Hope Davis

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Hope Davis
Hope Davis 2010.jpg
Davis in 2010
Born (1964-03-23) March 23, 1964 (age 59)
Alma mater Vassar College (B.A. 1986) [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present
Spouse
Jon Patrick Walker
(m. 2000)
Children2

Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964) [2] is an American actress. She is known for her performances on stage and screen earning various awards and nominations including a Tony Award nomination, three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and two Golden Globe Award nominations.

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She made her film debut in Joel Schumacher's Flatliners in 1990. She then starred in the critically acclaimed films The Daytrippers (1996), About Schmidt (2002), Infamous (2006), and Asteroid City (2023). She received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture nomination for her role in American Splendor (2003). She received an Independent Spirit Award with the cast of Synecdoche, New York (2008). In 2016, she joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe portraying Tony Stark's mother Maria Stark in Captain America: Civil War (2016).

In 1992, she made her Broadway theatre debut in Two Shakespearean Actors. In 1997 she starred as Sasha in Ivanov opposite Kevin Kline and Marian Seldes. She earned acclaim for her role in Yazmina Reza's God of Carnage in 2009 acting alongside Jeff Daniels, Marcia Gay Harden, and James Gandolfini. For her performance she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Hope's early television roles include Dick Wolf NBC series Deadline (2000-2001) and the ABC drama Six Degrees (2006-2007). She later earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her performances in the HBO projects In Treatment (2009), The Special Relationship (2010) and Succession (2021–2023). [3] Her other notable roles include in Mildred Pierce (2011), The Newsroom (2012–2013), and Your Honor (2020–2023).

Career

Film

Davis made her debut as a dramatic actress in the 1990 film Flatliners , starring as William Baldwin's fiancée. She then appeared in the hit film Home Alone in a small role as a Parisian airport receptionist. Later, she starred 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 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. For this role, Davis won the New York Film Critics Circle award and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 2009, she was cast as Hillary Clinton in the BBC / HBO film The Special Relationship , released in 2010. [4] She has received a nomination for Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie [5] for her performance as Clinton. In 2015, she was approached by Marvel to play Maria Stark, mother of Tony Stark in Captain America: Civil War .

Stage

Her major stage debut came after she starred in the Wisdom Bridge/Remains Theater co-production of David Mamet's play Speed-the-Plow for Joel Schumacher with William Petersen in Chicago in 1992. Later, she had lead roles in the New York premiere of Rebecca Gilman's Spinning into Butter in 2000, and in the 2005 audio play Hope Leaves the Theater, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. This was a segment of the sound-only production Theater of the New Ear, which debuted at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY. The title actually refers to Davis's character "leaving the theater".[ citation needed ]

She returned to the stage in 2009, appearing in Broadway's God of Carnage with Marcia Gay Harden, James Gandolfini and Jeff Daniels, [6] a role that gained her a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Play.[ citation needed ]

Television

Davis co-starred as the bitter and self-deprecating Mia with Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne in the second season (2009) of HBO's In Treatment , a dramatic series that tracks the backstory and progress of five patients during their series of psychological therapeutic sessions. Mia is a successful, unmarried malpractice attorney who returns to therapy with Dr. Paul Weston after a 20-year absence because of a lack of stability in her personal life.

Davis also starred in an NBC short-lived drama series called Deadline with Oliver Platt in 2001. She played the ex-wife to Platt's character at a newspaper giant.

Davis also starred in the short-lived NBC television drama, Allegiance , where she plays Katya O'Connor, an ex-KGB agent. Her son works for the FBI/CIA, and Katya's family is brought back into action by the SVR in hopes that Alex, her son, can be swayed to join the SVR.

She later appeared in a reoccurring capacity on Wayward Pines and American Crime .

In 2020, Davis narrated The Truth About Fat episode of the PBS television series Nova .

Personal life

Davis, second of three children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a librarian, and William Davis, an engineer. [7] Davis has described her mother as a "great storyteller" who would take Davis and her siblings to museums or to "something cultural" every Sunday after church. [8] [9] Davis was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, and graduated in 1982 from Tenafly High School. [10]

She was a childhood friend of Mira Sorvino, who lived almost directly across the street, and with whom she wrote and acted in backyard plays. Davis has a degree in cognitive science from Vassar College. [11] She studied acting at HB Studio in New York City. [12] She is married to actor Jon Patrick Walker. They have two children, Georgia and Mae. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Flatliners Anne Coldren
Home Alone French Ticket Agent
1995Run for CoverPrescott's Secretary
Kiss of Death Junior's Girlfriend
1996 The Daytrippers Eliza Malone D'Amico
Mr. Wrong Annie
1997 The Myth of Fingerprints Margaret
Guy Camera
1998 Next Stop Wonderland Erin Castleton
The Impostors Emily Essendine
1999 Arlington Road Brooke Wolfe
Mumford Sofie Crisp
2000 Joe Gould's Secret Therese Mitchell
2001 Final Dr. Ann Johnson
Hearts in Atlantis Liz Garfield
2002 About Schmidt Jeannie Schmidt
The Secret Lives of Dentists Dana Hurst
2003 American Splendor Joyce Brabner
2005 The Matador Carolyn 'Bean' Wright
Duma Kristin
Proof Claire
The Weather Man Noreen
2006 Infamous Slim Keith
The Hoax Andrea Tate
2007 The Nines Sarah / Susan / Sierra
Charlie Bartlett Marilyn Bartlett
2008 Synecdoche, New York Madeleine Gravis
Genova Marianne
2009 The Lodger Ellen Bunting
2011 The Family Tree Bunnie Burnett
Real Steel Aunt Debra
2012 Disconnect Lydia Boyd
2013 Louder Than Words Brenda Fareri
2015 Wild Card Cassandra
2016 Captain America: Civil War Maria Stark
2017 Rebel in the Rye Miriam Salinger
2020 Greenland Judy Vento
2023 Cat Person Kelly
Asteroid City Sandy Borden

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000–2001 Deadline Brooke BentonMain role, 13 episodes
2006–2007 Six Degrees Laura MorganMain role, 13 episodes
2009 In Treatment MiaMain role, 7 episodes
2010 The Special Relationship Hillary Clinton Television film
2011 Mildred Pierce Mrs. ForresterMiniseries, 3 episodes
2012–2013 The Newsroom Nina HowardRecurring role, 5 episodes
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Viola Mesner1 episode
2015 Allegiance Katya O'ConnorMain role, 13 episodes
2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Herself1 episode
2015–2016 Wayward Pines Megan FisherMain role, 14 episodes
2016 American Crime Steph SullivanRecurring role, 7 episodes
2018–2019 For the People Jill CarlanMain role, 20 episodes
2018–2019 Strange Angel Ruth ParsonsRecurring role, 7 episodes
2020 Nova Narrator (voice)1 episode
2020 Love Life ClaudiaRecurring role, 6 episodes
2020–2023 Your Honor Gina BaxterMain role, 20 episodes
2021–2023 Succession Sandi FurnessRecurring role, 7 episodes
2022 Minx Victoria Hartnett1 episode
2023 Perry Mason Camilla NygaardRecurring role, 6 episodes
TBA Before Dr. JaneUpcoming miniseries

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Juliett / Student / Soldier of Cyprus East 13th Street Theatre
1992Two Shakespearean ActorsMiss Anne Holland Cort Theatre
1993 Measure for Measure Mariana Delacorte Theater
1993PterodactylsEmma Duncan Vineyard Theatre
1995–1996The Food ChainAmanda Westside Theatre
1997–1998 Ivanov Sasha Vivian Beaumont Theatre
2000 Spinning Into Butter Sarah Lincoln Center
2005Hope Leaves the TheaterVarious roles St. Ann's Warehouse
2009 God of Carnage Annette Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
2016–2017The Red BarnIngrid Dodd Royal National Theatre

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
1994 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Pterodactyls
Nominated
2002 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2003 Village Voice Film Poll Best Supporting PerformanceNominated
Seattle Film Critics Society Best ActressWon
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actress American Splendor
&
The Secret Lives of Dentists
Won
2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Actress Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress
American Splendor
Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting ActressNominated
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Nominated
Chlotrudis Awards Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Female
The Secret Lives of Dentists
Nominated
2008 Gotham Independent Film Awards Best Ensemble Cast Synecdoche, New York Won
2009 Independent Spirit Awards Robert Altman Award Won
Tony Awards Best Actress in a Play Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
2010 Satellite Awards Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
2011 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2021 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2022 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Nominated

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