Geena Davis

AKA: Virginia Emmolo, Virginia Elizabeth Davis
10.1177

1956-01-21

Wareham, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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 known for her roles in The Fly, Beetlejuice, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own, and The Accidental Tourist, for which she won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2005, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for her role in Commander in Chief.

Crew Roles

The Long Kiss Goodnight
Producer
This Changes Everything
Executive Producer
Mistrial
Executive Producer
Speechless
Producer
Co-Executive Producer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {78}

Mrs. Little

1999-12-17 6.064

Stuart Little

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with a ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure

Morgan Adams

1995-12-22 5.8

Cutthroat Island

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical o ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

Thelma

1991-05-24 7.594

Thelma & Louise

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the stre ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Adventure

Valerie Gail

1988-09-08 5.569

Earth Girls Are Easy

In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction, Music, Romance

Gale Gayley

1992-10-02 6.286

Hero

Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing pass ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Phyllis Potter

1990-07-13 6.688

Quick Change

With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing l ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Barbara

1988-03-30 7.367

Beetlejuice

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home. ...
Genre :Fantasy, Comedy

Mrs. Little

2002-07-19 5.767

Stuart Little 2

Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human ...
Genre :Family, Adventure, Comedy

Tamara / Becky

1985-03-03 6.3

Secret Weapons

Soviet High School girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Dottie Hinson (C)

1992-07-01 7.217

A League of Their Own

As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Com ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

2021-10-12 7

A Night at the Academy Museum

Exclusive look at the movies' 120-year history as well as an insight into the largest institution in the U.S. dedicated to the arts, sciences and artists of moviemaking. ...
Genre :Documentary

Muriel Pritchett

1988-12-23 6.243

The Accidental Tourist

After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate, and Macon meets a strange, outgoing woman who brin ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore

1996-10-11 6.58

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her pa ...
Genre :Crime, Action, Mystery, Thriller

Odette

1985-11-08 5.314

Transylvania 6-5000

Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other w ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

Veronica Quaife

1986-08-15 7.425

The Fly

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Larry

1985-05-31 6.732

Fletch

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

April

1982-12-17 7.207

Tootsie

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Julia

1994-12-16 5.9

Speechless

In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Gloria Conway

2009-04-23 5.896

Accidents Happen

There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Angie Scacciapensieri

1994-03-04 5.703

Angie

Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have the baby; but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Self

2011-01-20 6.902

Miss Representation

The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in ...
Genre :Documentary

Katherine Huling

2013-08-09 6.337

In a World...

An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, s ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2005-10-04 8

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

Feature length documentary on the making of David Cronenberg's The Fly. ...
Genre :Documentary

Mrs. Ehrlick

2016-03-11 4.8

Me Him Her

Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles. ...
Genre :Comedy

Stacy

2024-08-21 6.684

Blink Twice

When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic sett ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Fay

0

Cowgirl's Last Ride

A woman who has escaped from a care facility makes a journey to her home pursued by her son with whom she must make peace. ...
Genre :

Munca

2025-10-03 5.833

Fairyland

A father-daughter relationship evolves through an era of bohemian decadence in 1970s San Francisco to the sober and heartbreaking era of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. ...
Genre :Drama

Self

2003-02-04 7.9

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

Nearly every major element of making the 1991 film Thelma & Louise is examined here from how the script was written to how Ridley Scott got involved, to how the big tanker explosion was pulled off. So ...
Genre :Documentary

Mrs. Little (voice)

2005-07-14 5.2

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

With school out for the summer, The Littles are vacationing in a cabin by the lake, and Stuart is so excited he could burst! But when Snowbell the cat is captured by a mean-spirited creature known si ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Family

Kim

1990-04-22 6.3

The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour special featured an all-star cast addressing concer ...
Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Self/Narrator

1996-01-01 0

Fairy Tales on Ice: Alice Through the Looking Glass

This delightful classic is a magnificent combination of a timeless tale with the grace and style of some of the world's greatest figure skaters, including Nancy Kerrigan. ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy, Music

Tess

2017-01-23 6.095

Marjorie Prime

A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Geena Davis

2017-08-07 6.161

Don't Talk to Irene

When Irene gets suspended, she must endure two weeks of community service at a retirement home. Following her passion for cheerleading, she secretly signs up the senior residents to audition for a dan ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2019-06-28 6.1

This Changes Everything

An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. ...
Genre :Documentary

Bobbi

2020-07-02 5.8

Ava

A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong. ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Crime

Self

1990-05-16 10

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away. ...
Genre :Family, Documentary, Music, TV Movie

Self

2018-12-07 7.2

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of mov ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Angelica (voice)

2017-09-27 9

Dear Angelica

A teenage girl, Jessica, looks back on the stories her mother told through her movies and her own memories of her mother. This film is animated entirely in Oculus Quill, a 3D drawing and sculpting pro ...
Genre :Animation

Narrator (voice)

1991-09-14 0

Rabbit Ears - Princess Scargo and the Birthday Pumpkin

Treat your family to this touching story about a young Native American girl who gives up a precious birthday gift in order to save her village. This enchanting adaptation, based on a popular Native Am ...
Genre :

Self

1999-01-01 0

Stuart Little: Making It Big

A documentary about the making of director Rob Minkoff's feature film, "Stuart Little" that first aired on HBO. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2025-04-05 8.5

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live

The story was born from the pen of debutante Callie Khouri: Thelma, married to a macho man, and Louise, an independent waitress, go on a girls' getaway that turns into a runaway when the latter, durin ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2016-10-26 0

The Exorcist: Making the Demons

Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession. Make-up designer, Tami Lane, talks about the process of making actors into demons. ...
Genre :

2005-04-24 6

Special Thanks To Roy London

Roy London, an acting coach, coached and influenced the acting careers of hundreds of A-list actors. In interviews with more than 50 actors - including Patricia Arquette, Hank Azaria, Drew Carey, Geen ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

1993-10-29 6

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a special produced forSesame Street’s 25th anniversary. Released in a slightly different form on video as Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years in October 1993, ...
Genre :Family, Music

Karen Nicholson

1982-09-22 7.229

Family Ties

Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Family

Self

1994-08-14 7.5

Inside the Actors Studio

James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews. ...
Genre :Talk

Self

2003-09-08 5.627

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Teddie Cochran

2000-10-10 7.5

The Geena Davis Show

Genre :Comedy

Sandy Dalrymple

1982-10-01 7.1

Remington Steele

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male sup ...
Genre :Drama, Family, Comedy

Self

2003-01-26 5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC. ...
Genre :Talk, Comedy

1988-09-05 5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk. ...
Genre :Talk

Grace Fallon

1982-09-26 7.526

Knight Rider

Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arrang ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime

Self

1997-08-11 4.3

The View

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot top ...
Genre :Talk

Mackenzie Allen

2005-09-27 7.603

Commander in Chief

Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to become the first female president of the United State ...
Genre :Drama

Janet Adler

1998-09-21 6.842

Will & Grace

Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dati ...
Genre :Comedy

Wendy Killian

1983-05-31 6.3

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill is an American television situation comedy that featured the misadventures of an egotistical talk show host, played by Dabney Coleman, and his staff at WBFL-TV, a small TV station in Buff ...
Genre :Comedy

Sara McKenna

1985-01-23 7.5

Sara

A newly minted attorney joins the legal aid clinic in San Francisco where her best friend works. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self - Host

1975-10-11 7

Saturday Night Live

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying ...
Genre :Comedy, News

Narrator (voice)

2011-10-11 10

Women, War & Peace

What if you looked at war as though women mattered? What if you looked at peace as though women mattered? These two questions were at the heart of this critically acclaimed five-part special series. ...
Genre :Documentary

Dr. Agnetta Lindquist

2012-09-03 6.407

Coma

A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Angela Rance

2016-09-23 7.288

The Exorcist

Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Self - Guest

2015-03-23 5.254

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Guest

2003-01-26 5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC. ...
Genre :Talk, Comedy

Self - Guest

2014-02-25 5.3

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable ...
Genre :Talk, Comedy

Huntara (voice)

2018-11-13 8.465

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Soldier Adora finds a magic sword -- and her identity as legendary hero She-Ra. She joins the Rebellion, but her best friend stays with the evil Horde. ...
Genre :Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Self

1962-10-01 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carso ...
Genre :Talk

Self- Guest

2022-09-12 3

Sherri

Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop culture, comedy, conversations, and daytime talk staples ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Guest

2005-11-11 4.8

The Reichen Show

A list of celebrity interviews and sensational topics. ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Guest

1996-06-10 3.9

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on ...
Genre :Talk, Family, Comedy

Self - Guest

1988-09-05 5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk. ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Guest

1997-08-11 4.3

The View

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot top ...
Genre :Talk

Self

2007-02-22 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Nicole Herman

2005-03-27 8.212

Grey's Anatomy

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1953-03-19 7

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is ...
Genre :

Sandy Devereaux St. Clair

2017-06-23 7.28

GLOW

In 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Renee

0

The Boroughs

Set in what appears to be a gorgeous retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unexpected heroes must work together to thwart an extraterrestrial menace from taking the one thing they ...
Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Dr. Melba Bozinsky

1984-01-03 6.818

Riptide

The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their own helicopter, and the third's technical abil ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure

1985-09-18 0

George Burns Comedy Week

George Burns Comedy Week is a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup, hosted by George Burns. ...
Genre :Comedy