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Sex & the City
Background:
“She’s really very funny. I would never describe Charlotte as a prude, maybe at
the start, but that was in comparison to the other girls. She wasn’t willing to
do the stuff they were doing, and I mean, thank goodness! I think she has some
themes, like wanting security that many women relate to. That’s what’s so great
about our show, plus it shows the different choices that women have.” Kristin
Davis on her character Charlotte on “Sex and The City”
An attractive, dark-haired performer with an outdoorsy, elegant appeal, Kristin
Davis became famous and received appreciation while portraying innocent “girl
next door” Charlotte York in the HBO worldwide hit and acclaimed comedy series
“Sex & the City” (1998-2004), in which she nabbed Screen Actors Guild Awards, as
well as an Emmy and Golden Globe nomination. She is also well-remembered for her
role as Brooke Armstrong in the Fox primetime soap “Melrose Place” (1995-96).
The gifted American actress has also demonstrated her versatility by playing
roles in films like Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000, TV), Blacktop
(2000), Someone to Love (2001, TV), Three Days (2001, TV), Soccer Moms (2005,
TV) and Robert Rodriguez’s The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D
(2005). After starring with Tim Allen in the family comedy The Shaggy Dog
(2006), Davis is scheduled to play a role in the forthcoming John Whitesell’s
comedy Deck the Halls (2006).
Off screen, former Maybelline spokesmodel Davis was listed the 42nd of Stuff
magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women in the World” (2002). A humanitarian, she has used
her celebrity status to support charities such as the B-List, which raises money
for female candidates running for public office. As for her private life,
ex-alcoholic Davis has been romantically involved with actors like Alec Baldwin
(dated in summer 2001), Jeff Goldblum (reportedly dating as of spring 2002) and
comedian Steve Martin.
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Childhood and Family:
On February 23, 1965, Kristin Landen Davis was born in Boulder, Colorado. An
only child, her parents separated shortly after her birth and she was adopted by
her psychology professor stepfather after he married Kristin’s mother in 1968.
When she was 8, Kristin and her family relocated to Columbia, South Carolina,
when her stepfather was transferred to a local university.
Growing up in South Carolina, she attended A.C. Flora High School and completed
her studies in 1982. Upon graduation, Kristin moved to New Jersey where she was
educated at Rutgers University. Receiving her BFA in theater in 1987, Kristin
made her way to New York to chase her childhood dream of becoming an actress.
As for her personal life, 5’ 6” Kristin enjoys hiking, spinning, running and
baking, as well as listening to a wide variety of music, from Dave Matthews, to
Brazilian music, to Joni Mitchell-type folk music to Mozart. She also likes
yoga, a hobby that once led her to operate a yoga studio in Los Angeles.
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Career:
Colorado-born, South Carolina-raised Kristin Davis was interested in theater
from an early age. When she was a little girl, her family frequently brought her
to New York to watch theatrical performances. As a 10-year-old girl, Davis knew
she wanted to become a performer following a performance in a community
production of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” A New Jersey Rutgers University
graduate student, she moved to New York to begin her professional career in
acting.
Armed with a BFA degree in theater, Davis focused her work on classical and
contemporary theater, although she sporadically took on commercial jobs. Just
like many struggling actresses, Davis also faced hard times while looking for
work during her early career. She soon found confidence in a local production of
“Much Ado about Nothing.” She got her first film role with a supporting turn as
Jane in the low-budget horror comedy Doom Asylum (1987), which starred Patty
Mullen and Ruth Collins .
Davis followed her on screen debut by joining the cast of ABC’s long-running
daytime soap “General Hospital” (1991) in the recurring role of Betsy Chilson,
R.N. and made her TV movie debut with a small role in CBS’s film N.Y.P.D.
Mounted, that same year. However, it wasn’t until two years later that Davis
began to make an impact on TV audiences with her memorable guest appearance on
“The Larry Sanders Show” (1993). She continued with another impressive guest
stint in an episode of ”Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” in the next year.
In 1995, she made an appearance in an episode of “ER” before playing a small,
but pivotal, role as a hairless, alien in the Fox sci-fi film Alien Nation: Body
and Soul. She also made a cameo appearance in the Hugh Grant comedy Nine Months.
The same year, she was enlisted as one of regular cast members of the cult
favorite primetime drama “Melrose Place.” As cool, sophisticated, conniving
maniac Brooke Armstrong Campbell, Davis’ part was originally written for several
episodes, but she provided such an impression that the producers landed her a
permanent gig for the 1995-1996 seasons. With the role, Davis earned lots of
recognition. She, however, had to deal with disappointment when the producers
didn’t renew her contract, apparently because Melrose Place admirers hated her
character so much.
After the departure, the appealing actress starred opposite Michael Murphy in
the NBC drama The Ultimate Lie (1996), had a lead as a woman whose psychic
aptitudes permit her to forecast violent crimes in the TV-film thriller A Deadly
Vision (1997) and guest starred in such sitcoms as “The Single Guy” and
“Seinfeld.” Davis returned to the wide-screen in 1998 when she teamed up with
“Seinfeld” creator Larry Davis in Sour Grapes. The comedy film starred Jack
Burns, Viola Harris and Scott Erik.
Davis’ next big breakthrough also arrived in 1998 when she began her six-season
portrayal of Charlotte York, a naive and tremendously talented art dealer who
continually struggles with the New York single scene, in the HBO sitcom “Sex &
the City” (1998-2004). The show, which also starred Sarah Jessica Parker,
Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall, became an international hit and won a number of
accolades, including an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series. As for
Davis, she and the cast took home Screen Actors Guilds for Outstanding
Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2002 and 2004.
Additionally, after years of eye-witnessing her costars multiply nominations for
Emmys, the admirable actress was garnered with her first nomination in 2004. The
same year, she was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
at the Golden Globes.
While working on the acclaimed series, Davis was also seen pursuing other
projects. She shared the screen with Rob Lowe in the NBC TV action movie Atomic
Train (1999), portrayed Annie Denver in the biopic television film Take Me Home:
The John Denver Story (2000), starred with Meat Loaf in the T.J Scott-helmed
thriller Blacktop (2000) and guest starred in an episode of the hit sitcom
“Friends” (2000). 2001 saw roles in the television movies Someone to Love (2001,
opposite Kelly Ripa and Adam Frost) and Three Days (2001).
After Sex and the City came to an end in 2004, Davis worked with Matthew Modine
in the TNT movie The Winning Season (2004), provided the voice of Miss Spider in
the animated series “Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends” (2004) and made a guest
appearance as Nadine, the best friend of Will’s new boyfriend Vince, in an
episode of “Will and Grace.” The same year, she also became the new celebrity
spokesperson for TV and print ads for the renowned cosmetic company Maybelline.
In 2005, she was paired with Gina Torres to star as two uptown moms who
moonlight as private detectives in the made-for-TV film Soccer Moms and had a
supporting role as David Arquette’s wife in The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava
Girl in 3-D, a family film helmed by Robert Rodriguez and written by his son
Racer Rodriguez.
Recently starring with Tim Allen in the family comedy The Shaggy Dog (2006),
Davis is set to play a role opposite Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kelly
Aldridge and Sabrina Aldridge in the upcoming comedy Deck the Halls (2006) for
director John Whitesell.
Awards:
- Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy
Series, Sex and the City, 2004
- Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy
Series, Sex and the City, 2002
- Lucy Award: Women in Film, 1999
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