Geena Davis Movies and Career Information

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist. She is best known for her roles in The Fly, Beetlejuice, Thelma and Louise, The Accidental Tourist, for which she won the 1988 Academy Award for best supporting actress, and in the 1999 film Stuart Little and its 2002 sequel Stuart Little 2. Davis was born in Wareham, Massachusetts, the daughter of Lucille, a teacher's assistant, and William Davis, a civil engineer; she has a brother named Dan. At an early age, she became interested in music. She learned piano and flute and played organ well enough as a teenager to serve as an organist at her church in Wareham. Davis attended Wareham High School and while an exchange student in Sandviken, Sweden, she became fluent in Swedish. Enrolling at New England College, Davis eventually graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979. Davis is also a member of Mensa, a social organization whose members are in the top 2% of intelligence as measured by an IQ test entrance exam. After graduating, Davis served as a window mannequin for Ann Taylor