Judy Davis
Milestones
- Birthplace: Perth, Australia
- Birthday: April 23, 1955
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2007
Played Molly's (Debra Messing) oldest friend, Joan in the USA Network miniseries, "The Starter Wife"
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2006
Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for "A Little Thing Called Murder"
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2006
Portrayed The Comtesse de Noailles in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette"
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2005
Portrayed Dora Fingleton, the long-suffering mother of champion swimmer Tony Fingleton in the true story "Swimming Upstream"
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2003
Cast as an American translator who agress to help a friend locate her missing husband in "Gaudi Afternoon"
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2003
Portrayed Nancy Reagan in the controversal television movie "The Reagans"; earned a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (2004)
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2001
Portrayed Judy Garland in the ABC miniseries "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows", adapted from Lorna Luft's memoir; won second Emmy
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2001
Starred in the Australian box office hit "The Man Who Sued God"
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1999
Cast as Lillian Hellman opposite Sam Shepard as Dashiell Hammett in the A&E biopic "Dash & Lilly", directed by Kathy Bates; picked up another Emmy nomination as Best Actress
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1999
Stage directorial debut with the Australian premiere of the one-man show "Barrymore"
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1999
Starred opposite Sally Field in "A Cooler Climate" (Showtime); received sixth Emmy nomination
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1998
Had featured role as a teacher whose marriage crumbles in Allen's "Celebrity"
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1998
Received Emmy nomination playing a struggling farmer in Australia's Outback faced with raising her husband's daughter from his first marriage in "Echo of Thunder" (CBS)
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1997
Had featured role as the ex-wife of Jack Nicholson in "Blood & Wine"
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1997
Third teaming with Woody Allen. "Deconstructing Harry"
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1996
Returned to Australian films as star of "Children of the Revolution"; reteamed onscreen with Sam Neill
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1995
Played the lesbian lover of a US Army nurse in "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story" (NBC); received Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
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1994
Teamed with Denis Leary and Kevin Spacey for the quirky comedy "The Ref"
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1993
Was set to co-star with Jonathan Pryce and River Phoenix in "Dark Blood"; project terminated after Phoenix's death
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1992
Received Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her memorable performance as a woman undergoing a divorce who finds a new love in Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives"
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1991
Earned first Emmy nomination as a British woman involved with the French Underground during WWII in "One Against the Wind" (CBS); again paired with Sam Neill; earned Emmy nomination
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1991
Played George Sand in the period drama "Impromptu"
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1990
First US-produced film, "Alice", directed by Woody Allen
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1989
US stage debut in Los Angeles production of Tom Stoppard's play "Hapgood"
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1987
Reteamed with Gillian Armstrong for "High Tide"; film co-starred Friels
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1986
First feature pairing with husband Colin Friels, "Kangaroo"
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1984
Received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her most widely seen performance to that date, as Adela Quested in David Lean's "A Passage to India"
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1982
First non-Australian screen credit, the British thriller, "Who Dares Wins/The Final Conflict"
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1982
Portrayed the young Golda Meir in the syndicated miniseries "A Woman Called Golda"; received first Emmy nomination
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1979
Breakthrough screen role as Sybylla international and acclaim acclaim as star of "My Brilliant Career", directed by Gillian Armstrong; co-starred Sam Neill
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1977
Screen acting debut, "High Rolling"; had one line
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Appeared on stage with theater companies in Adelaide and Sydney, Australia and with the Royal Court Theatre in London
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Dropped out of convent school to sing in a rock band
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