Who is Hope Davis? Sister, Wedding, Husband, Parents, Relationship

Known for movies

Short Info

Date Of Birth	March 23, 1964
Spouse	Ford Evanson (m. 1987–1996), Jon Patrick Walker
Fact	Nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance for a Leading Actress in a Play for "God of Carnage".

Hope Davis is an American actress. She has starred in such films as The Firm, The People vs. Larry Flynt, American Beauty, About Schmidt, and Arlington Road. She has also appeared in the television series In Treatment and The Newsroom.

Hope Davis was born on March 23, 1964 in Englewood, New Jersey. Her father, William Davis, was an insurance salesman, and her mother, Joan (née Kugel), was a homemaker. She has two sisters, Amy and Lisa. Hope was raised in a Jewish household. She attended Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey, and graduated in 1982. She then attended Vassar College, where she majored in English and graduated in 1986.

Hope began her acting career on stage, appearing in such productions as The Heidi Chronicles and Our Town. She made her film debut in the 1988 film Field of Dreams. She has since appeared in such films as The Firm, The People vs. Larry Flynt, American Beauty, About Schmidt, and Arlington Road. She has also appeared in the television series In Treatment and The Newsroom.

Hope has been married twice. Her first husband was Jon Patrick Walker, with whom she has two daughters: Mae and Greta. Her second husband is actor Geoff Pierson, with whom she has a son, Milo.

Hope Davis is 5’7″ tall and has brown hair and blue eyes.

General Info

Full Name	Hope Davis
Date Of Birth	March 23, 1964
Height	1.7 m
Profession	Actor
Education	Vassar College, Tenafly High School
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Ford Evanson (m. 1987–1996), Jon Patrick Walker
Children	Georgia Walker, Mae Walker
Parents	Joan Davis, William Davis

Accomplishments

Awards	Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominations	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Golden Globe Award for Best Supp...
Movies	About Schmidt, The Weather Man, American Splendor, Hearts in Atlantis, Charlie Bartlett, Real Steel, Arlington Road, The Nines, Synecdoche, New York, The Matador, Next Stop Wonderland, The Secret Lives of Dentists, The Daytrippers, The Family Tree, Infamous, Home Alone, The Lodger, The Hoax, Flatlin...
TV Shows	In Treatment, Six Degrees, Deadline, Wayward Pines

Social profile links

Twitter	http://www.twitter.com/realhopedavis
IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0204706

Quotes

#	Quote
1	To play Hillary Clinton? I'm kind of winging it. No, are you kidding me? I prepared obsessively. I mean, as much as I could in the time that I was given. Of course, with someone like Hillary Clinton, obviously, anything you want is on YouTube and at your fingertips there.
2	The work evolves when you get another part, and then you're getting called on to solve difficult characters, to inject a note of humanity into them. It's more interesting for me to do that than to stand around and be sunny.
3	I was never the ingÃ©nue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith.
4	When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.
5	There's nothing I love more than a good cry.
6	I have not spent years in therapy; I tried therapy in my mid-twenties, and it did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.' I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much. I have young children, and I'm just pretty much crazed.
7	You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line.
8	I have not spent years in therapy; I tried therapy in my mid-twenties, and it did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.'
9	It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world.
10	The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.
11	I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work.
12	I'm not really high-strung now, but I was a very high-strung child.
13	Storytelling is what lights my fire.
14	You know what I have noticed? And this is really sad. Flying first class is less scary than flying coach. They speak to you and they're so nice to you and they want to help you and they know you want a drink before the plane takes off. And they bring it to you without asking. If you're sitting in coach and hoping for a drink, good luck.
15	I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl.
16	I've been lucky. I've made films that I really like. It's been a combination of what comes to me and what I choose. I've gone after lots of things that I didn't get, pet projects that everybody ends up chasing after. Really, you're lucky if you get anything.
17	I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers.
18	I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh.
19	I do smaller films, I'm not getting big paydays. I feel like we're just kind of scraping together here.
20	I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film.
21	I get to play a lot of hysterics.
22	I have a husband and children, and it affects me deeply that somebody could be taken away in a second.
23	I'm way too disorganized.
24	I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.
25	I travel all the time, and I have two small children.
26	I'm a New Yorker, and I rarely get to work at home.
27	I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.
28	I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much.
29	But I think Hillary Clinton is one of the most amazing women of this time.
30	Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.
31	I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time.
32	The older you get, the more you realize that the way you look is a reflection of how you treat yourself.
33	I feel like I'm one of the happiest people I know.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Jeff Daniels, James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden and she were awarded the 2012 Back Stage Garland Award for Ensemble for "God of Carnage" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
2	Playing Mia on the HBO teleplay "In Treatment". [May 2009]
3	(Summer 2000) Currently starring on Broadway in Rebecca Gilman's Spinning Into Butter at Lincoln Center, to critical acclaim.
4	Played the wife of characters, played by Dermot Mulroney, in two movies: About Schmidt (2002) and The Family Tree (2011).
5	Played Dana Ivey's daughter in two movies: The Impostors (1998) and Mumford (1999).
6	Nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance for a Leading Actress in a Play for "God of Carnage".
7	Played Anton Yelchin's mother in two movies: Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and Charlie Bartlett (2007).
8	Mother is a retired school librarian.
9	First Daughter, Georgia, was born August 31, 2002; her second daughter, Mae, was born December 30, 2004.
10	Has a 9-year-old wheaten terrier named Charlie.
11	Graduate of Vassar College (1986).
12	Childhood friend of Mira Sorvino; they performed plays for the neighbors.
13	Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004.
14	Studied under Uta Hagen at the HB Studio in the West Village in Manhattan.
15	Partner of Jon Patrick Walker, their daughter Georgia was born in 2002.
16	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.
17	Auditioned for Baywatch (1989).

Pictures

All pictures

Movies

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Rebel in the Rye	2017	completed
Wayward Pines	2015-2016	TV Series	Megan Fisher
Captain America: Civil War	2016		Maria Stark
American Crime	2016	TV Series	Steph Sullivan
Allegiance	2015	TV Series	Katya O'Connor
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	2015	TV Series	Special Segment Actor
Wild Card	2015		Cassandra
Louder Than Words	2013/II		Brenda Fareri
The Newsroom	2012-2013	TV Series	Nina Howard
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	2013	TV Series	Viola Mesner
The Ordained	2013	TV Movie	Packy
Disconnect	2012/I		Lydia Boyd
The Miraculous Year	2011	TV Movie	Mandy Vance
Real Steel	2011		Aunt Debra
The Family Tree	2011		Bunnie Burnett
Mildred Pierce	2011	TV Mini-Series	Mrs. Forrester
Spring/Fall	2011	TV Movie	Eden
The Special Relationship	2010	TV Movie	Hillary Clinton
In Treatment	2009	TV Series	Mia Nesky
The Lodger	2009		Ellen Bunting
A Summer in Genoa	2008		Marianne
Synecdoche, New York	2008		Madeleine Gravis
Charlie Bartlett	2007		Marilyn Bartlett
Six Degrees	2006-2007	TV Series	Laura Morgan
The Nines	2007		Sarah Susan Sierra
The Hoax	2006		Andrea Tate
Infamous	2006		Slim Keith
The Weather Man	2005		Noreen
Proof	2005		Claire
Duma	2005		Kristin
The Matador	2005		Carolyn 'Bean' Wright
American Splendor	2003		Joyce Brabner
The Secret Lives of Dentists	2002		Dana Hurst
About Schmidt	2002		Jeannie Schmidt
Hearts in Atlantis	2001		Liz Garfield
Final	2001		Dr. Ann Johnson
Deadline	2000-2001	TV Series	Brooke Benton
Joe Gould's Secret	2000		Therese Mitchell
Mumford	1999		Sofie Crisp
Arlington Road	1999		Brooke Wolfe
The Impostors	1998		Emily Essendine
Next Stop Wonderland	1998		Erin Castleton
The Myth of Fingerprints	1997		Margaret
Guy	1996		Camera
Mr. Wrong	1996		Annie
The Daytrippers	1996		Eliza Malone D'Amico
Run for Cover	1995		Prescott's Secretary
Kiss of Death	1995		Junior's Girlfriend
Home Alone	1990		French Ticket Agent
Flatliners	1990		Anne Coldren

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Captain America: Civil War	2016	performer: "Try To Remember"
Charlie Bartlett	2007	performer: "Those Were the Days Theme from All in the Family", "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out"
The Nines	2007	performer: "Is That All There Is"
Final	2001	performer: "Rally Round The Flag"
The Impostors	1998	performer: "Parlez-Moi d'Amor"

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Big Night	1996	special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Last Call with Carson Daly	2015	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Love, Marilyn	2012	Documentary	Herself
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards	2011	TV Special	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Entertainment Tonight	2010	TV Series	Herself
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards	2009	TV Special	Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards	2009	TV Special	Herself - Presenter: God of Carnage & Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play
Charlie Rose	2009	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Making of The Matador	2006	Video documentary short	Herself
The Foreign Eye	2006	Documentary	Herself
Relative Humidity: The Characters	2006	Video documentary short	Herself
The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards	2004	TV Movie documentary	Herself
The Isaac Mizrahi Show	2003	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Anatomy of a Scene	2003	TV Series documentary	Herself
The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards	2003	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Festival Pass with Chris Gore	2002	TV Series documentary	Herself
Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'	1999	Video documentary short	Herself
The Directors	1997	TV Series documentary	Herself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Silenci?	2006	TV Series	Joyce Brabner

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2009	Robert Altman Award	Independent Spirit Awards		Synecdoche, New York (2008)
2008	Gotham Independent Film Award	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Performance	Synecdoche, New York (2008)
2003	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Actress	American Splendor (2003)
2003	Seattle Film Critics Award	Seattle Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	American Splendor (2003)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2011	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	The Special Relationship (2010)
2010	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Special Relationship (2010)
2010	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	TV Movie/Mini Lead Actress	The Special Relationship (2010)
2010	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	The Special Relationship (2010)
2010	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television	The Special Relationship (2010)
2010	WIN Award	Women's Image Network Awards	Actress Mini-Series / Made for Television Movie	The Special Relationship (2010)
2009	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	In Treatment (2008)
2009	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	In Treatment (2008)
2009	WIN Award	Women's Image Network Awards	Outstanding Actress Drama Series	In Treatment (2008)
2004	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	American Splendor (2003)
2004	COFCA Award	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	American Splendor (2003)
2004	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress	American Splendor (2003)
2004	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Supporting Actress	American Splendor (2003)
2004	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Female	The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
2004	PFCS Award	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role	American Splendor (2003)
2004	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical	American Splendor (2003)

2^nd Place Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2004	NSFC Award	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Actress	American Splendor (2003)
2003	VVFP Award	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Supporting Performance	American Splendor (2003)