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Davis was born in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/Biography.asp?z=y&ctr=767581 | title=Barnes and Noble biography | publisher=All Media Guide | accessdate=2007-02-01}}</ref> |
Davis was born in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/Biography.asp?z=y&ctr=767581 | title=Barnes and Noble biography | publisher=All Media Guide | accessdate=2007-02-01}}</ref> She is an only child, and her parents [[divorce]]d when she was a baby. She was [[adoption|adopted]] by her stepfather, professor Keith Davis,<ref>Doug Nye (September 19, 2000). "Kristin Davis, 'sex' symbol". The State (Columbia, South Carolina).[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CS&s_site=thestate&p_multi=CS&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F10C0DD23C9C2A5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]</ref> after he married her mother, Dorothy, a university data analyst, in 1968.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Kristin-Davis.html Kristin Davis Biography (1965-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She has three sisters from her adoptive father's first marriage.<ref name=Ellen02>{{cite web|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,,647780,00.html|title=Charlotte's web|publisher=The Observer|author=Barbara Ellen|date=February 10, 2002|accessdate=2008-04-14}}</ref> Early in her childhood, she and her parents moved to [[Columbia, South Carolina]], where her father served as provost and teaches psychology at the [[University of South Carolina]]. |
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Davis wanted to be an actress from the age of 9, when she was cast in the [http://www.workshoptheatre.com/info.html Workshop Theatre] production of ''[[Snow White|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]]. Davis graduated with a BFA degree in Acting from Rutgers University's [[Mason Gross School of the Arts]] in 1987.<ref name=Ellen02 /> |
Davis wanted to be an actress from the age of 9, when she was cast in the [http://www.workshoptheatre.com/info.html Workshop Theatre] production of ''[[Snow White|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]]. Davis graduated with a BFA degree in Acting from Rutgers University's [[Mason Gross School of the Arts]] in 1987.<ref name=Ellen02 /> |
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Revision as of 07:05, 23 April 2012
Kristin Davis | |
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 Davis pictured in Dadaab, Kenya on 8 July 2011 | |
| Born | Kristin Landen Davis February 24, 1965 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Children | Gemma Davis |
Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis; born February 24, 1965[1]) is an American actress. She first rose to prominence and achieved fame for playing the role of Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place and went on to achieve greater success as Charlotte York Goldenblatt on HBO's Sex and the City.
Early life and education
Davis was born in Boulder, Colorado.[2] She is an only child, and her parents divorced when she was a baby. She was adopted by her stepfather, professor Keith Davis,[3] after he married her mother, Dorothy, a university data analyst, in 1968.[4] She has three sisters from her adoptive father's first marriage.[5] Early in her childhood, she and her parents moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where her father served as provost and teaches psychology at the University of South Carolina.
Davis wanted to be an actress from the age of 9, when she was cast in the Workshop 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. Davis graduated with a BFA degree in Acting from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1987.[5]
Career
Television
After graduation in 1987, Davis moved to New York and waited tables before opening a yoga studio with a friend. In 1991, she acted in a couple of episodes of the daytime drama (soap opera) General Hospital. Her big break came in 1995 when she landed the role of villainess Brooke Armstrong Campbell on the nighttime drama Melrose Place. She left the show after one year when producers decided to kill off the character. Davis also had roles in other television series including Friends, Will and Grace 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. In 1999, along with the rest of the cast, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television.[6] She received an Emmy[7] nomination for her role as Charlotte in the final season.
Davis hosted the VH1 show 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. In 2005, she starred in a television pilot entitled Soccer Moms in which she and Gina Torres star as suburban mothers who moonlight as private detectives. She starred as Miss Spider in the animated television special Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids and its spin-off series Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends.
Films
Davis's films include The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D, opposite David Arquette and George Lopez; the Walt Disney film The Shaggy Dog, opposite Tim Allen, and Deck the Halls, opposite Matthew Broderick. She performed in ABC Family channel's Christmas movie Three Days in 2001, and in a commercial for Head & Shoulders shampoo.
Davis appeared in 2008's Sex and the City feature film, under the direction of executive producer Michael Patrick King.[8] In 2009, Davis co-starred in Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Jon Favreau, who also wrote the script, played her husband.[9]
Additional ventures
Shortly after the wide release of the Sex and the City feature film, in June 2008, Belk, the nation's largest privately owned department store chain, announced a partnership with Davis. The arrangement includes a ladies' apparel and accessories line that debuted in 2008 in 125 store locations and online, with eventual plans for expanding availability to other store locations. In Belk's press release about the product line launch, Davis cited her upbringing in South Carolina as part of her inspiration for working with the chain.[10]
Personal life
In 2011, Davis adopted a daughter, Gemma Rose.[11] They reside in Los Angeles, California.
Davis is a recovering alcoholic.[12] She says she was introduced to alcohol early as part of her Southern upbringing: "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."[13] She went sober at the age of 22, later stating, "I miss it. You don't go to rehab and then suddenly it goes away."[14]
Davis' love of elephants propelled her to visit Africa in 2009, when she discovered an abandoned baby elephant and arranged for him to be taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center. In recognition of the attention she has brought to the plight of orphaned African elephants, Davis won the Humane Society's 2011 Wyler Award, which is bestowed on a celebrity or public figure who has made news on behalf of animals.[citation needed]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Doom Asylum | Jane | |
| 1991 | N.Y.P.D. Mounted | Young Lady | TV movie |
| 1995 | Nine Months | Tennis Attendant | |
| Alien Nation: Body and Soul | Karina Tivoli | ||
| 1996 | The Ultimate Lie | Claire McGrath | TV movie |
| 1997 | A Deadly Vision | Babette Watson | TV movie |
| 1998 | Traveling Companion | Annie | |
| Sour Grapes | Riggs | ||
| 1999 | Atomic Train | Megan Seger | |
| 2000 | Take Me Home: The John Denver Story | Annie Denver | TV movie |
| Blacktop | Sylvia | TV movie | |
| 2001 | Someone to Love | Lorraine | TV movie |
| Three Days | Beth Farmer | TV movie | |
| 2004 | The Winning Season | Mandy | TV movie |
| 2005 | Soccer Moms | Brooke | TV pilot |
| The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D | Max's Mom | Minor | |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog | Rebecca Douglas | |
| Deck the Halls | Kelly Finch | Main Role | |
| 2008 | Sex and the City: The Movie | Charlotte York Goldenblatt | |
| 2009 | Couples Retreat | Lucy | |
| 2010 | Sex and the City 2 | Charlotte York Goldenblatt | ShoWest Ensemble Award Nominated - People's Choice Awards For Favorite Cast Won- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress |
| 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Liz Anderson | Minor Role |
| 2012 | Of Two Minds | Billie Clark | TV Movie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | General Hospital | Betsy Chilson, R.N. | |
| 1992 | Mann & Machine | Cathy | "Billion Dollar Baby" |
| 1993 | The Larry Sanders Show | Bri | "The Breakdown: Part 2" |
| 1994 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Carey McGee | "Thanksgiving" |
| 1995 | ER | Leslie | "Luck of the Draw" |
| Melrose Place | Brooke Armstrong | 1995–1996 | |
| 1997 | The Single Guy | Leslie | "Johnny Hollywood" |
| Seinfeld | Jenna | "The Pothole"; "The Butter Shave" | |
| 1998-2004 | Sex and the City | Charlotte York (also named Charlotte York MacDougal and Charlotte York Goldenblatt) | 1998-2004 Women in Film lucy Award (shared with cast) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2001) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2003) Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2004) Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2003) Nominated -Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2004) |
| 2000 | Friends | Erin | "The One with Ross' Library Book" |
| Sex and the Matrix | Charlotte York MacDougal | short parody | |
| 2004 | Will & Grace | Nadine | "Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine" |
| Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends | Miss Spider (voice) Main Role | 2004–2008 |
References
- ^ The World Almanac & Book of Facts. World Almanac Books. 2007. p. 218.
2/24/65.
- ^ "Barnes and Noble biography". All Media Guide. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ^ Doug Nye (September 19, 2000). "Kristin Davis, 'sex' symbol". The State (Columbia, South Carolina).[1]
- ^ Kristin Davis Biography (1965-)
- ^ a b Barbara Ellen (February 10, 2002). "Charlotte's web". The Observer. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ^ http://wif.org/past-recipients
- ^ Kristin Davis Emmy Nominated
- ^ ""Sex and the City" movie close to green light". ABC7Chicago. November 14, 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ^ Trio of Ladies Going on Couples Retreat" TV Guide. October 15, 2008. Retrieved on October 15, 2008.
- ^ http://www.belk.com/media/pdf/Press_releases/2008/Belk_Announces_Kristin_Davis_Line_v2_m56577569830837910.pdf
- ^ Julie Jordan (October 7, 2011). "Kristin Davis Adopts a Baby Girl". People.
- ^ 'Sex and the City' Star Kristin Davis: I'm a Recovering Alcoholic (May 22, 2008). Fox News. Accessed 2008-06-04.
- ^ 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 2008-05-11.
- ^ Lynsey Haywood (May 28, 2008). "Kristin Davis' 'dead at 30' fears". The Sun. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
External links
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- Kristin Davis at AllMovie
- Barnes and Noble biography
- Kristin Davis at Emmys.com
- Kristin Davis on Twitter
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Adoptees adopted by relations
- American adoptees
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Actors from Colorado
- People from Boulder, Colorado
- People from Columbia, South Carolina
- People self-identifying as alcoholics
- Rutgers University alumni
- Actors from South Carolina
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners