Hope Davis
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| Hope Davis | |
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| Born | March 23, 1964 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964) is an American actress. She has starred in more than 20 feature films, including About Schmidt, Flatliners, Mumford, American Splendor and Next Stop Wonderland. She played Slim Keith in the 2006 film Infamous.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Davis, second of three children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a librarian, and William Davis, an engineer.[1] Davis has described her mother as a "great storyteller" who would take Davis and her siblings to museums or to "something cultural" every Sunday after church.[2][3] Davis graduated in 1982 from Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey,[4] and was a childhood friend of Mira Sorvino, with whom she wrote and acted in backyard plays.
She is married to actor Jon Patrick Walker and they have two children.
[edit] Career
Davis majored in cognitive science at Vassar College, but then became an actress in independent films such as The Daytrippers (1995) and Next Stop Wonderland (1998). These led her to roles in Hollywood films such as the thriller Arlington Road (1999), and About Schmidt (2002), in which she played Jack Nicholson's daughter. In 2003, she starred opposite Paul Giamatti in the movie adaptation of the Harvey Pekar comic American Splendor as the comic book version of Pekar's real-life wife, Joyce Brabner. For this role, Davis won the New York Film Critics Circle award and was nominated for the Golden Globe.
She has also worked on the stage, including a lead role in the New York premiere of Rebecca Gilman's Spinning into Butter in 2000.
In April 2005, Davis was the lead role in an audio play called "Hope Leaves the Theater" written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. A segment of the sound-only production Theater of the New Ear, which debuted at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY. The title actually refers to Hope Davis' character "leaving the theater."
[edit] Filmography
- Genova (2008)
- The Lodger (2008)
- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Charlie Bartlett (2007)
- The Nines (2007)
- The Hoax (2007)
- Six Degrees (2006) (TV series)
- Infamous (2006)
- Proof (2005)
- Duma (2005)
- The Matador (2005)
- The Weather Man (2005)
- American Splendor (2003)
- The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)
- About Schmidt (2002)
- Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
- Final (2001)
- Mumford (1999)
- Arlington Road (1999)
- Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
- The Impostors (1998)
- The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
- The Daytrippers (1996)
- Kiss of Death (1995)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Flatliners (1990)
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Diane Lane for Unfaithful |
NYFCC Award for Best Actress 2003 for American Splendor |
Succeeded by Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake |
[edit] References
- ^ Less is really more; Actress Hope Davis prefers to make her mark in low-budget enterprises like 'The Secret Lives of Dentists' and 'American Splendor.'
- ^ Tavis Smiley . Archives . Hope Davis . September 26, 2005 | PBS
- ^ THEATER; The Fine Edge Between a Role And Real Life - New York Times
- ^ Rohan, Virginia. " North Jersey-bred and talented too", The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 2007. Accessed July 5, 2007. "Hope Davis: Class of 1982, Tenafly High School."
