Geena Davis

Geena Davis

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Birthday: 
21 January 1956, Wareham, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Name: 
Virginia Elizabeth Davis
Height: 
183 cm
As a child, Geena dreamed of being an actress. While in high school, she felt left out and had low self-esteem because, at 6 feet, she was the tallest girl in school. After high school graduation, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston University, where she majored in drama. In 1979, she grad... Show more »
As a child, Geena dreamed of being an actress. While in high school, she felt left out and had low self-esteem because, at 6 feet, she was the tallest girl in school. After high school graduation, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston University, where she majored in drama. In 1979, she graduated and moved to New York to start her career. Her career consisted of sales clerk and waitress. She worked at Ann Taylor, where she eventually rose to Saturday window mannequin while trying to get a job with a modeling agency. Eventually signed by the Zoli Agency, she wound up as a model in the Victoria Secret's Catalogue. Ever vigilant, Sydney Pollack was looking for new talent in the catalog when he spotted Geena and cast her in Tootsie (1982). With good reviews, Geena moved to Los Angeles where she was cast as Wendy in the short-lived but critically acclaimed television series Buffalo Bill (1983). A starter marriage to restaurant manager Richard Emmolo ended in divorce at about that time. Her next appearance on television was in her own series Sara (1985), which was also good, but soon canceled. Geena then returned to the big screen in the below-average Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) followed by the successful Chevy Chase movie Fletch (1985). From there on, she was on a roll with second husband Jeff Goldblum in the horror remake The Fly (1986). More successful were Tim Burton's dark comedy Beetlejuice (1988) and The Accidental Tourist (1988). For the last film, she was the surprise winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. More fun movies followed with the flying-saucer-in-the-pool Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) and everyone-loves-a-clown Quick Change (1990) with Bill Murray. The very successful Thelma & Louise (1991), directed by Ridley Scott, again garnered Academy Award nominations for Geena and Susan Sarandon. A League of Their Own (1992), with Tom Hanks and directed by Penny Marshall, was the turning point as her next film, Hero (1992), was only average. Then she married director Renny Harlin and they set up a production and development company called "The Forge". Their first film was Speechless (1994), which flopped at the box office. Undeterred, Renny decided to film the big-budget Cutthroat Island (1995), starring Geena as pirate leader Morgan, which also flopped. Geena has since starred in the thriller The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and played Eleanor Little in Stuart Little (1999) and Stuart Little 2 (2002). She's also returned to TV, headlining The Geena Davis Show (2000) and Commander in Chief (2005). Both series were canceled after one season each, but she won a Golden Globe for the latter. Since 2001 she has been married to her fourth husband, neurosurgeon Reza Jarrahy, and they have three children. In 2008, after being missed from the big screen for some years, Geena ventured to Sydney, Australia, playing the foul-mouthed mother of Harry Cook and Harrison Gilbertson to shoot the dark comedy Accidents Happen (2009). Show less «

Geena Davis's FILMOGRAPHY

The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

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The Talk - Season 14

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Loose Women - Season 28

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The Graham Norton Show - Season 31

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Sesame Street - Season 54

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Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 11

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The Graham Norton Show - Season 30

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Sesame Street - Season 53

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Greys Anatomy - Season 19

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Guillermo del Toros Cabinet of Curiosities - Season 1

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Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 10

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The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards

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The Talk - Season 13

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The Graham Norton Show - Season 29

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Sesame Street - Season 52

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Eli Roths History of Horror - Season 3

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Greys Anatomy - Season 18

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The Graham Norton Show - Season 28

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The Graham Norton Show - Season 27

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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - Season 5

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Sesame Street - Season 51

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Eli Roths History of Horror - Season 2

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Greys Anatomy - Season 17

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Geena Davis'S roles

Morgan
Morgan
Eleanor Little
Eleanor Little
Valerie
Valerie
Samantha Caine
Samantha Caine
Barbara Maitland
Barbara Maitland
Odette
Odette
Thelma Yvonne Dickinson
Thelma Yvonne Dickinson
April Page
April Page
Regan MacNeil
Regan MacNeil
Dr. Nicole Herman
Dr. Nicole Herman
Dottie Hinson
Dottie Hinson
Veronica Quaife
Veronica Quaife
Dr. Nicole Herman
Dr. Nicole Herman