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'''Hope Davis''' (born [[March 23]], [[1964]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]]. She has starred in more than 20 feature films, including ''[[About Schmidt]]'', ''[[Flatliners]]'', ''[[Mumford (film)|Mumford]]'', ''[[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]'' and ''[[Next Stop Wonderland]]''. She played [[Slim Keith]] in the 2006 film [[Infamous (film)|Infamous]].
==Biography==
===Personal life===
Davis, second of three children, was born in [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]], [[New Jersey]], the daughter of Joan, a [[librarian]], and William Davis, an engineer.<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/382730361.html?dids=382730361:382730361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+10%2C+2003&author=Robert+Abele&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Less+is+really+more%3B+Actress+Hope+Davis+prefers+to+make+her+mark+in+low-budget+enterprises+like+'The+Secret+Lives+of+Dentists'+and+'American+Splendor.'&pqatl=google 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.'<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Davis has described her mother as a "great storyteller" who would take Davis and her siblings to [[museum]]s or to "something cultural" every Sunday after church.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200509/20050926_davis.html Tavis Smiley . Archives . Hope Davis . September 26, 2005 | PBS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7D91F3DF933A1575BC0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print THEATER; The Fine Edge Between a Role And Real Life - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Davis graduated in 1982 from [[Tenafly High School]] in [[Tenafly, New Jersey|Tenafly]], [[New Jersey]],<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxOTMmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNTE5NDcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 " 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."</ref> 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 and they have two children.
===Career===
Davis majored in [[cognitive science]] at [[Vassar College]], but then became an actress in independent films such as ''[[The Daytrippers]]'' ([[1995 in film|1995]]) and ''[[Next Stop Wonderland]]'' ([[1998 in film|1998]]). These led her to roles in Hollywood films such as the thriller ''[[Arlington Road]]'' ([[1999 in film|1999]]), and ''[[About Schmidt]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]]), in which she played [[Jack Nicholson]]'s daughter. In 2003, she starred opposite [[Paul Giamatti]] in the movie adaptation of the [[Harvey Pekar]] comic ''[[American Splendor (film)|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 the Golden Globe.
She has also worked on the stage, including a lead role in the New York premiere of Rebecca Gilman's ''[[Spinning into Butter]]'' in 2000.
In April 2005, Davis was the lead role in an audio play called "Hope Leaves the Theater" written and directed by [[Charlie Kaufman]]. 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' character "leaving the theater."
==Filmography==
* ''[[Genova (film)|Genova]]'' ([[2008 in film|2008]])
* ''[[The Lodger]]'' ([[2008 in film|2008]])
* ''[[Synecdoche, New York]]'' ([[2008 in film|2008]])
* ''[[Charlie Bartlett (film)|Charlie Bartlett]]'' ([[2007 in film|2007]])
* ''[[The Nines]]'' ([[2007 in film|2007]])
* ''[[The Hoax]]'' ([[2007 in film|2007]])
* ''[[Six Degrees]]'' ([[2006 in television|2006]]) (TV series)
* ''[[Infamous (film)|Infamous]]'' ([[2006 in film|2006]])
* ''[[Proof (2005 film)|Proof]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]])
* ''[[Duma (film)|Duma]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]])
* ''[[The Matador]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]])
* ''[[The Weather Man]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]])
* ''[[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]])
* ''[[The Secret Lives of Dentists]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]])
* ''[[About Schmidt]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]])
* ''[[Hearts in Atlantis (film)|Hearts in Atlantis]]'' ([[2001 in film|2001]])
* ''[[Final]]'' ([[2001 in film|2001]])
* ''[[Mumford (film)|Mumford]]'' ([[1999 in film|1999]])
* ''[[Arlington Road]]'' ([[1999 in film|1999]])
* ''[[Next Stop Wonderland]]'' ([[1998]])
* ''[[The Impostors]]'' (1998)
* ''[[The Myth of Fingerprints]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]])
* ''[[The Daytrippers]]'' ([[1996 in film|1996]])
* ''[[Kiss of Death (1995 film)|Kiss of Death]]'' ([[1995 in film|1995]])
* ''[[Home Alone]]'' ([[1990 in film|1990]])
* ''[[Flatliners]]'' ([[1990 in film|1990]])
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| title = [[NYFCC Award for Best Actress]]
| years = 2003<br>'''for'' [[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]'' '''
| before= [[Diane Lane]]<br>for ''[[Unfaithful (film)|Unfaithful]]
| after = [[Imelda Staunton]]<br>for ''[[Vera Drake]]''
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{imdb|0204706}}
*[http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800018668&cf=gen&intl=us Hope Davis's page at Yahoo Movies]
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