Geena Davis

Geena Davis placed 24th among the 28 semifinalists for the Olympic archery team.

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Geena Davis speaks fluent Swedish because she attended an exchange school in Sweden in her youth.

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With an IQ of 140, Geena Davis is a member of MENSA, as are James Woods, Alan Rachins, Kym Jackson, Cy Frost, Ben Rollins and Chino XL.

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Her publicist Paul Bloch announced in December 2003 that Geena Davis, then 48, was pregnant with twins due in the spring of 2004. Her sons Kian William and Kaiis Steven were born on 6 May, 26 days early. Davis and her husband Reza Jarrahy, a 33-year-old craniofacial surgeon, were already parents to a two-year-old daughter named Alizeh Keshvar.

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Geena Davis filed legal papers seeking the dismissal of Dr. Reza Jarrahy's divorce petition on the grounds that they never married. Although Davis and Jarrahy presented themselves as husband and wife for 17 years, Jarrahy says they made a deliberate decision not to apply for a marriage license, though he did not say why. As a result, the marriage never took place. She says Jarrahy knew full well on the day of the wedding ceremony that it was not a real wedding.

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After graduating from Boston University, Geena Davis worked as a window mannequin.

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After learning that Madonna would appear in the film, Geena Davis replaced Debra Winger in A League of Their Own (1992).

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Her second husband, actor Jeff Goldblum, says that he and Geena Davis have remained good friends in the years since their divorce. In 2024 the former couple delighted fans by attending the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2024) together.

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Geena Davis said Accidents Happen (2009) was the most fun film she has ever made, and that her co-stars and on-screen sons Harry Cook and Harrison Sloan Gilbertson closely resemble her real-life twins, and that she felt a wonderful friendship and bond with both of them.

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Geena Davis appeared in three films with her former husband Jeff Goldblum: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Fly (1986) and Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).

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Geena Davis met her first husband, Manhattan restaurateur Richard Emmolo, in December 1978 while she was working at Ann Taylor. They began living together a month later.

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Geena Davis is a graduate of the Wareham High School (Wareham, Massachusetts) Class of 1974, which voted her "Most Talented".

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Geena Davis was an assistant organist at a church in her hometown in Massachusetts.

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Geena Davis wears a size 12 shoe.

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Dr. Reza Jarrahy, her fourth husband of about 17 years, filed for divorce from Geena Davis, citing irreconcilable differences and listing 15 November 2017 as the date of separation.

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Geena Davis turned down The Grifters (1990), Basic Instinct (1992) and Maverick (1994).

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Geena Davis was born to construction engineer and church pastor William Frank Davis (1913-2009) and former teaching assistant Lucille Martha Cook (1919-2001). Geena has a brother, Danforth (b. 1953), a Las Vegas-based geotechnical engineer. Her parents also had a son, Joel Henry, who was stillborn in 1958.

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In 1982, Geena Davis auditioned for the regular cast of Saturday Night Live (1975).

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Geena Davis is a friend of Nina Tassler, Ingrid Taylor, Susan Sarandon, Meg Ryan and Mimi Rogers.

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Geena Davis was considered for the role of Dr. Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park (1993). She was also offered the chance to reprise her role in The Fly II (1989) but turned it down.

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Geena Davis was named one of the 100 sexiest stars in cinema history by Empire magazine (#31).

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Geena Davis will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on October 27 for her work on gender equality.

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Geena Davis modeled in the Betsey Johnson Fall fashion show in 1981.

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Geena Davis was the top candidate for the role of the villain Queen Beryl in the proposed 1996 live-action Sailor Moon film. The project was later scrapped.

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Geena Davis was engaged to Christopher McDonald.

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Geena Davis was considered for the female lead in Disclosure (1994), which went to Demi Moore.

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Geena Davis's former long-term boyfriend Dr. Reza Jarrahy is Iranian. The surname Jarrahy means "surgery" in Persian.

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On April 10, 2002, Geena Davis gave birth to a daughter named Alizeh Keshvar Davis Jarrahy in Los Angeles.

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Geena Davis appeared in two films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Tootsie (1982) and The Accidental Tourist (1988).

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Geena Davis ranked 61st on Empire (UK) magazine's list of the Top 100 Film Stars of All Time.

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Geena Davis was born at 12:06 (EST).

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Geena Davis was considered for the role of Daisy Domergue in The Hateful Eight (2015).

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