Hope (I) Davis filmography and biography
Date of birth: 23 March 1964, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Hope (I) Davis biography
Graduated from Tenafly High School, Tenafly, New Jersey where she began her acting career.
Hope (I) Davis trivia
- Auditioned for Baywatch.
- Studied ballet as a teenager and participated in the Joffrey Ballet's
summer programs. She began her stage career in earnest in Chicago,
where she took over Madonna's role in the Chicago production of
'Speed the Plow', to great acclaim. She still does more stage work than
film work, and she lives in New York.
- Partner of Jon Patrick Walker, their daughter Georgia was born in
2002.
- Studied under Uta Hagen at the HB Studio in the West Village in
Manhattan.
- Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS) in June 2004.
- Childhood friend of Mira Sorvino; they performed plays for the
neighbors.
- Graduate of Vassar College (1986).
- Has a 9-year-old wheaten terrier named Charlie.
- First Daughter, Georgia, was born August 31, 2002; her second daughter,
Mae, was born December 30, 2004.
- Mother is a retired school librarian.
- Played Anton Yelchin's mother in two movies: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
and Charlie Bartlett (2008).
- Nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance for a Leading
Actress in a Play for "God of Carnage".