Celebrity Wallpapers, Biographies Information Judy Davis

If a woman with an opinion in Hollywood is considered hazardous then Australian Judy Davis could easily qualify as one dangerous female. The petite, pale redhead, whose slash of red or brown lipstick has almost become her trademark, is considered one of the finest actresses of contemporary cinema and has garnered a reputation for her passion, high artistic standards and frank speech. Not unlike Bette Davis in the 1930s and 40s, Judy Davis was not one to suffer fools and had no trouble expressing her feelings.

To her, the work was paramount and she consistently has delivered superb performances whether acting on stage, screen or TV.
The youngest of three, Davis has admitted to suffering a repressed childhood, in part due to her family s staunch Catholicism but also tempered by the remoteness of Perth, Australia, where she was raised. After dropping out of convent school, she joined a rock and blues band and toured Asia.

Returning home, Davis eventually enrolled at Sydney s National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), where she appeared as Juliet to Mel Gibson s Romeo. With stage experience and a one-line role in 1977 s High Rolling , she auditioned for and won the star-making role of Sybylla Melvyn, the headstrong anti-heroine, of My Brilliant Career (1978). Davis later admitted she had difficulties with the neurotic character and occasionally clashed with director Gillian Armstrong, but her performance was undeniably forceful and earned her numerous accolades including Best Actress citations from the British Film Academy and the Australian Film Institute.