Hope Davis - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

A Nordic blonde, Hope Davis is one of those actors other actors love to work with; serious about her craft, good at it, and willing to take chances. Best known for her roles in such independent films as "The Daytrippers" (1996) and "The Myth of Fingerprints" (1997), Davis was raised in Tenafly, NJ, where she would often put on shows for the neighborhood with childhood pal Mira Sorvino. A graduate of Vassar College, she went to London to study privately with teachers from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, then returned to the USA and went to Chicago to work on stage. Davis helped form a theater company, was directed by John Cusack in a production of "Alagazam...After the Dog Wars" and by Joel Schumacher in the Chicago production of David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow". She also appeared in numerous productions at the prestigious Goodman Theatre, including "The Iceman Cometh" and "Macbeth". It was while she was in Chicago that Davis made her screen debut, playing the girlfriend of William Baldwin in Schumacher's "Flatliners" and as a French ticket counter clerk in "Home Alone" (1990). 

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