Son, with Colin Friels, Jack.

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.

One of her most famous films is also one of her least favorite: My Brilliant Career (1979). Although it propelled her to major stardom, she was miserable during its filming and cannot stand to watch it today.

She began filming Celebrity (1998) less than two weeks after giving birth to her daughter Charlotte. During production on the film, her husband Colin Friels contracted pancreatic cancer and nearly died.

[2000] Was reportedly in talks to appear in "Cloudstreet," an adaptation of an Australian best-seller which would have been directed by Peter Duncan and also starred Geoffrey Rush, Anna Paquin, and Heath Ledger. For whatever reason, the project never made it off the ground.

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).

She was among the cast members of Dark Blood, the George Sluizer film which was left unfinished by star River Phoenix's 1993 death.

Once described her character in High Tide (1987) as the one which is "closest to my own persona".

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.

Has played writers in numerous films, including George Sand in Impromptu (1991), Lillian Hellman in Dash and Lilly (1999) (TV), and characters based on writers Jane Bowles (in Naked Lunch (1991)) and Miles Franklin (in My Brilliant Career (1979)).

Did her own piano playing in My Brilliant Career (1979). Throughout the film she plays Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood".

Nominated for the Helpmann Award (Australia's equivalent of the Tony Award) for Victory (Best Actress in a Play, 2004).

Although most of her work is in American films, she has steadfastly refused to move to the United States, preferring to live in Sydney, Australia.

Was the runner-up for the 1993 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Husbands and Wives (1992). The winner was Miranda Richardson for her work in The Crying Game (1992), Damage (1992), and Enchanted April (1992).

Once said that the one role she wanted but didn't get was Debra Winger's part in The Sheltering Sky (1990).

In 2002, took out an "apprehended violence order" against her husband, Colin Friels. She was reportedly cut during an argument about a newspaper article during which a table was broken. The order did not require the couple to be separated.

Daughter, with Colin Friels, Charlotte.

Both times she was Oscar-nominated, she competed with Vanessa Redgrave for the award. Neither actress won the award either time.

Famously clashed with director David Lean on the set of A Passage to India (1984).

Shares a birthday (April 23) with playwright William Shakespeare, composer Sergei Prokofiev, "Lolita" author Vladimir Nabokov, and child actor Shirley Temple.

She was a part of the movement dubbed the "Australian New Wave" by the press. They were a group of filmmakers and performers who emerged from Down Under at about the same time in the early 1980's and found work in other parts of the world. Other members included actor Mel Gibson and directors George Miller and Gillian Armstrong.

According to director Sydney Pollack, he met with both Davis and Julie Christie before casting Meryl Streep in the role of Karen Blixen in Out of Africa (1985).

Nominated for an Olivier Award for Insignificance (Actress of the Year in a New Play, 1982).

Was once described as "the patron saint of modern emotions" by director/screenwriter Michael Tolkin.

She turned down the Rachel Ward role in the Australian miniseries "The Thorn Birds" (1983).

Auditioned for the female lead roles in Out of Africa (1985), Fatal Attraction (1987) and Broadcast News (1987).

Sang in a band with an Italian band leader in both Taiwan and Japan.

Has played several real-life women, including Lillian Hellman, Judy Garland, Golda Meir, Nancy Davis, George Sand, and WWII heroine Mary Lindell.

Agreed to do the film Absolute Power (1997) so she could work with Clint Eastwood.

In a 1994 interview, she listed Robin Williams as the one actor she would like to work with but hadn`t. In 1997, they both appeared in Deconstructing Harry (1997), but did not share any scenes.

Lost her Catholic faith at age 14, when she read a book that suggested a metaphorical rather than a literal interpretation of the story of Jesus and the miracle of the loaves and fishes.

Intensely dislikes being interviewed, and does so only as a gesture of goodwill toward the directors of her films.

To prepare for her role as Judy Garland in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV), she pored over television footage, biographies and nearly all of Garland`s 32 feature films. She also wore dark contact lenses for the role.

Has protested Australia`s involvement in the war with Iraq.

Peter Weller and she played husband and wife in both Naked Lunch (1991) and The New Age (1994).

Like Judy Garland, whom she portrayed in a 2001 TV-movie, Davis is left-handed.

Fellow Australian actress Cate Blanchett has often said Davis is her role model.

Has blue eyes.

Appeared with her husband Colin Friels in several films, including Hoodwink (1981), Kangaroo (1986), High Tide (1987), and The Man Who Sued God (2001). They have also frequently appeared together on stage.

Forbidden to see movies as a child.

Often works with Woody Allen, who considers her "one of the most exciting actresses in the world".

Her family can trace its ancestry back to the original 1831 British settlement in Perth.

Served as a member of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 1993.

Attended a Catholic convent school in her hometown of Perth, Australia.

Trained at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts). Her fellow students included Mel Gibson, Colin Friels and Dennis Olsen.

Attended drama school with Mel Gibson. They played Romeo and Juliet together.

Has a son and a daughter.

Often portrays brittle, neurotic women.

Spouse: Colin Friels (1984 - present) 1 son, 1 daughter

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia