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Has a son, Jack Friels (born 1987) and a daughter, Charlotte Friels (born 1997). Trained at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts). Her fellow students included Mel Gibson, Colin Friels and Dennis Olsen. Daughter, with Colin Friels, Charlotte. Served as a member of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 1993. Nominated for an Olivier Award for Insignificance (Actress of the Year in a New Play, 1982). Famously clashed with director David Lean on the set of A Passage to India (1984). She was among the cast members of Dark Blood, the George Sluizer film which was left unfinished by star River Phoenix's 1993 death. Forbidden to see movies as a child. Appeared with her husband Colin Friels in several films, including Hoodwink (1981), Kangaroo (1987), High Tide (1987), and The Man Who Sued God (2001). They have also frequently appeared together on stage. Fellow Australian actress Cate Blanchett has often said Davis is her role model. Peter Weller and she played husband and wife in both Naked Lunch (1991) and The New Age (1994). 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. 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. 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. In 1986, both she and husband Colin Friels won Australian Film Institute Awards. She won Best Actress for Kangaroo (1987) while he won the Best Actor award for Malcolm (1986). 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. Did her own piano playing in My Brilliant Career (1979). Throughout the film she plays Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood". 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. Once described her character in High Tide (1987) as the one which is "closest to my own persona". Has played several real-life women, including Lillian Hellman, Judy Garland, Golda Meir, Nancy Davis, George Sand, and WWII heroine Mary Lindell. 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. [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. Sang in a band with an Italian band leader in both Taiwan and Japan. Was cast in her star-making role as Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career (1979) only after producers decided to replace actress Jan Hamilton, who was originally cast in the role. Auditioned for the female lead roles in Scarface (1983), The Terminator (1984) Out of Africa (1985), Top Gun (1986), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Fatal Attraction (1987), Broadcast News (1987) and The Accused (1988).