- Born
- Birth nameVirginia Elizabeth Davis
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- 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 dropped out 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) with Dabney Coleman. 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 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 nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe. 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 shows were canceled after one season, but she won a Golden Globe for the latter. 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 Sloan Gilbertson to shoot the dark comedy Accidents Happen (2009).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
- SpousesDr. Reza Jarrahy(September 1, 2001 - December 3, 2021) (divorced, 3 children)Renny Harlin(September 18, 1993 - June 21, 1998) (divorced)Jeff Goldblum(November 1, 1987 - 1991) (divorced)Richard Emmolo(March 25, 1981 - June 27, 1984) (divorced)
- ChildrenAlizeh Keshvar JarrahyKian William JarrahyKaiis Steven Jarrahy
- ParentsLucille DavisWilliam Davis
- Statuesque, model-like figure
- Often plays authentic women who determine their own destiny
- Is fluent in Swedish, as she attended an exchange school in Sweden when in her teens.
- Placed 24th out of 28 semi-finalists for Olympic Archery team.
- Is a member of MENSA (as are James Woods, Alan Rachins, Kym Jackson, Cy Frost, Ben Rollins and Derek Barbosa) with an IQ of 140.
- Her publicist, Paul Bloch, announced in December 2003 that at 48 years old, she is pregnant with twins which are due to be born in the spring of 2004. The actress's sons, Kian William and Kaiis Steven, were born May 6, 2004 - 26 days early.
- Filed legal documents to dismiss Dr. Reza Jarrahy's divorce petition, because they were never married. Although Davis and Jarrahy presented themselves as husband and wife for 17 years, she says they made the intentional decision not to file for a marriage license, though she doesn't say why. As a result, the marriage never occurred. She says on the day of the wedding ceremony Jarrahy knew full well it wasn't a real wedding.
- I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!"
- [talking about the shows her children watch] As I watched kids' programs with them, I became concerned about gender balance and stereotypes. Boys take up much more space on TV than in real life.
- [About Thelma & Louise (1991) being considered a male-bashing movie] Most guys don't relate to the truck driver or the rapist, and if they do, their problems are bigger than this movie.
- The Geena Davis Show (2000) - $200,000 per episode
- Cutthroat Island (1995) - $7,000,000
- A League of Their Own (1992) - $2,500,000
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