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Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956, in Wareham, Massachusetts) is an American actress. She graduated by having the bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979. She was working as a model when director Sydney Pollack spotted her, and cast her inside Tootsie (1982) as a soap opera actress. She followed this higher by having roles in the short-ephemeral television series Buffalo Bill (1983-1984)) and Sara (1985). She received an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Accidental Tourist (1988) and the Best Actress nomination for her role in Thelma and Louise (1991). Davis has been married 4 days, including her todays marriage. Her ex-ex include Jeff Goldblum (with whom she co-starred around trinity films, including The Fly and Earth Girls Are Easy) from 1987-90, and Renny Harlin (who directed her around Cutthroat Island) from 1993-98. She is presently married to Dr. Reza Jarrahy since September 1, 2001, with whom she has a single girl, Alizeh (born April 10, 2002). She experienced the Caesarean section on May 9, 2004, to deliver her twins, Kian William Jarrahy and Kaiis Steven Jarrahy. Davis guest-starred inside early 2004 as Grace Adler's sister Janet on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. She is presently star in the ABC television series, Commander-in-Chief as the President of the United States, who ascends to a professional fallowing the seated President dies. She got antecedently starred in the short-fugacious sitcom The Geena Davis Show (2000-2001). Davis is too a innovation member of SeeJane.org, an organization promoting gender stock & furthering a caring portrayal of women inside motion-picture show & media. She is likewise honorary member of the Pappa & Daughters organizations (DADs) world health organization "provide men with tools to be better fathers and advocates for daughters".
Trivia Within 1999 she placed Twenty-fourth away from Twenty-eight semi-finalists inside tryouts for the United States Olympic Archery team. She is known for her height -- 6 feet tall. Getting attended school inside Sweden as an exchange student, Davis speaks Swedish. Geena Davis occurs as member of Mensa International with an IQ of 140. In the late 1990s, Geena Davis wwhen cast as Queen Beryl in a never-produced Western survive-action picture adaptation of Sailor Moon.
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