Geena Davis
Highest Rated: 97% Fairyland (2023)
Lowest Rated: 10% Speechless (1994)
Birthday: Jan 21, 1956
Birthplace: Wareham, Massachusetts, USA
Beginning in the early '80s, this statuesque (about 6') former fashion model carefully crafted a winning screen persona that made her one of Hollywood's most sought-after actors. While Davis' somewhat goofy charm was well deployed in quirky comedies (e.g., "Fletch" 1985; "Beetlejuice" 1988; "Quick Change" 1990), she also displayed a flair for drama, notably with an Oscar-winning turn in Lawrence Kasdan's "The Accidental Tourist" (1988) and her career-defining role opposite Susan Sarandon in "Thelma and Louise" (1991). Strikingly attractive with just a touch of gawkiness, Davis projected an all but irresistible friendliness and vulnerability in her early appearances. More often than not, her best characterizations had her starting out as an untried and fairly ditsy naif who is forced to make decisions that allow her to grow over the course of the narrative. Her imposing physique also gave her rare credibility to play athletes and other unusually physical roles. After a career downturn that coincided with her marriage to critically-lambasted action director Renny Harlin, David rebounded with an impressive series of mature roles that kept her in the Hollywood spotlight, including a starring role as the president of the United States in "Commander in Chief" (ABC 2005-06), a stint on medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC 2005- ) and the lead in the first season of a television reboot of "The Exorcist" (Fox 2016-18).
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Geena Davis
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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74% |
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Blink Twice | Stacy (Character) | $22.8M | 2024 |
97% | No Score Yet | Fairyland | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
20% |
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Ava | Bobbi (Character) | $464.2K | 2020 |
88% |
|
This Changes Everything |
Self, Executive Producer |
- | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bitelchus | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
75% |
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Don't Talk to Irene | Self | - | 2017 |
89% |
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Marjorie Prime | Tess (Character) | $179.2K | 2017 |
50% |
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Me Him Her | Mrs. Ehrlick (Character) | - | 2015 |
92% |
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When Marnie Was There | Yoriko Sasaki (Voice) | $314.3K | 2014 |
92% |
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In a World ... | Katherine Huling (Character) | $3.0M | 2013 |
60% |
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Accidents Happen | Gloria Conway (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Mrs. Eleanor Little (Voice) | - | 2005 |
81% |
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Stuart Little 2 | Mrs. Little (Character) | $64.7M | 2002 |
67% |
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Stuart Little | Mrs. Little (Character) | $140.0M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Mistrial | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
68% |
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The Long Kiss Goodnight | Samantha Caine; Charly Baltimore (Character) | $33.4M | 1996 |
40% |
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Cutthroat Island | Morgan (Character) | $8.8M | 1995 |
10% |
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Speechless |
Julia Mann (Character), Producer |
$19.6M | 1994 |
53% |
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Angie | Angie Scacciapensieri (Character) | $9.3M | 1994 |
82% |
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A League of Their Own | Dottie Hinson (Character) | $105.1M | 1992 |
67% |
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Hero | Gale Gayley (Character) | $18.2M | 1992 |
86% |
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Thelma & Louise | Thelma (Character) | $43.3M | 1991 |
84% |
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Quick Change | Phyllis Potter (Character) | $14.0M | 1990 |
68% |
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Earth Girls Are Easy | Valerie (Character) | $3.9M | 1989 |
82% |
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The Accidental Tourist | Muriel Pritchett (Character) | $30.3M | 1988 |
83% |
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Beetlejuice | Barbara Maitland (Character) | $73.5M | 1988 |
93% |
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The Fly | Veronica Quaife (Character) | $34.9M | 1986 |
79% |
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Fletch | Larry (Character) | - | 1985 |
18% |
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Transylvania 6-5000 | Odette (Character) | $7.2M | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secrets of the Red Bedroom |
Tamara Reshevsky/ |
- | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Weapons |
Tamara Reshevsky/ |
- | 1985 |
91% |
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Tootsie | April Page (Character) | - | 1982 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission Unstoppable With Miranda Cosgrove | Executive Producer | 2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2015-2016 2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sara | Sara McKenna (Character) | 1985 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2016 2019 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Busy Tonight | Guest | 2019 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Nicole Herman (Guest Star) | 2014-2015 2018 |
89% | 91% | The Exorcist | Angela Rance (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vice Guide to Film | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2014 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doc McStuffins | Princess Persephone (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coma | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Women, War & Peace | Narrator | 2011 |
82% | No Score Yet | Commander in Chief | President Mackenzie Allen (Character) | 2005-2006 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Janet Adler (Guest Star) | 2004 |
11% | No Score Yet | The Geena Davis Show | Teddie Cochran (Character) | 2000-2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Family Ties | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riptide | Unknown (Character) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
84% | No Score Yet | Buffalo Bill | Wendy Killian (Character) | 1983-1984 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |