Born in Perth, Western Australia, on April 23, 1955, Judy Davis was forbidden to see films as a child. She attended a Catholic convent school in her hometown, and her family can trace its ancestry back to the original 1831 British settlement in Perth. She began acting as a young girl in the neighborhood church. She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts and played opposite Mel Gibson in a production of Romeo and Juliet. She also performed with Collin Friels who would become her husband in 1984. The couple has two children, a boy named Jack and a … Continue reading →