T. Scott Cunningham, Seasoned Off Broadway Player, Dies at 47
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New York Times - Found Jun. 26, 2009 ... the son who comes home to tell his stuffy family that he has AIDS, in Pterodactyls in 1993. Hope Davis, in her first substantial stage role... |
Theater Listings: June 26 July 2
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New York Times - Found Jun. 25, 2009 Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden have the time of their lives tearing up the scenery and one another in... |
On the Couch with Hope Davis
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Daily Beast - Found Jun. 24, 2009 By: Rachel Syme In Treatment's most neurotic patient, Hope Davis, talks to The Daily Beast's Rachel Syme about playing crazy, being a mom, and |
Hope Davis & Alison Pill
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Variety - Found Jun. 10, 2009 And yet the storylines of both Alison Pill (April) and Hope Davis (Mia) succeed in what "In Treatment" does brilliantly -- presenting... |
Hope Davis on Vomiting in God of Carnage
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New York Magazine - Found Apr. 6, 2009 The newest addition to In Treatment, Hope Davis, has long been a critical favorite for her turns in About Schmidt, American Splendor, and Synecdoche, |
Hope Davis and Marcia Gay Harden thrill onstage in 'Carnage'
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Reading Eagle - Found Apr. 21, 2009 NEW YORK - Hope Davis and Marcia Gay Harden would like to make something clear right away: They're not professional rivals in any way. |
Hope Davis has tummy trouble in 'God of Carnage'
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Newsday - Found Apr. 4, 2009 ... performance by Hope Davis in the Yasmina Reza comedy 'God of Carnage.' As a stressed-out mom confronted about her teen son's misdeeds, Davis... |
GANDOLFINI EJECTS THEATRE INTRUDER
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PR inside - Found 22 hours ago Soprano, regained his composure before the curtain came up - as his co-stars Jeff Daniels, Marcia Gay Harden and Hope Davis looked on stunned. James Gandolfini throws out intruder during Broadway performance - Los Angeles Times Gandolfini ejects theatre intruder - Daily Express James Gandolfini throws out intruder during Broadway performance - Yahoo! India Explore All |
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Proof Can be Found at Sierra Madre Playhouse
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The Monrovia Weekly - Found Jul. 1, 2009 The Playhouse doesn?t have Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hope Davis on stage. |
There arent enough Emmys to pay tribute to the best actors
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Providence Journal - Found Jun. 30, 2009 Alison Pill, Hope Davis and, of course, Dianne Wiest (who won supporting actress last year) were all superb on In Treatment; |
Hope Davis Biography
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Hope Davis
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| Hope Davis | |
| Born | March 23, 1964 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964) is an American actress. She has starred in more than 20 feature films, including About Schmidt, Flatliners, Mumford, American Splendor, The Lodger (2009) and Next Stop Wonderland
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Biography
Personal life
Davis, second of three children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a librarian, and William Davis, an engineer.1 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.23 Davis graduated in 1982 from Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey,4 and was a childhood friend of Mira Sorvino, with whom she wrote and acted in backyard plays.
She is married to actor Jon Patrick Walker. They have two children, Georgia (born August 31, 2002) and Mae (born December 30, 2004).
Career
Film
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 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.
Stage
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 Hope Davis's character "leaving the theater."
She returned to the stage in 2009, appearing in Broadway's God of Carnage with Marcia Gay Harden, James Gandolfini and Jeff Daniels5, a role which gained her a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Play
Television
Davis is co-starring 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 actor Oliver Platt in 2001. She played the ex-wife to Platt's character at a newspaper giant.
Filmography
- Flatliners (1990)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Kiss of Death (1995)
- The Daytrippers (1996)
- Mr. Wrong (1996)
- The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
- The Impostors (1998)
- Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
- Arlington Road (1999)
- Mumford (1999)
- Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
- Final (2001)
- Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
- About Schmidt (2002)
- The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)
- American Splendor (2003)
- The Weather Man (2005)
- The Matador (2005)
- Duma (2005)
- Proof (2005)
- Infamous (2006)
- Six Degrees (2006) (TV series)
- The Hoax (2007)
- The Nines (2007)
- Charlie Bartlett (2007)
- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Genova (2008)
- The Lodger (2009)
- In Treatment (2009) (TV series)
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| Preceded by Diane Lane for Unfaithful |
NYFCC Award for Best Actress 2003 for American Splendor |
Succeeded by Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake |
References
- ^ Less is really more; Actress Hope Davis prefers to make her mark in low-budget enterprises like 'The Secret Lives of Dentists' and 'American Splendor.'
- ^ Tavis Smiley . Archives . Hope Davis . September 26, 2005 | PBS
- ^ THEATER; The Fine Edge Between a Role And Real Life - New York Times
- ^ Rohan, Virginia. " North Jersey-bred and talented too", The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 2007. Accessed July 5, 2007. "Hope Davis: Class of 1982, Tenafly High School."
- ^ Gandolfini Stars on Broadway in God of Carnage The Associated Press, January 12, 2009




















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