Hope Davis

Infobox actor


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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".

Biography

Personal life

Davis, second of three children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a librarian, and William Davis, an engineer. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/382730361.html?dids=382730361:382730361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+10%2C+2003&author=Robert+Abele&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Less+is+really+more%3B+Actress+Hope+Davis+prefers+to+make+her+mark+in+low-budget+enterprises+like+'The+Secret+Lives+of+Dentists'+and+'American+Splendor.'&pqatl=google 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.' ] ] 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. [ [http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200509/20050926_davis.html Tavis Smiley . Archives . Hope Davis . September 26, 2005 | PBS ] ] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7D91F3DF933A1575BC0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print THEATER; The Fine Edge Between a Role And Real Life - New York Times ] ] Davis graduated in 1982 from Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey, [Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxOTMmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNTE5NDcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 " 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."] 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, Georgia (born August 31, 2002) and Mae (born December 30, 2004).

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 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. This was 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's character "leaving the theater."

Filmography

* "Flatliners" (1990)
* "Home Alone" (1990)
* "Kiss of Death" (1995)
* "The Daytrippers" (1996)
* "Mr. Wrong" (1996)
* "The Myth of Fingerprints" (1997)
* "The Impostors" (1998)
* "Next Stop Wonderland" (1998)
* "Arlington Road" (1999)
* "Mumford" (1999)
* "Joe Gould's Secret" (2000)
* "Final" (2001)
* "Hearts in Atlantis" (2001)
* "About Schmidt" (2002)
* "The Secret Lives of Dentists" (2003)
* "American Splendor" (2003)
* "The Weather Man" (2005)
* "The Matador" (2005)
* "Duma" (2005)
* "Proof" (2005)
* "Infamous" (2006)
* "Six Degrees" (2006) (TV series)
* "The Hoax" (2007)
* "The Nines" (2007)
* "Charlie Bartlett" (2007)
* "Synecdoche, New York" (2008)
* "The Lodger" (2008)
* "Genova" (2008)

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title = NYFCC Award for Best Actress
years = 2003
for" American Splendor"
before= Diane Lane
for "Unfaithful
after = Imelda Staunton
for "Vera Drake"

References

External links

*imdb|0204706
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800018668&cf=gen&intl=us Hope Davis's page at Yahoo Movies]