| Geena Davis | |
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.jpg/200px-Geena_Davis_(1989).jpg) Davis at the 1989 Academy Awards |
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| Born | Virginia Elizabeth Davis January 21, 1956 Wareham, Massachusetts |
| Years active | 1982 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Emmolo (1982-1983) Jeff Goldblum (1987-1990) Renny Harlin (1993-1998) Reza Jarrahy (2001-) |
Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress, producer, writer, athlete, and former fashion model. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wareham (Typically pronounced Wear-ham is a town located in Plymouth County Massachusetts. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated American actor Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a Finnish American Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Biography
Early life
Davis was born in Wareham, Massachusetts, USA, the daughter of Lucille, a teacher's assistant, and William Morris, a civil engineer and she has a brother called Dan. Wareham (Typically pronounced Wear-ham is a town located in Plymouth County Massachusetts. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1] At an early age, she became interested in music. She learned piano, flute and drums and played organ well enough as a teenager to serve as an organist at her church in Wareham. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each Enrolling at New England College, Davis eventually graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979. New England College, also known as NEC, is a four-year private, Liberal arts college located in Henniker, New Hampshire. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) While an exchange student in Sandviken, Sweden, Davis became bilingual; she is fluent in English and Swedish. Sandviken Municipality ( Sandvikens kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
Career
After graduating, Davis signed with New York's Zoli modelling agency and served as a window mannequin for Ann Taylor. Mannequin (alternately manikin, mannikin, manakin, dummy or lay figure) Ann Taylor ( is an American group of specialty Apparel Retail Chain stores for women headquartered in New York City, (7 Times Square With a height of six feet and a shoe size of 11 (US), Davis was a striking model cast from a different mold. A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. She was working as a model when director Sydney Pollack spotted her and cast her in Tootsie (1982) as a soap opera actress. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American Film director, producer and Actor. Tootsie is a 1982 Comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile Actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E She followed this up with roles in the short-lived television series Buffalo Bill (1983–1984), for which she also wrote an episode, and Sara (1985). Buffalo Bill is an American television Situation comedy that featured the misadventures of an egotistical Talk show host and his staff at Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Davis made her film breakthrough with The Fly and Beetlejuice. The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg Beetlejuice is a 1988 comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton. She received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Accidental Tourist (1988) and a Best Actress nomination for her role in Thelma and Louise (1991). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American Drama film. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, with an Academy Award nominated Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American Road movie which breaks with tradition by featuring two female leads The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie Davis replaced Debra Winger for the lead in A League of Their Own and received a Best Actress Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance. Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actress. A League of Their Own is a 1992 Comedy-drama Film that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional She then co-starred in Hero alongside Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia. Hero (also known as Accidental Hero) is a Comedy and Drama movie directed by Stephen Frears and starring Following this, Davis teamed up with then husband Renny Harlin for the films Cutthroat Island and The Long Kiss Goodnight. Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a Finnish American Cutthroat Island is a 1995 Pirate -themed Action film starring Geena Davis and directed by her then-husband Renny Harlin The Long Kiss Goodnight is a 1996 action thriller Film starring Geena Davis and Samuel L She and Harlin produced the films. Davis starred in the short-lived sitcom The Geena Davis Show (2000–2001). The Geena Davis Show was a short-lived American Sitcom starring Geena Davis. The year 2000 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2000. The year 2001 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2001. In early 2004, she guest-starred as Grace Adler's sister Janet on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. The year 2004 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2004. Grace Elizabeth Adler (born April 26 1967 is a Fictional character on the popular American Sitcom Will & Grace, portrayed by Debra Messing The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 She most recently starred in the ABC television series Commander in Chief as the first female President of the United States. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Commander in Chief is an American drama Television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen (portrayed The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by This role garnered her a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2006, and she also was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series and an Emmy Award. The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest The Screen Actors Guild ( SAG) is an American labor union representing over 120000 Film and television principal performers and background
Personal life
On September 1, 2001, Davis married Iranian-American Dr. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Iranian Americans are American citizens of Iranian ethnicity or heritage Reza Jarrahy. They have three children: daughter Alizeh Keshvar (born April 10, 2002) and fraternal twins Kian William Jarrahy and Kaiis Steven Jarrahy on May 6, 2004. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The marriage is Davis' fourth; she was previously married to Richard Emmolo (25 March 1982 - 26 February 1983); actor Jeff Goldblum, with whom she co-starred in three films, Transylvania 6-5000, The Fly and Earth Girls Are Easy (1987 to 1990); and Renny Harlin, who directed her in Cutthroat Island and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1993 to 1998). Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated American actor For the 1963 animated Short film starring Bugs Bunny, see Transylvania 6-5000 (1963 film. The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1988 American comedy / musical Film directed by Julien Temple. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a Finnish American Cutthroat Island is a 1995 Pirate -themed Action film starring Geena Davis and directed by her then-husband Renny Harlin The Long Kiss Goodnight is a 1996 action thriller Film starring Geena Davis and Samuel L Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
In 1999, Davis was a semi-finalist in trials for the United States' Olympic Archery team. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Archery is the practice of using a bow or Crossbow to shoot Arrows Archery has historically been used in Hunting and Combat and has She placed twenty-fourth out of twenty-eight.
Davis is 6 feet tall (1. 83 m) and is a member of American Mensa, the society of persons with IQs in the statistical top 2%,[2] with an IQ of 140. Mensa is the largest oldest and most famous high-IQ society in the world An Intelligence Quotient or IQ is a score derived from one of several different Standardized tests attempting to measure Intelligence.
Activism
Davis is fronting the Women's Sports Foundation campaign Geena Takes Aim in support of Title IX — an Act of Congress focusing on equality in sports opportunities, now expanded to prohibit gender discrimination in United States' educational institutions. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, now known as the Patsy T Sexism is the belief or attitude that one Gender or Sex is inferior to or less valuable than the other and can also refer to a Hatred or distrust towards The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
In 2004, while watching children’s television programs and videos with her daughter, Davis noticed what she thought was an imbalance in the ratio of male to female characters. From that starting point, Davis went on to sponsor the largest research project ever undertaken on gender in children’s entertainment (resulting in 4 discrete studies, including one on children’s television) at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. The study, directed by Dr. Stacy Smith, shows that there are nearly 3 males to every 1 female character in the nearly 400 P, PG, PG-13, and R-Rated movies the undergraduate team of Annenberg students coded. That research sparked Davis to launch The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media in 2007. The Institute’s first focus is an on-the ground program that works collaboratively with the entertainment industry to dramatically increase the presence of female characters in media aimed at children and to reduce stereotyping of both males and females.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1982 | Tootsie | April Page | |
| 1985 | Fletch | Larry | |
| Transylvania 6-5000 | Odette | ||
| 1986 | The Fly | Veronica Quaife | |
| 1988 | Beetlejuice | Barbara Maitland | |
| Earth Girls Are Easy | Valerie Gail | ||
| The Accidental Tourist | Muriel Pritchett | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1990 | Quick Change | Phyllis Potter | |
| 1991 | Thelma and Louise | Thelma Yvonne Dickinson | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress; Nominated - BAFTA Award; Nominated - Golden Globe |
| 1992 | A League of Their Own | Dottie Hinson | Nominated - Golden Globe |
| Hero | Gale Gayley | ||
| 1993 | Princess Scargo and the Birthday Pumpkin | Narrator (voice) | short subject |
| 1994 | Angie | Angie Scacciapensieri | |
| Speechless | Julia Mann | also producer; Nominated - Golden Globe | |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Island | Morgan Adams | |
| 1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore | also producer |
| 1999 | Stuart Little (film) | Mrs. Tootsie is a 1982 Comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile Actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to Fletch is a 1985 Comedy film about a wisecracking investigative newspaper reporter Irwin M For the 1963 animated Short film starring Bugs Bunny, see Transylvania 6-5000 (1963 film. The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg Beetlejuice is a 1988 comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton. Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1988 American comedy / musical Film directed by Julien Temple. The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American Drama film. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, with an Academy Award nominated Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Quick Change is a 1990 comedy film starring Bill Murray, who also co-directed with the film's screenwriter Howard Franklin. Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American Road movie which breaks with tradition by featuring two female leads Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner A League of Their Own is a 1992 Comedy-drama Film that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Hero (also known as Accidental Hero) is a Comedy and Drama movie directed by Stephen Frears and starring Angie is a 1994 romantic comedy - Drama film directed by Martha Coolidge, and starring Geena Davis as the titular character The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Cutthroat Island is a 1995 Pirate -themed Action film starring Geena Davis and directed by her then-husband Renny Harlin The Long Kiss Goodnight is a 1996 action thriller Film starring Geena Davis and Samuel L Stuart Little is a 1999 Live-action Film, based on the novel of the same name. Eleanor Little | |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Mrs. Stuart Little 2 is a 2002 Film, directed by Rob Minkoff. It is a sequel to the 1999 film Stuart Little Eleanor Little | |
| 2006 | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Mrs. Stuart Little 3 Call of the Wild is a 2006 Direct-to-video Film created by Mainframe Entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures Eleanor Little | voice |
| 2009 | Accidents Happen | Mrs. Conway | pre-production |
Television work
| Year | Show | Role | Other notes |
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| 1983-1984 | Buffalo Bill (TV series) | Wendy Killian | |
| 1983 | Knight Rider | Grace Fallon | guest star, "K. Buffalo Bill is an American television Situation comedy that featured the misadventures of an egotistical Talk show host and his staff at I. T. T. The Car" |
| 1984 | Family Ties | Karen Nicholson | Guest star, two episodes |
| 1985 | Sara | Sara McKenna | cancelled after a few months |
| Secret Weapons | Tamara Reshevsky/Brenda | ||
| 2000-2001 | The Geena Davis Show | Teddie Cochran | |
| 2005-2006 | Commander in Chief (TV series) | President Mackenzie Allen | Golden Globe; Nominated - Emmy Award |
References
- ^ Geena Davis biography. Family Ties is a Television Sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons from 1982 to 1989 The Geena Davis Show was a short-lived American Sitcom starring Geena Davis. Commander in Chief is an American drama Television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen (portrayed The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Film Reference. com
- ^ "They're Accomplished, They're Famous, and They're MENSANS" (July 2004). Mensa Bulletin (476): p. 21. American Mensa. ISSN 0025-9543.
External links
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Olympia Dukakis for Moonstruck |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1988 for The Accidental Tourist |
Succeeded by Brenda Fricker for My Left Foot |
| Preceded by Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Series 2004 for Commander in Chief |
Succeeded by Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
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