Happy birthday Geena Davis, born January 21, 1956

Virginia Elizabeth “Geena” Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model.

She is known for her roles in The Fly (1986), Beetlejuice (1988), Thelma & Louise (1991), A League of Their Own (1992), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Stuart Little (1999), and The Accidental Tourist, for which she won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In July 1999, Davis was one of 300 women who vied for a semifinals berth in the U.S. Olympic archery team to participate in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. She placed 24th and did not qualify for the team, but participated as a wild-card entry in the Sydney International Golden Arrow competition.

In 2005, Davis won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for her role in Commander in Chief.

In 2014, she returned to television portraying Dr. Nicole Herman in Grey’s Anatomy.

Davis plays Regan MacNeil/Angela Rance in the horror TV series “inspired by” the best-selling William Peter Blatty novel The Exorcist, on Fox.

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