Kristin Davis

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Kristin Davis

Davis at the Berlin premiere of Sex and the City: The Movie, May 2008
Born Kristin Landen Davis
February 23, 1965 (1965-02-23) (age 43)
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Other name(s) Kristin Lee Davis

Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis; born February 23 or February 24,[1] 1965 depending on the source) is an American Golden Globe- and Emmy award-nominated actress, known for playing the role of Charlotte Goldenblatt on HBO's Sex and the City.

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Early life and education

Davis was born in Boulder, Colorado.[2] An only child, her parents divorced when she was a baby. She was adopted by her stepfather, University of South Carolina psychology professor Keith Davis,[3] after he married her mother, Dorothy, a university data analyst, in 1968.[4] She had three step-sisters from her adoptive father's first marriage.[5] Early in her childhood Kristin and her parents moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where her adoptive father served as provost and taught psychology at the University of South Carolina.

Davis wanted to be an actress since age 10 when she was cast in a community theatre production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Davis lived in South Carolina until she graduated from A.C. Flora High School in 1983. She then moved to New Jersey, where she attended Rutgers University.[5]

Career

Television

Kristin Davis on Sex and the City.
Kristin Davis on Sex and the City.

After graduation in 1987, Davis moved to New York and waited tables before opening a yoga studio with a friend. In 1995, she got her big break when she landed the role of Brooke Armstrong Campbell on Melrose Place. She left the show after one year when producers found that viewers disliked her character. Davis also had roles in other television series including Friends and Seinfeld.

In 1998, Davis was cast as Charlotte York in Sex and the City and remained an integral cast member until the series ended in 2004. She was the only one of the four actresses of Sex and the City (1998) not to get an Emmy nomination, until the final season in 2004.

She has also hosted the VH1 show 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. In 2005, Davis starred in a television pilot entitled Soccer Moms in which she and Gina Torres star as suburban mothers who moonlight as private detectives.

Films

Films include The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D, where she plays Max's mom, opposite David Arquette and George Lopez; the Walt Disney film The Shaggy Dog, where she plays Rebecca Douglas, opposite Tim Allen, and Deck The Halls, opposite Matthew Broderick. She performed in ABC Family channel's Christmas movie Three Days in 2006 and in a commercial for Head and Shoulders shampoo.

Davis appeared in 2008's Sex and the City feature film, under the direction of executive producer Michael Patrick King.[6]

Personal life

Davis is a recovering alcoholic.[7] She says as part of her southern upbringing, she was introduced to alcohol early: "Alcohol freed me. I was really shy and I didn't know how to come out of my shell. I drank for the same reason I loved acting. I wanted to feel things and express myself and be free. And I'm not naturally that way."[8] She went sober in her mid-20's:[5] “I miss it. You don’t go to rehab and then suddenly it goes away."[9]

Having admitted to a preference for dating actors, her ex-boyfriend list is high profile and extensive, including: Alec Baldwin (with whom she guest starred on both Will & Grace and Friends) Jeff Goldblum, Liev Schreiber and Steve Martin. She says: "If I had one wish for myself, it would be to fall in love. That's asking for trouble, but that's the truth."

Davis currently resides in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Television

References

  1. ^ (2007) The World Almanac & Book of Facts. World Almanac Books, p.218. “2/24/65.” 
  2. ^ Barnes and Noble biography. All Media Guide. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  3. ^ Doug Nye (September 19, 2000). "Kristin Davis, 'sex' symbol". The State (Columbia, SC).[1]
  4. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Kristin-Davis.html
  5. ^ a b c Barbara Ellen (February 10, 2002). Charlotte's web. The Observer. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  6. ^ "Sex and the City" movie close to green light. ABC7Chicago (November 14, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  7. ^ 'Sex and the City' Star Kristin Davis: I'm a Recovering Alcoholic (May 22, 2008). Fox News. Accessed 2008-06-04.
  8. ^ Sharon Churcher (May 11, 2008). Sex and the shower scene... or how Kristin Davis refused to bare all in Sex And The City movie. Mail on Sunday. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  9. ^ Lynsey Haywood (May 28, 2008). Kristin Davis' 'dead at 30' fears. The Sun. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.

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Persondata
NAME Davis, Kristin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davis, Kristin Landen; Davis, Kristin Lee
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Boulder, Colorado, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH