Judy Davis (1982). In 1984, she was cast as Adela Quested in David Lean's final film "A Passage to India", an adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. The film became a critics' favourite, opening to tremendous praise worldwide and "Variety" praised Davis for having "the rare gift of being able to look very plain (as the role calls for) at one moment and uncommonly beautiful at another. Likewise, "The Washington Post" wrote, "With makeup the color of smudged ivory, her pallor enhanced by the off-white linens she wears, Davis is
Judy Davis (2011), "To Rome with Love" (2012), "The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet" (2013) and "The Dressmaker" (2015). For her television work, Davis won Emmy Awards for "" (1995), Judy Garland in "" (2001) and "The Starter Wife" (2007) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows" and "One Against the Wind" (1991). Other television roles include "Water Under the Bridge" (1980), "A Woman Called Golda" (1982), "A Cooler Climate" (1999), Nancy Reagan in "The Reagans" (2003), "Coast to Coast" (2003), Sante Kimes in "A Little Thing