Age: 56
female
Essie Davis is an Australian actress. Born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania, she is the daughter of locally famed artist George Davis. She emerged from the Old Nick Company at the University of Tasmania in the late 1980s and has gone on to appear in Hollywood movies. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. Her career started after her role in the all Australian movie Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995), also starring other prestigious actors such as Geoffrey Rush, Leo McKern, and Joan Sutherland. Her most famous movie roles are in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, Richard Flanagan's 1998 Tasmanian film The Sound of One Hand Clapping, and Girl with a Pearl Earring. In 2003 she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her UK performance in the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire. In 2004 she starred in a Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Jumpers, for which she earned a Tony nomination. In 2005 she appeared as Mrs. Nellie Lovett in the BBC production of Sweeney Todd with Ray Winstone. In the 2008 film Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger she plays Esther's controlling mother.
Essie Davis
Rana Abla
for Rana Abla in Güneşin Kızları (English Version)
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Gunes is a 35 years old woman who has 3 daughters and works as literature teacher in Izmir.Since her husband left her without saying anything, Gunes has been living happily with her daughters, all of them have totally different characters: 17 years old twins Nazli and Selin and 15 years old Peri. Meanwhile Gunes meets a well-known successful businessman Haluk Mertoglu. Gunes and Haluk fall in love. Haluk proposes to Gunes and wants her to move in to Istanbul with her daughters. When Gunes’s daughters learn that their mother is going to get married, all of them give different reactions: Nazli totally opposes to this marriage, Selin wants to have a rich life so, immediately approves the marriage, and Peri wants to see her mother happy so, she approves what her mother wants to do. No matter what Nazli does, Haluk never gives up and eventually, manage to get married to Gunes. After marriage, Gunes and her daughters move in to Istanbul, the big mansion where Haluk lives. Their arrival changes everything, especially affect the lives of Haluk’s son Ali and Haluk’s nephew Savas. Also, with the arrival of Gunes and her daughters, the secrets of Haluk’s family come to light one after another. In daughters of sun story, you will explore the difficulties of being parents and also, you will watch the story of a family which is surrounded by secrets. Will Gunes and her daughters adjust easily to their new life in Istanbul? Will Haluk continue to be perfect man for Gunes?
