21 Facts About Hope Davis

Hope Davis 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.

Hope Davis made her film debut in Joel Schumacher's Flatliners in 1990.

Hope Davis then starred in the critically acclaimed films The Daytrippers, About Schmidt, Infamous, and Asteroid City.

Hope Davis received an Independent Spirit Award with the cast of Synecdoche, New York.

Hope Davis earned acclaim for her role in Yazmina Reza's God of Carnage in 2009 acting alongside Jeff Daniels, Marcia Gay Harden, and James Gandolfini.

Hope Davis later earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her performances in the HBO projects In Treatment, The Special Relationship and Succession.

Hope Davis made her debut as a dramatic actress in the 1990 film Flatliners, starring as William Baldwin's fiancee.

Hope Davis then appeared in the hit film Home Alone in a small role as a Parisian airport receptionist.

The title actually refers to Hope Davis's character "leaving the theater".

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

Hope Davis starred in an NBC short-lived drama series called Deadline with Oliver Platt in 2001.

Hope Davis played the ex-wife to Platt's character at a newspaper giant.

Hope Davis starred in the short-lived NBC television drama, Allegiance, where she plays Katya O'Connor, an ex-KGB agent.

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

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

Hope Davis, second of three children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a librarian, and William Hope Davis, an engineer.

Hope Davis has described her mother as a "great storyteller" who would take Hope Davis and her siblings to museums or to "something cultural" every Sunday after church.

Hope Davis was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, and graduated in 1982 from Tenafly High School.

Hope Davis was a childhood friend of Mira Sorvino, who lived almost directly across the street, and with whom she wrote and acted in backyard plays.

Hope Davis has a degree in cognitive science from Vassar College.

Hope Davis studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.