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 wheaten terrier named Charlie.
Gave birth to her second child, a girl. [February 2005]
Daughter, Georgia (born 2002).
Her second daughter is named Mae.
Hope Davis Detailed Biography
Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actress. She has starred in more than 20 feature films including About Schmidt, Flatliners, Mumford, American Splendor and Next Stop Wonderland. Davis is a graduate of Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey.
Davis majored in cognitive science at Vassar College, but then became an actress in independent films such as The Daytrippers (1995) and Next Stop Wonderland (1998). These led her to roles in Hollywood films such as the thriller Arlington Road (1999), and About Schmidt (2002), in which she played Jack Nicholson's daughter. In 2003 she starred opposite Paul Giamatti in the movie adaptation of the Harvey Pekar comic American Splendor as the comic book version of Pekar's real-life wife, Joyce Brabner.
