Essie Davis
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Essie Davis is an Australian actress best known internationally for her acclaimed lead performance in the psychological horror film "The Babadook" and for her role in the television series "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Essie Davis canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5148743 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essie Davis Context triple: [The Babadook, starring, Essie Davis]
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A.
Jessica Riley
Jessica Riley is a flirtatious and popular teenager who is one of the playable protagonists in the horror video game Until Dawn.
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B.
Anne-Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff is an acclaimed English actress known for her powerful performances in television dramas such as "Shameless" and "The Virgin Queen," as well as in film and theatre.
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C.
Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Riseborough is an English actress known for her versatile performances in independent films and major productions such as "Birdman," "Mandy," and the Oscar-nominated "To Leslie."
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D.
Michelle Gomez
Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress best known for her darkly comedic and villainous roles in television series such as Doctor Who and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
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E.
Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson is an acclaimed English actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in series like "Luther" and "The Affair."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essie Davis Target entity description: Essie Davis is an Australian actress best known internationally for her acclaimed lead performance in the psychological horror film "The Babadook" and for her role in the television series "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries."
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A.
Jessica Riley
Jessica Riley is a flirtatious and popular teenager who is one of the playable protagonists in the horror video game Until Dawn.
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B.
Anne-Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff is an acclaimed English actress known for her powerful performances in television dramas such as "Shameless" and "The Virgin Queen," as well as in film and theatre.
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C.
Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Riseborough is an English actress known for her versatile performances in independent films and major productions such as "Birdman," "Mandy," and the Oscar-nominated "To Leslie."
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D.
Michelle Gomez
Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress best known for her darkly comedic and villainous roles in television series such as Doctor Who and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
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E.
Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson is an acclaimed English actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in series like "Luther" and "The Affair."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play
NERFINISHED
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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Amelia Vanek in The Babadook
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Lady Crane in Game of Thrones NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie in True History of the Kelly Gang ⓘ Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears NERFINISHED ⓘ Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (stage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| educatedAt | National Institute of Dramatic Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Royal National Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Sydney Theatre Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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drama ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| givenName | Essie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Essie Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
NERFINISHED
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AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Assassin's Creed
NERFINISHED
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Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cloudstreet NERFINISHED ⓘ Game of Thrones NERFINISHED ⓘ Girl with a Pearl Earring NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambs of God NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries NERFINISHED ⓘ The Babadook NERFINISHED ⓘ The Matrix Reloaded NERFINISHED ⓘ The Matrix Revolutions NERFINISHED ⓘ The Slap NERFINISHED ⓘ True History of the Kelly Gang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Justin Kurzel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Essie Davis Description of subject: Essie Davis is an Australian actress best known internationally for her acclaimed lead performance in the psychological horror film "The Babadook" and for her role in the television series "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.