Tide (1987)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Judy Davis, Claudia Karvan, Colin Friels
- The director of MY BRILLIANT CAREER encores with Judy Davis for this bittersweet exploration of mother–daughter relations at a bleak coastal…
- Impromptu (1990)
- Dir. James Lapine
Feat. Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin…
- Splendid frolic with Chopin, Liszt, Delacroix, George Sand and friends gathered at a French country villa. Hilarious and moving, Judy Davis leads a…
- Barton Fink (1991)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis
- The Coen Bros' striking if enigmatic account of a brilliant scribe hampered with writer's block and a strange hotel companion in mid 1940s Hollywood.…
- On My Own (1991)
- Dir. Antonio Tibaldi
Feat. Judy Davis
- Coming–of–age tale draws a devastating performance from Judy Davis as the imbalanced mother of a fifteen–year–old boarding…
- Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Judy Davis, Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves…
- An untimely death in the family spurs Judy Davis, Helena Bonham–Carter and Rupert Graves to squabble it out in…
- One Against the Wind (1991)
- Dir. Larry Elikann
Feat. Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Anthony Higgins…
- Judy Davis gives a typically gutsy performance in this drama set during the Nazi occupation of France and based on the true story of a British Red…
- Husbands and Wives (1992)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Liam Neeson…
- A Woody Allen 'art–imitates–life' parable about aging intellectuals with the twenty–year itch. Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack and Liam…
- Ref, The (1994)
- Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey
- Jewel thief Denis Leary takes refuge at the home of married squabblers Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey on the eve of a Christmas family reunion.…
- New Age, The (1994)
- Dir. Michael Tolkin
Feat. Peter Weller, Judy Davis
- Peter Weller and Judy Davis are a restless, avaricious L.A. couple who seek fortune and/or meaning in their lives. Another icy, cynical hybrid of…
- Serving in Silence (1994)
- Dir. Jeff Bleckner
Feat. Glenn Close, Judy Davis
- Glenn Close and Judy Davis star in this biopic of Margarethe Cammermeyer, an exemplary colonel of the US military who was forced to fight for her…
- Children of the Revolution (1996)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Judy Davis, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neill
- An eclectic, ambitious black comedy based on a highly fictional premise – Stalin's son rises through the ranks in Australian politics.…
- Absolute Power (1996)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Judy Davis…
- Cat–burglar Clint Eastwood witnesses the US President murder his friend's wife after a bout of infidelity, and is hunted down by a deadly…
- Blood and Wine (1997)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez…
- Jack Nicholson dusts off his cynical, scowling persona of the 70s, as a desperate, philandering Florida wine merchant who enlists Michael Caine for a…
- Deconstructing Harry (1998)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban…
- Woody Allen's most unruly comedy in years is an excoriating satire on his 'public–image': morally–depraved author Harry Blok, in a…
- Celebrity (1999)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Melanie Griffith…
- Assembling another largish retinue of actors eager to 'do a Woody', Allen swings his long–lens round onto the world of celebrity…
- Cooler Climate, A (1999)
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Sally Field, Judy Davis
- Exploring the emotional climate between newly–separated Sally Field and her new boss, rich–bitch Judy Davis, this small–scale drama…
- Man Who Sued God, The (2001)
- Dir. Mark Joffe
Feat. Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Wendy Hughes…
- Above–average satire in which disgruntled fisherman Billy Connolly slaps a lawsuit on the Big Guy after an ‘act of God’ sinks his…
- Life With Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows (2001)
- Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Judy Davis, Victor Garber, Hugh Laurie…
- The amazing, slightly tragic life of Hollywood star Judy Garland is retold with Judy Davis (eventually) in the title role, in a compelling telemovie…
- Swimming Upstream (2002)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis
- A sturdily dramatic account of Australian Anthony Fingleton’s rise from his working class origins in 1950s Brisbane to becoming a champion…