29 Facts About Hope Davis

Hope Davis was born on March 23,1964 and is an American actress.

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 Yasmina 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 Joel Schumacher directed psychological horror film Flatliners, starring as William Baldwin's fiancee.

Hope Davis acted alongside Kevin Kline, Jayne Atkinson, Tom McGowan, and Marian Seldes.

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 acted in the Alexander Payne directed comedy-drama About Schmidt playing the daughter of Warren R Schmidt played Jack Nicholson.

Hope Davis was nominated for the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

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

Hope Davis portrayed socialite Slim Keith in the Truman Capote biopic Infamous starring Toby Jones.

Hope Davis acted in Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York playing Madeleine Gravis.

Also in 2009 Hope Davis returned to Broadway starring in Yasmina Reza's play God of Carnage with Marcia Gay Harden, James Gandolfini and Jeff Daniels.

Hope Davis took recurring roles playing Mrs Forrester in the HBO limited series Mildred Pierce starring Kate Winslet and a fictional gossip columnist Nina Howard in The Newsroom starring Jeff Daniels.

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

Hope Davis 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 took a recurring role as Sandi Furness in the HBO drama series Succession from 2021 to 2023.

Hope Davis was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in 2022.

Hope Davis acted in the Wes Anderson comedy film Asteroid City.

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.