Judy Davis

Judy Davis's biography

Judith Davis is 67 years old actor born at Perth. Judy was born on Saturday 23rd of April 1955. Judy is often nicknamed as Judith Davis, Judy Davis. According to year of birth 1955 Judy belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 23rd of April means she is Taurus. Taurus is most stable sign of Zodiac, that is the reason it is also included in the earthy sign of the Zodiac Belt. One born with this Moon Sign (Not a Rising Sign) is very stable and balanced through their mind.

Judy is white australian. Judy is citizen of Australia. She is roman catholic. Judy´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know Judy also as stage actor. She is recently known as film actor.

Judy Davis's family

Judy Davis's husband

He is known as stage actor. Judy´s husband was born on Thursday 25th of September 1952 in Kilwinning.

Judy Davis's ex husband

Judy Davis's schools

We found 4 schools Judy attended. Complete list of schools: National Institute of Dramatic Art, Curtin University, John XXIII College, Loreto Convent, Claremont.

Detailed informations about Judy´s schools

• Attended drama school with Mel Gibson. They played Romeo and Juliet together.
• Attended a Catholic convent school in her hometown of Perth, Australia.
• Erroneously described as having dropped out of convent school at age 17 so she could travel around the world. Davis has said she most certainly graduated high school before touring with a band throughout Asia.

Judy Davis's career

Her main focus is to be actor. She is famous thanks to A Passage to India. You could see Judy also in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, The Starter Wife and many more.

Is Judy Davis gay ?

Judy is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Judy Davis's Awards

• Nominated for an Olivier Award for Insignificance (Actress of the Year in a New Play, 1982).
• Nominated for the Helpmann Award (Australia's equivalent of the Tony Award) for Victory (Best Actress in a Play, 2004).
• In 1986, both she and husband Colin Friels won Australian Film Institute Awards. She won Best Actress for Kangaroo (1986) while he won the Best Actor award for Malcolm (1986).
• Both times she was Oscar-nominated, she competed with Vanessa Redgrave for the award. Neither actress won the award either time.
• Was presented the Don Dunston Award for her contribution to the film industry at the 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival.
• As of 2022, she has the most accolades of the AACTA Award (the Australian equivalent of an Oscar) with nine in total from 1981.

Judy Davis's Nominations

• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for work Husbands and Wives in 1992
• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress

What Judy Davis has done for a first time

• In her diverse career, Davis has played a woman addicted to bug spray, a former First Lady, a German housewife living in Australia, a Southern ghostwriter, a serial killer, an unbalanced White House Chief of Staff and a fervent Australian Stalinist.
• Despite My Brilliant Career (1979) being thought of as her debut Davis' first feature film was in High Rolling (1977).
• Has twice returned to her Alma mater, NIDA, to direct graduating BFA acting students in public productions. The first was 'Love And Money' by Dennis Kelly in 2017, followed by 'God of Carnage' by Yasmina Reza in 2019.

Judy Davis's quotes

• [on working with David Lean] There was a touch of the bully about him - he'd take it out on the people who were the weakest and most dependent.
• I was always terribly shy, so a great thing that acting has done for me has forced me out of myself and made me more generous.
• I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.
• "It's like you're getting ready to go to Cinderella's ball. And then, when you lose, it's like you wake up and realize you're not Cinderella." (on being an Oscar nominee)
• A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.
• Of course, I'm not a celebrity. Never wanted to be one. Never promoted myself as one. I'm an actress. I think there's a difference. To be a celebrity, one really has to go after it, and want it.
• I wish I tanned. It would make everybody happy and get them off my back. But this is the look I was born with, and I'm stuck with it.
• I never wanted celebrity. It's not a game I've ever been interested in. My life leads my work, and I wouldn't want it to be the reverse.
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Judy Davis's height, weight, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Judy Davis looks. We will focus on Judy´s height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. Judy is tall as 5' 5" (165 cm). Judy weights 123lbs (56 kg). Body build is slim. Her eyes are tinted blue. Her hair is shade of brown - dark.