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{{Short description|American actor (born 1956)}}<!--Do NOT change "actor" to "actress" without consensus on the talk page, see [[MOS:GNL]].-->
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| name               = Geena Davis
| image              = Geena Davis by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Davis in 2024
| birth_name         = Virginia Elizabeth Davis
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1956|1|21}}
| birth_place        = [[Wareham, Massachusetts]], U.S.
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| occupation         = Actor<!--Do NOT change "actor" to "actress" without consensus on the talk page, see [[MOS:GNL]].-->
| years_active       = 1982–present
| organization       = [[Geena Davis Institute]]
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| {{marriage|Richard Emmolo|1981|1984|end=div}}
| {{marriage|[[Jeff Goldblum]]|1987|1991|end=div}}
| {{marriage|[[Renny Harlin]]|1993|1998|end=div}}
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| partner            = Reza Jarrahy (1998–2017)<!--Do NOT change without consensus on the talk page, see "personal life" section.-->
| children           = 3
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'''Virginia Elizabeth''' "'''Geena'''" '''Davis''' (born January 21, 1956) is an American actor.<!--Do NOT change "actor" to "actress" without consensus on the talk page, see [[MOS:GNL]].--><ref name="ACTOR">[https://www.mediafire.com/view/4n9desolircjinv "United States: US Senators Make New Effort to Ratify Women's Treaty"]. ''Asia News Monitor''. Bangkok. November 19, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2021. "Geena Davis brought some media attention to Thursday's proceedings. First, she explained she should be called an actor, rather than an actress. 'The dictionary definition of actor is a person who acts, so we do not actually need ''actress''. It is going to sound soon as quaint as ''doctoress'', or ''poetess'', or ''authoress''.'"</ref> She is the recipient of various accolades, including an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]].

Davis made her acting debut in the satirical romantic comedy ''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982) and eventually starred in the science-fiction thriller ''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'' (1986), one of her first box office hits. While the fantasy comedy ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' (1988) brought her to prominence, the romantic drama ''[[The Accidental Tourist (film)|The Accidental Tourist]]'' (1988) earned her the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. She established herself as a leading lady with the road film ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'' (1991), for which she received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], and the sports film ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' (1992), garnering a Golden Globe Award nomination. However, Davis's roles in the box office failures ''[[Cutthroat Island]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]'' (1996), both directed by then-husband [[Renny Harlin]], were followed by a lengthy break and downturn in her career.

Davis starred as the adoptive mother of the title character in the [[Stuart Little (franchise)|''Stuart Little'' franchise]] (1999–2005) and as the first female president of the United States in the television series ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]'' (2005–2006), winning the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]] for her role in the latter. Her later films include ''[[Accidents Happen]]'' (2009) and ''[[Marjorie Prime]]'' (2017). She has portrayed the recurring role of Dr. Nicole Herman in ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (2014–2015, 2018) and that of [[Regan MacNeil]]/Angela Rance in the first season of the horror television series ''[[The Exorcist (TV series)|The Exorcist]]'' (2017).

In 2004, Davis launched the [[Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media]], which works collaboratively with the entertainment industry to dramatically increase the presence of female characters in media. Through the organization, she launched the annual [[Bentonville Film Festival]] in 2015, and executive produced the documentary ''[[This Changes Everything (2018 film)|This Changes Everything]]'' in 2018. Davis received the [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]] in 2019 and the Governors Award in 2022.

==Early life and education==
Geena Davis was born on January 21, 1956, in [[Wareham, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Davis, Geena 1956- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/geena-davis |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |publisher=[[Cengage]] |access-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref> Her mother, Lucille ({{nee|Cook}}), was a teacher's assistant, and her father, William F. Davis, was a civil engineer and church [[deacon]]. Both were from small towns in [[Vermont]].<ref>[http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090405/NEWS03/904050333/-1/rss37 "Editor's notes: Fish out of water"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807082731/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090405%2FNEWS03%2F904050333%2F-1%2Frss37 |date=August 7, 2020 }} April 8, 2009, South Coast Today</ref> Davis has an older brother, Danforth ("Dan").<ref>{{cite web|title=Editor's notes: Fish out of water |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/marion/news/lifestyle/columnists/x549600134/Editors-notes-Fish-out-of-water |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716082405/http://www.wickedlocal.com/marion/news/lifestyle/columnists/x549600134/Editors-notes-Fish-out-of-water |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>

She became interested in music at an early age. She learned piano and [[flute]] and played [[organ (music)|organ]] well enough as a teenager to be organist at her [[Congregational church|Congregational]] church in Wareham. Davis was also a cheerleader and was cheer captain her senior year of high school.<ref name="tca">Stated on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', 2000</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trends in Photography|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-14-vw-3598-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 14, 1989}}</ref> She attended [[Wareham High School]] and was an exchange student in [[Sandviken]], [[Sweden]], where she became fluent in [[Swedish language|Swedish]].<ref name="tca" /> She wanted to study acting at [[Boston University]] but missed the required audition during her year in Sweden, so she began her college education at [[New England College]] before transferring to [[Boston University]]; she didn't earn enough credits to graduate, having received an incomplete in at least one class and an F in movement class.<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Geena |author-link=Geena Davis |date=2022 |title=Dying of Politeness |location=New York |publisher=HarperCollins |pages=58–61 |isbn=978-0063119130 }}</ref> Her first post-university work was as a model for window [[mannequins]] at [[Ann Taylor (clothing retailer)|Ann Taylor]]; she then signed with New York's [[Zoli modeling agency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800012507/bio |title=Davis bio at Yahoo Movies |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |access-date=August 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604005517/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800012507/bio |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>

In her 2022 memoir, she states that her brother came up with the nickname Geena shortly after her birth to differentiate her from her Aunt Virginia, who went by the nickname Ginny.<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Geena |author-link=Geena Davis |date=2022 |title=Dying of Politeness |location=New York |publisher=HarperCollins |page=9 |isbn=978-0063119130 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Geena |author-link=Geena Davis |date=2022 |title=Dying of Politeness |location=New York |publisher=HarperCollins |page=111 |isbn=978-0063119130 }}</ref>

==Career==
===Rise to fame (1982–1987)===
Davis was working as a model when she was cast by director [[Sydney Pollack]] in his film ''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982) as a soap opera actor, whom she has described as "someone who's going to be in their underwear a lot of time".<ref name=tca/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/feb/29/geena-davis-tv-girl-gender-equality-thelma-louise-women|title=Geena Davis: 'The more TV a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life'|first=Homa|last=Khaleeli|newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 29, 2016|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> It was the second most profitable film of 1982,<ref>{{Mojo title | id=tootsie | title=Tootsie}}</ref> received ten [[Academy Awards]] nominations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |title=The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-09|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref> and is considered a [[classic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/100Movies.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-07-16 }}</ref> She next won the regular part of Wendy Killian in the television series ''[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|Buffalo Bill]]'',{{cn|date=June 2024}} which aired from June 1983 to March 1984; and had a writing credit in one episode.{{cn|date=June 2024}} Despite the series' eleven [[Emmy Awards]] nominations, lukewarm ratings led to its cancellation after two seasons. Davis concurrently guest-starred in ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'', ''[[Riptide (U.S. TV series)|Riptide]]'', ''[[Family Ties]]'' and ''[[Remington Steele]]'', and followed with a series of her own, ''[[Sara (1985 TV series)|Sara]]'', which lasted 13 episodes. 
During this period, she also auditioned for the 1984 science fiction/action film ''[[The Terminator]]'', reading for the lead role of [[Sarah Connor (Terminator)|Sarah Connor]], which eventually went to [[Linda Hamilton]]. In ''[[Fletch (film)|Fletch]]'' (1985), an action comedy, she appeared with [[Chevy Chase]] as the colleague of a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' undercover reporter trying to expose drug trafficking on the beaches of Los Angeles.<ref>{{Mojo title | id=fletch | title=Fletch}}</ref> She also starred in the horror comedy ''[[Transylvania 6-5000 (1985 film)|Transylvania 6-5000]]'' as a nymphomaniac vampire alongside future husband [[Jeff Goldblum]].<ref>{{Mojo title | id=transylvania6-5000 | title=Transylvania 6-5000}}</ref> They also starred in the sci-fi thriller ''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'' (1986), loosely based on [[George Langelaan]]'s 1957 [[The Fly (George Langelaan)|short story of the same name]], where Davis portrayed a science journalist and an eccentric scientist's love interest. It was a commercial success and helped establish her as an actor.<ref>{{cite book | first=Aubrey | last=Solomon | title=Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History | publisher=Scarecrow Press | year=1989 | isbn=978-0810842441 | page=260}}</ref> In 1987 she appeared with Goldblum again in the offbeat comedy ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/1987/film/reviews/earth-girls-are-easy-1200427598/ | title=Earth Girls Are Easy | date=December 31, 1987 | website=Variety | access-date=November 21, 2020}}</ref>

===Recognition and praise (1988–1992)===
[[File:Geena Davis (1989) crop.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Davis at the [[61st Academy Awards]] in 1989]]
Director [[Tim Burton]] cast Davis in his horror comedy ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' (1988)<ref name=bob>{{cite book | last=Salisbury | first=Mark | title=Burton on Burton: Revised Edition | isbn=0-571-20507-0 | publisher=[[Faber and Faber]] |year=2000}}</ref> as one of a recently deceased young couple who become ghosts haunting their former house; it also starred [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Michael Keaton]] and [[Winona Ryder]]. It made $73.7 million from a budget of $15 million, and Davis's performance and the overall film received mostly positive reviews.<ref>''Beetlejuice'' at [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice/ Rotten Tomatoes.com]; accessed on May 5, 2007.</ref>

Davis took on the role of an animal hospital employee and dog trainer with a sickly son in the romantic drama ''[[The Accidental Tourist (film)|The Accidental Tourist]]'' (1988), alongside [[William Hurt]] and [[Kathleen Turner]]. Critic [[Roger Ebert]], who gave the film four stars out of four, wrote: "Davis, as Muriel, brings an unforced wackiness to her role in scenes like the one where she belts out a song while she's doing the dishes. But she is not as simple as she sometimes seems [...]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-accidental-tourist-1989|title=The Accidental Tourist Movie Review (1989) - Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert|website=www.rogerebert.com}}</ref> The film emerged as a critical and commercial success, and Davis' performance earned her the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]].

Davis appeared as the girlfriend of a man who, dressed as a clown, robs a bank in midtown Manhattan, in the comedy ''[[Quick Change]]'' (1990). Based on a book of the same name by [[Jay Cronley]], it is a remake of the 1985 French film ''[[Hold-Up (1985 film)|Hold-Up]]'' starring [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]].{{cn|date=June 2024}} Despite modest box office returns,<ref name="rottentomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/quick_change/ |title=Quick Change |date=July 13, 1990 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref> the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' found the lead actors "funny and creative while keeping their characters life-size".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/quick-change/Film?oid=1054868|title=Quick Change|first=Jonathan|last=Rosenbaum|website=Chicago Reader|date=October 26, 1985}}</ref> Davis next starred with [[Susan Sarandon]] in [[Ridley Scott]]'s road film ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'' (1991), as friends who embark on a road trip with unforeseen consequences. A critical and commercial success, it is considered a classic, as it influenced other films and artistic works and became a landmark [[feminist film]]. Davis' performance in the film earned her nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]].<ref name=tca/> It also featured [[Brad Pitt]] in his breakout role as a drifter; in his 2020 Oscar acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor, Pitt thanked director Ridley Scott and Davis for "giving me my first shot."<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-read-brad-pitts-acceptance-speech-best-supporting-actor-1277805 |title=Oscars: Read Brad Pitt's Acceptance Speech for Best Supporting Actor|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 9, 2020}}</ref>

In 1992, Davis starred alongside [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Tom Hanks]] in the sports comedy-drama ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' as a baseball player on an all-women's team. It reached [[List of 1992 box office number-one films in the United States|number one at the box office]], became the tenth highest-grossing film of the year in North America,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=leagueoftheirown.htm|title=A League of Their Own|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> and earned Davis her first nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Joe Brown|date=July 3, 1992|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/aleagueoftheirownpgbrown_a0ade7.htm|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title='A League of Their Own' (PG)|access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> She played a television reporter in the comedy ''[[Hero (1992 film)|Hero]]'' (also 1992) alongside [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Andy Garcia]]. Although it flopped at the box office, Roger Ebert felt Davis was "bright and convincing as the reporter (her best line, after surviving the plane crash, is shouted through an ambulance door: "This is my story! I did the research!")".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hero-1992|title=Hero Movie Review & Film Summary (1992) - Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert|website=www.rogerebert.com}}</ref>

===Downturn, hiatus and television roles (1993–2009)===
In 1994's ''[[Angie (1994 film)|Angie]]'', Davis played an office worker who lives in the [[Bensonhurst]] section of [[Brooklyn]] and dreams of a better life. The film received mixed reviews from critics, despite much praise for Davis,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/angie|title=Angie (1994)|date=October 14, 2003 |via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> and was a commercial failure. In her other 1994 release, the romantic comedy ''[[Speechless (1994 film)|Speechless]]'', Davis reunited with Michael Keaton to play insomniac writers who fall in love until they realize that both are writing speeches for rival candidates in a [[New Mexico]] election. Despite negative reviews and modest box office returns, she earned her second nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her performance.[[File:Gina Davis 2004.jpg|thumb|upright|Davis in 2004]]
Davis teamed up with her then-husband, director [[Renny Harlin]], for the films ''[[Cutthroat Island]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]'' (1996), with Harlin hoping that they would turn her into an action star. While ''The Long Kiss Goodnight'' managed to become a moderate success, ''Cutthroat Island'' flopped critically and commercially and was once listed as having the "largest box office loss" by ''[[Guinness World Records]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=50762|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127180839/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=50762|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2005|title=Arts and Media/Movies/Big Box Office Loss|date=November 27, 2005}}</ref> The film is credited to be a contributing factor in the demise of Davis as a [[bankable star]]. By the mid and late 1990s, Davis's film career had become less noteworthy as she divorced Harlin in 1998 and took an "unusually long" two years off to reflect on her career, according to ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/20/movies/film-geena-davis-is-back-weaklings-step-aside.html|title=FILM; Geena Davis Is Back. Weaklings Step Aside.|first=James|last=Sterngold|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 20, 1998}}</ref> In a 2016 interview with ''Vulture'', she recalled: "Film roles really did start to dry up when I got into my 40s. If you look at [[IMDb]], up until that age, I made roughly one film a year. In my entire 40s, I made one movie, ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]''. I was getting offers, but for nothing meaty or interesting like in my 30s. I'd been completely ruined and spoiled. I mean, I got to play a pirate captain! I got to do every type of role, even if the movie failed."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Wilson Hunt|first=Stacey|date=4 May 2016|title=Geena Davis on Fighting for Female Representation in Hollywood and the Golden Age of Roles for Women|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/05/geena-davis-on-fighting-for-more-roles-for-women.html|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref> She appeared as Eleanor Little in the well-received family comedy ''Stuart Little'' (1999), a role she reprised in ''[[Stuart Little 2]]'' (2002) and again in ''[[Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild]]'' (2005).{{cn|date=June 2024}}

Davis starred in the sitcom ''[[The Geena Davis Show]]'', which aired for one season on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] during the [[2000–01 United States network television schedule|2000–01 U.S. television season]].<ref>{{cite news|title= A Star Vehicle Sputters: CBS Cancels 'Bette'|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date= March 7, 2001|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/07/arts/a-star-vehicle-sputters-cbs-cancels-bette.html|access-date=June 10, 2012|last1= Weinraub|first1= Bernard}}</ref> She went on to star in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]'', portraying the first female president of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19851|title=Geena Davis Would Love to Be Part of a 'Beetlejuice' Sequel|date=April 16, 2010|publisher=BloodyDisgusting}}</ref> While this role garnered her a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2006, the series was cancelled after its first season; Davis admitted she was "devastated" by its cancellation in a 2016 interview. "I still haven't gotten over it. I really wanted it to work. It was on Tuesday nights opposite ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', which wasn't ideal. But we were the best new show that fall. Then, in January, we were opposite ''[[American Idol]]''. They said, 'The ratings are going to suffer, so we should take you off the air for the entire run of ''Idol'', and bring it back in May. I put a lot of time and effort into getting it on another network, too, but it didn't work".<ref name=":0" /> Her performance in the series earned her the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]], in addition to nominations for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]. She was awarded the 2006 [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film Lucy Award]].<ref>[http://wif.org/past-recipients Lucy Award, past recipients]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |date=July 24, 2011 }} WIF web site</ref>

Davis was the only American actor to be cast in the Australian-produced film ''[[Accidents Happen]]'' (2009), portraying a foul-mouthed and strict mother. She stated that it was the most fun she had ever had on a film set, and felt a deep friendship and connection to both of the actors who played her sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popentertainment.com/geenadavis.htm|title=PopEntertainment.com: Geena Davis interview about 'Accidents Happen.'|website=www.popentertainment.com}}</ref> Written by [[Brian Carbee]] and based on his own childhood and adolescence, the film received a limited theatrical release and mixed reviews from critics. ''Variety'' found it to be "led by a valiant Geena Davis", despite a "script that mistakes abuse for wit".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/accidents-happen-1117942642/|title=Accidents Happen|first1=Russell|last1=Edwards|date=April 28, 2010}}</ref>

===Professional expansion (2010–present)===
Following a long period of intermittent work, Davis often ventured into television acting, and through her organization, the [[Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media]], saw her career expand during the 2010s. In 2012, she starred as a psychiatrist in the miniseries ''[[Coma (American miniseries)|Coma]]'', based on the 1977 novel ''[[Coma (novel)|Coma]]'' by [[Robin Cook (American novelist)|Robin Cook]] and the subsequent [[Coma (1978 film)|1978 film]]. She played a powerful female movie executive in the comedy ''[[In a World...]]'' (2013), the directorial debut of [[Lake Bell]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-lake-bell-on-the-soapbox-moment-in-her-in-a-world-20130809-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106163554/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/09/entertainment/la-et-mn-lake-bell-on-the-soapbox-moment-in-her-in-a-world-20130809|url-status=live|archive-date=January 6, 2014|title=Lake Bell on the 'soapbox moment' in her 'In a World...'|first=Mark|last=Olsen|date=August 9, 2013|via=LA Times}}</ref> Bell found her only dialogue to be her favorite in the film and called it her "soapbox moment".<ref name="auto1"/>

In 2014, Davis provided her voice for the English version of the [[Studio Ghibli]] animated film ''[[When Marnie Was There (film)|When Marnie Was There]]'', as she was drawn to the film's abundant stories and strong use of female characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/87809-geena-davis-talks-when-marnie-was-there-studio-ghiblis-brilliant-use-of-female-characters|title=Geena Davis On Her New Film's Strong Female Roles|first=Allyson|last=Koerner|website=Bustle|date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref> She played the recurring role of Dr. Nicole Herman, an attending fetal surgeon with a life-threatening brain tumor, during the 11th season of ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (2014–2015). In 2015, Davis launched an annual film festival to be held in [[Bentonville, Arkansas]], to highlight diversity in film, accepting films that prominently feature minorities and women in the cast and crew. The first [[Bentonville Film Festival]] took place from May 5–9, 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/geena-davis-launching-bentonville-film-festival-to-push-for-diversity-in-film-1201393302/ |title=Geena Davis Launching Bentonville Film Festival to Push for Diversity in Film |magazine=Variety |access-date=January 6, 2015}}</ref> Davis appeared as the mother of a semi-famous television star in the comedy ''[[Me Him Her]]'' (2016).

In the television series ''[[The Exorcist (TV series)|The Exorcist]]'' (2016), based on [[The Exorcist (film)|the 1973 film of the same name]], Davis took on the role of grown-up [[Regan MacNeil]], who has renamed herself Angela Rance to find peace and anonymity from her ordeal as a child. ''The Exorcist'' was a success with critics and audiences. In 2017, Davis starred in the film adaptation ''[[Marjorie Prime]]'', alongside [[Jon Hamm]], playing the daughter of an 85-year old experiencing the first symptoms of [[Alzheimer's disease]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Geena Davis on Playing Opposite Jon Hamm in MARJORIE PRIME, 'I'm Excited!'|date=October 11, 2015|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Geena-Davis-on-Playing-Opposite-Jon-Hamm-in-MARJORIE-PRIME-Im-Excited-20151011|work=Broadway World|access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> and appeared as the imaginary god of a heavyset 13-year-old girl in the comedy ''[[Don't Talk to Irene]]''. ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' wrote that she stole "every scene" in ''Marjorie Prime'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/marjorie-prime-movie-review|title=Marjorie Prime Review: This Quiet Sci-Fi Is the Best Kind of Virtual Insanity|first=Jordan|last=Hoffman|website=HWD|date=August 17, 2017}}</ref> while ''Variety'', on her role in ''Don't Talk to Irene'', remarked: "There's no arguing the preternatural coolness of Geena Davis, a fact celebrated in self-conscious fashion by ''Don't Talk to Irene'', a familiar type of coming-of-age film whose most distinguishing feature is the presence of the actress".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/dont-talk-to-irene-review-1202711091/|title=Film Review: 'Don't Talk to Irene'|first1=Nick|last1=Schager|date=February 27, 2018}}</ref>

In 2018, Davis returned to ''Grey's Anatomy'', reprising the role of Dr. Nicole Herman in the show's [[Grey's Anatomy season 14|14th season]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/greys-anatomy-geena-davis-returns-reprise-dr-nicole-herman-1202372822/|title='Grey's Anatomy': Geena Davis Returns To Reprise Dr. Herman Role|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|first2=Nellie|last2=Andreeva|date=April 20, 2018}}</ref> and executive produced the documentary ''[[This Changes Everything (2018 film)|This Changes Everything]]'', in which she was also interviewed about her experiences in the industry. The film premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], where it was named first runner-up for the [[Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Documentaries|People's Choice Award: Documentaries]].<ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/news/green-book-boosts-awards-season-prospects-with-tiff-audience-award-win/5132687.article "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win"]. ''[[Screen Daily]]'', September 16, 2018.</ref> In 2019, she joined the voice cast of ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'' as Huntara,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/she-ra-the-princess-of-power-geena-davis-joins-netflix-series-as-huntara-1202612249/|title='She-Ra & The Princess Of Power': Geena Davis Joins Netflix Series as Huntara|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511033212/https://deadline.com/2019/05/she-ra-the-princess-of-power-geena-davis-joins-netflix-series-as-huntara-1202612249/|archive-date=May 11, 2019}}</ref> and executive produced [[CBS]] educational show ''[[Mission Unstoppable]]'' through [[Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media|her organization]].<ref name="DaytimeMission"/> The same year, she joined the cast of ''[[GLOW (TV series)|GLOW]]'' as Sandy Devereaux St. Clair, a former showgirl turned entertainment director of the Fan-Tan Hotel and Casino.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/07/geena-davis-glow-season-3-ageism/ |title=How Geena Davis is battling ageism with her GLOW season 3 character |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2021 }}</ref> In 2022, Davis' likeness was used for the character of [[Poison Ivy (character)|Poison Ivy]] in the [[DC Entertainment]] [[American comic book|comic book]] series ''[[Batman '89 (comic book)|Batman '89]]'', set between the events of ''[[Batman Returns]]'' (1992) and ''[[The Flash (film)|The Flash]]'' (2023).<ref>{{cite web|last=Mueller|first=Matthew|title=''Batman '89'' Series Would Have Picked Up Where Tim Burton Left Off|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/batman-89-series-picked-where-153026138.html|website=[[Yahoo!]]|access-date=August 10, 2021|date=March 9, 2016}}</ref> Davis has been a frequent guest narrator at [[Disney's Candlelight Processional]], appearing at Disneyland in 2015 and Disney World in 2011, 2012, and 2019.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/os-et-disney-epcot-candlelight-processional-changes-20191206-mzq4ltlgvfc6hhux25t4mcggqu-story.html ''Chicago Tribune'' Davis Announced for Candlelight] accessed 08-18-2023</ref>

In October 2022, [[HarperOne]] published Davis's ''Dying of Politeness: A Memoir'' of her journey from childhood conventional New England femininity and trauma to feminist "badassery", one role at a time, on screen and in the real world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://harperone.com/9780063119130/dying-of-politeness/ |title=Dying of Politeness |website=harperone.com |access-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201083328/https://harperone.com/9780063119130/dying-of-politeness/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/geena-davis-on-childhood-trauma-a-cut-scene-from-a-league-of-their-own-and-her-memoir-dying-of-politeness |title=Geena Davis on Childhood Trauma, a Cut Scene From A League of Their Own, and Her Memoir, Dying of Politeness |magazine=Vanity Fair |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=October 11, 2022 |access-date=November 4, 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
===Marriages and family===
[[File:Reza Jarrahy and Geena Davis at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|alt=Davis and Jarrahy smiling|right|Davis and her ex-partner Reza Jarrahy in 2009]]
Davis began dating restaurateur Richard Emmolo in December 1977 and moved in with him a month later.<ref>Alex Burton (September 10, 2001) [https://www.thefreelibrary.com/GOOD+LUCK+NO.4;+First+Mr+Davis'+tongue+in+cheek+message+to+Geena's...-a078012153 GOOD LUCK NO.4; First Mr Davis' tongue in cheek message to Geena's new hubby.] ''Daily Record''</ref> The two married on March 25, 1981, but separated in February 1983 and divorced on June 27, 1984.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPLK-1KK Virginia G Emmolo, "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984"]</ref> She then dated future ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'' co-star [[Christopher McDonald]], to whom she was briefly engaged.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/89823921/|last=Rawson|first=Christopher |title='Birdie gets a 'Burgher|date=July 9, 1991|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=January 12, 2022}}</ref>

In 1985, she met her second husband, actor [[Jeff Goldblum]], on the set of ''[[Transylvania 6-5000 (1985 film)|Transylvania 6-5000]]''. The couple married on November 1, 1987, and appeared together in two more films: ''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'' and ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]''. Davis filed for divorce in October 1990,<ref>{{cite news |title=Davis-Goldblum marriage on the rocks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111563921/davis-goldblum-marriage-on-the-rocks/ |access-date=October 18, 2022 |agency=Associated Press |date=October 13, 1990 |pages=10}}</ref> and it was finalized the following year.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Brownstone, Irene Franck|title=People in the News, 1996|year=1996|publisher=Cengage Gale|isbn=002860279X|page=156}}</ref> In 2022, Davis told ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' that her relationship with him "was a magical chapter in my life" and that she liked being wed to a fellow actor because they understood what she was going through and "was not in competition" with her.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Nigel |title=Geena Davis Describes 'Magical' Romance with Jeff Goldblum |url=https://people.com/movies/geena-davis-says-short-marriage-jeff-goldblum-was-magical-exclusive/ |access-date=October 18, 2022 |work=Peoplemag |date=October 5, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Security expert and author [[Gavin de Becker]] was Davis' boyfriend during the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/12/jeff-bezos-gavin-de-becker-national-enquirer-amazon|title='Bodyguard to the stars': the man helping Jeff Bezos fight the Enquirer|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=February 12, 2019 }}</ref> After a five-month courtship, she married filmmaker [[Renny Harlin]] on September 18, 1993. He directed her in ''[[Cutthroat Island]]'' and ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]''. Davis filed for divorce on August 26, 1997, a day after her personal assistant Tiffany Browne<ref>{{Cite web |title=BETRAYED; Geena dumped hubby who got her secretary pregnant. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BETRAYED;+Geena+dumped+hubby+who+got+her+secretary+pregnant.-a061054746 |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref> gave birth to a child fathered by Harlin.<ref>Mitchell Fink (November 10, 1997) [https://people.com/archive/the-insider-vol-48-no-19/ The Insider] ''People''</ref> The divorce became final in June 1998.

In 1998, Davis started dating Iranian-American [[craniofacial]] plastic surgeon Reza Jarrahy,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uclahealth.org/reza-jarrahy |title=Reza Jarrahy, MD : Plastic Surgery - Los Angeles, California |access-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101182700/https://www.uclahealth.org/reza-jarrahy |url-status=dead }}</ref> and allegedly married him on September 1, 2001.<ref name="auto">{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/movies/geena-davis-never-legally-married/|title=Geena Davis Says She Was Never Legally Married|magazine=People|author=Zauzmer, Emily|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> They have three children: a daughter born April 2002, and fraternal twin sons born May 2004.<ref name="bare_url">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,623873,00.html |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] magazine |date=April 19, 2002 |access-date=August 21, 2011 |title=Mothers Over the Age of 40: PEOPLE |archive-date=March 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330054427/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,623873,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blash |first=Margi |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20150200,00.html |title=Hollywood Baby Boom |magazine=People |date=May 31, 2004 |access-date=August 21, 2011 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171931/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20150200,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2018, Jarrahy filed for divorce from Davis, listing their date of separation as November 15, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2018/05/08/geena-davis-divorce-husband/|title=Geena Davis' Husband Files For Divorce|work=TMZ|date=May 8, 2018|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> Davis responded by filing a petition in which she claimed that she and Jarrahy were never legally married.<ref name="auto"/> Their divorce became final in December 2021. They agreed to change the last names of their two sons from "Davis-Jarrahy" to "Jarrahy".<ref name="DotDash">{{cite web |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |title=Geena Davis and Ex Reza Jarrahy Finalize Divorce, Agree to Change 17-Year-Old Twins' Last Names |url=https://people.com/movies/geena-davis-ex-reza-jarrahy-finalize-divorce-three-years-after-filing/ |website=Peoplemag |publisher=Dotdash Meredith Publishing |access-date=4 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

===Activism===
[[File:Geena Davis walks with Dr. John Gallin (26429787593).jpg|thumb|alt=Davis and Gallin walking in a hospital hall|Davis in April 2011 with John Gallin, a doctor at the [[National Institutes of Health|National Institute of Health]] to discuss the [[Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media]].]]
Davis is a supporter of the [[Women's Sports Foundation]] and an advocate for [[Title IX]], an [[Act of Congress]] focusing on equality in sports opportunities, now expanded to prohibit [[gender discrimination]] in American educational institutions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2012/February/18/Actor-Geena-Davis-targets-women-s-sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201082300/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2012/February/18/Actor-Geena-Davis-targets-women-s-sports|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2017|title=Actor Geena Davis targets women-s sports|work=Team USA|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/charity/womens-sports-foundation|title=Women's Sports Foundation: Celebrity Supporters|website=Look to the Stars|language=en|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>

In 2004, while watching children's television programs and videos with her daughter, Davis noticed an imbalance in the ratio of male to female characters. She went on to sponsor the largest-ever research project on gender in children's entertainment (resulting in four discrete studies, including one on children's television) at the [[USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism|Annenberg School for Communication]] at the [[University of Southern California]]. The study, directed by Stacy Smith, showed that there were nearly three male characters to every female one in the nearly 400 G, PG, PG-13, and R-rated movies analyzed.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Stacy L.|last2=Choueiti|first2=Marc|last3=Pieper|first3=Katherine|last4=Gillig|first4=Traci|last5=Lee|first5=Carmen|last6=DeLuca|first6=Dylan|title=Inequality in 700 Popular Films: Examining Portrayals of Gender, Race, & LGBT Status from 2007 to 2014|url=http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/~/media/MDSCI/Inequality%20in%20700%20Popular%20Films%208215%20Final%20for%20Posting.ashx}}</ref> In 2005, Davis teamed up with the non-profit group ''Dads and Daughters'' to launch a venture dedicated to balancing the number of male and female characters in children's television and movie programming.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burch |first=Ariel Z |title=Geena Davis: In a league of her own |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/westford/news/x1817203582#axzz1xbUAZtIx |date=March 15, 2008 |access-date=June 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117033236/http://www.wickedlocal.com/westford/news/x1817203582 |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref>

Davis launched the [[Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/ |title=Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media |publisher=Thegeenadavisinstitute.org |access-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref> which works collaboratively with the entertainment industry to increase the presence of female characters in media aimed at children, and to reduce [[inequality in Hollywood]] and the stereotyping of females by the male-dominated industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21737490-furore-hollywood-will-result-different-stories-making-it-screen|title=The aftermath of the Weinstein scandal|newspaper=The Economist|date=March 3, 2018}}</ref> For her work in this field she received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from [[Bates College]] in May 2009;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/x202708.xml |title=List of 2009 Bates honorands at Bates College web site |publisher=Bates.edu |date=April 9, 2009 |access-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref> and an honorary Oscar, the Academy's [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]], in 2019.<ref name="oscars1">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-geena-davis-david-lynch-wes-studi-and-lina-wertmuller-2019-governors-awards|title=The Academy To Honor Geena Davis, David Lunch, Wes Studi and Lina Wertmüller at 2019 Governors Awards|date=2019-06-03|work=AMPAS|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref>

In 2011, Davis became one of a handful of celebrities attached to [[USAID]] and [[Ad Council]]'s [[USAID#East Africa|FWD]] campaign, an awareness initiative tied to that year's East Africa drought. She joined [[Uma Thurman]], [[Chanel Iman]] and [[Josh Hartnett]] in television and internet ads to "forward the facts" about the crisis.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dr-jill-biden-joins-usaid-and-ad-council-to-debut-fwd-campaign-for-the-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa-132605078.html "Dr. Jill Biden Joins USAID and Ad Council to Debut FWD Campaign for the Crisis in the Horn of Africa"]. [[PR Newswire]]. October 26, 2011.</ref>

===Athletics===
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]].<ref name="sportsillustrated.cnn.com">{{cite news |date=6 August 1999 |title=OLYMPICS; Geena Davis Zeros In With Bow and Arrows |work=NY Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/06/sports/olympics-geena-davis-zeros-in-with-bow-and-arrows.html |url-status=dead |access-date=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612123043/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/06/sports/olympics-geena-davis-zeros-in-with-bow-and-arrows.html |archive-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=tca/> She placed 24th and did not qualify for the team, but participated as a wild-card entry in the Sydney International Golden Arrow competition.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/archery/news/1999/09/21/davis_archery/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000929170449/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/archery/news/1999/09/21/davis_archery/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 29, 2000 | work=CNN | title=Geena Davis still causing commotion in archery | date=September 21, 1999 | access-date=May 3, 2010}}</ref> In August 1999, she stated that she was not an athlete growing up and that she entered archery in 1997, two years before her tryouts.{{r|sportsillustrated.cnn.com}}

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1982
!scope="row"|''[[Tootsie]]''
|April Page
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985
!scope="row"|''[[Fletch (film)|Fletch]]''
|Larry
|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Transylvania 6-5000 (1985 film)|Transylvania 6-5000]]''
|Odette Balu
|
|-
|1986
!scope="row"|''{{sortname|The|Fly|The Fly (1986 film)}}''
|Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1988
!scope="row"|''[[Beetlejuice]]''
|Barbara Maitland
|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]''
|Valerie Gail
|
|-
!scope="row"|''{{sortname|The|Accidental Tourist|The Accidental Tourist (film)}}''
|Muriel Pritchett
|
|-
|1990
!scope="row"|''[[Quick Change]]''
|Phyllis Potter
|
|-
|1991
!scope="row"|''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
|Thelma Dickinson
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
!scope="row"|''{{sortname|A|League of Their Own}}''
|Dottie Hinson

|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Hero (1992 film)|Hero]]''
|Gale Gayley
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
!scope="row"|''[[Angie (1994 film)|Angie]]''
|Angie Scacciapensieri
|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Speechless (1994 film)|Speechless]]''
|Julia Mann
|Also producer
|-
|1995
!scope="row"|''[[Cutthroat Island]]''
|Morgan Adams
|
|-
|1996
!scope="row"|''{{sortname|The|Long Kiss Goodnight}}''
|Samantha Caine / Charlene "Charly" Baltimore
|
|-
|1999
!scope="row"|''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]''
|rowspan="3" |Mrs. Eleanor Little
|
|-
|2002
!scope="row"|''[[Stuart Little 2]]''
|
|-
|2005
!scope="row"|''[[Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild]]''
|Voice; [[Direct-to-video]]
|-
|2009
!scope="row"|''[[Accidents Happen]]''
|Gloria Conway
|
|-
|2013
!scope="row"|''[[In a World...]]''
|Katherine Huling
|
|-
|2014
!scope="row"|''[[When Marnie Was There (film)|When Marnie Was There]]''
|Yoriko Sasaki 
|Voice; English dub
|-
|2016
!scope="row"|''[[Me Him Her]]''
|Mrs. Ehrlick
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
!scope="row"|''[[Marjorie Prime]]''
|Tess
|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Don't Talk to Irene]]''
| rowspan="2" |Herself
|
|-
|2018
!scope="row"|''[[This Changes Everything (2018 film)|This Changes Everything]]''
|Documentary; executive producer
|-
|2020
!scope="row"|''[[Ava (2020 film)|Ava]]''
|Bobbi
|
|-
|2023
!scope="row"|''[[Fairyland (film)|Fairyland]]''
|Munca
|
|-
|2024
!scope="row"|''[[Blink Twice]]''
|Stacy
|
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1983
!scope="row"|''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''
|Grace Fallon
|Episode: "K.I.T.T. the Cat"
|-
|1983–1984
!scope="row"|''[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|Buffalo Bill]]''
|Wendy Killian
|26 episodes 
|-
| rowspan="3" |1984
!scope="row"|''[[Fantasy Island]]''
|Patricia Grayson
|Episode: "Don Juan's Lost Affair"
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Riptide (American TV series)|Riptide]]''
|Dr. Melba Bozinsky
|Episode: "Raiders of the Lost Sub"
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Family Ties]]''
|Karen Nicholson 
|2 episodes 
|-
| rowspan="4" |1985
!scope="row"|''[[Sara (1985 TV series)|Sara]]''
|Sara McKenna
|13 episodes 
|-
!scope="row"|''Secret Weapons''
|Tamara Reshevsky / Brenda
|Television movie
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Remington Steele]]''
|Sandy Dalrymple
|Episode: "Steele in the Chips"
|-
!scope="row"|''[[George Burns Comedy Week]]''
|Angelica / Sandi
|Episode: "Dream, Dream, Dream"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989
!scope="row"|''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
|Herself (host)
|Episode: "Geena Davis/John Mellencamp"
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Trying Times]]''
|Daphne
|Episode: "The Hit List"
|-
|1990
!scope="row"|''[[The Earth Day Special]]''
|Kim
|Television special
|-
|2000–2001
!scope="row"|''[[The Geena Davis Show]]''
|Teddie Cochran
|22 episodes 
|-
|2004
!scope="row"|''[[Will & Grace]]''
|Janet Adler
|Episode: "The Accidental Tsuris"
|-
|2005–2006
!scope="row"|''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]''
|President Mackenzie Allen
|18 episodes 
|-
|2009
!scope="row"|''Exit 19''
|Gloria Woods
|Television pilot
|-
|2012
!scope="row"|''[[Coma (American miniseries)|Coma]]''
|Dr. Agnetta Lindquist
|Television miniseries 
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
!scope="row"|''Untitled Bounty Hunter Project''
|Mackenzie Ryan
|Unsold TV pilot
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Doc McStuffins]]''
|Princess Persephone (voice)
|Episode: "Sir Kirby and the Plucky Princess"
|-
|2014–2018
!scope="row"|''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
|Dr. Nicole Herman
|13 episodes 
|-
|2015
!scope="row"|''[[Annedroids]]''
|Student
|Episode: "Undercover Pigeon"
|-
|2016
!scope="row"|''[[The Exorcist (TV series)|The Exorcist]]''
| [[Regan MacNeil|Angela Rance / Regan MacNeil]]
|10 episodes 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019
!scope="row"|''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]''
|Huntara (voice)
|3 episodes
|-
!scope="row"|''[[GLOW (TV series)|GLOW]]''
|Sandy Devereaux St. Clair
|6 episodes
|-
| 2019–2022
!scope="row"|''[[Mission Unstoppable]]''
|{{N/A}}
|Executive producer
|-
|2025
!scope="row"|''The Boroughs''
|Renee
|Main Role
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Music video work by Geena Davis
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Song
!scope="col"| Artist
!scope="col"| Notes
|-
| 1986
!scope="row"| "[[The Ultimate Collection (Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music album)|Help Me]]"
| [[Bryan Ferry]]
| Footage from ''{{sortname|The|Fly|The Fly (1986 film)}}''
|-
| 1988
!scope="row"| "The Ground You Walk On"
|  Geena Davis
| Footage from ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]''
|-
| 1991
!scope="row"| "Part of Me, Part of You"
| [[Glenn Frey]]
| Footage from ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
|-
| 1992
!scope="row"| "[[This Used to Be My Playground]]"
| [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
| rowspan="2"| Footage from ''{{sortname|A|League of Their Own}}''
|-
| 1992
!scope="row"| "[[Now and Forever (Carole King song)|Now and Forever]]"
| [[Carole King]]
|-
| 1996
!scope="row"| "F.N.T."
| [[Semisonic]]
| Footage from ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]''
|-
| 1999
!scope="row"| "You're Where I Belong"
| [[Trisha Yearwood]]
| rowspan="2"| Footage from ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]''
|-
| 1999
!scope="row"| "I Need to Know"
| R Angels
|-
| 2002
!scope="row"| "[[I'm Alive (Celine Dion song)|I'm Alive]]"
| [[Celine Dion]]
| Footage from ''[[Stuart Little 2]]''
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 99%;"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" 
! scope="col" | Association
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[Academy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[61st Academy Awards|1989]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{sort|Accidental|''[[The Accidental Tourist (film)|The Accidental Tourist]]''}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1989|title=The 61st Academy Awards {{pipe}} 1989|date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[64th Academy Awards|1992]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992|title=The 64th Academy Awards {{pipe}} 1992|date=October 9, 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[92nd Academy Awards|2020]]
| [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]]
| {{N/A}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Malkin|first=Marc|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/academys-governors-awards-puts-spotlight-on-gender-parity-1203385113/|title=Academy's Governors Awards Puts Spotlight on Gender Parity|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 27, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[American Comedy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992
| Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/112676940/|title=Modern times bringing more punch lines|work=[[The Tennessean]]|date=May 19, 1992|page=27|location=Nashville|access-date=January 7, 2024|url-access=subscription|via=[[Ancestry.com|Newspaper.com]]}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Artios Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[35th Artios Awards|2020]]
| Lynn Stalmaster Award
| {{N/A}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Piña|first=Christy|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/geena-davis-audra-mcdonald-be-honored-by-casting-society-america-1262283/|title=Casting Society of America to Honor Geena Davis and Audra McDonald|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1991|1991]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebsfc.org/PastWin.html|title=BSFC Winners|publisher=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]]|access-date=October 25, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011145714/http://www.thebsfc.org/PastWin.html|archive-date=October 11, 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[45th British Academy Film Awards|1992]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1992/film|title=Film in 1992 {{pipe}} BAFTA Awards|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2016 Cannes Film Festival|2016]]
| Women in Motion Award
| {{N/A}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kering.com/en/news/festival-cannes-announce-geena-davis-susan-sarandon-as-recipients-2016-women-in-motion-awards|title=Kering and the Festival de Cannes announce Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as recipients of the 2016 'Women in Motion' Awards|work=[[Kering]]|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1991|1992]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4092920.html|title='Louise,' 'Fink' top local film nominations
|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=January 25, 1992|access-date=October 25, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126022940/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4092920.html|archive-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Coronado Island Film Festival]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2022
| Legacy Award
| {{N/A}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |last=Accomando |first=Beth |author-link=Beth Accomando |date=November 10, 2022 |title=Coronado Island Film Festival celebrates its 7th year |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/11/10/coronado-island-film-festival-celebrates-7th-year |access-date=October 27, 2023 |work=[[KPBS Public Media]]}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]{{efn|name=Sarandon|Shared with [[Susan Sarandon]]}}
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daviddidonatello.it/motore-di-ricerca/cercavincitori2.php?idsoggetto=168&vin=davis|title=Geena Davis – Premi David di Donatello|trans-title=Geena Davis – David di Donatello Awards|language=Italian|publisher=[[Accademia del Cinema Italiano]]|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Daytime Emmy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[47th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|2020]]
| Outstanding Educational or Informational Series
| ''[[Mission Unstoppable]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="DaytimeMission">{{cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Daytime-Nominations-with-Credits-FINAL.pdf|title=Nominees Announced for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards|publisher=[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]|page=27|date=May 21, 2020|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Deauville American Film Festival]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2019
| Deauville Talent Award
| {{N/A}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Gugen|first=Guillaume|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190905-france-women-american-film-festival-deauville-deneuve-stewart-davis|title=Women headline 45th American Film Festival in Deauville|work=[[France 24]]|date=September 5, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|2017]]
| Best TV Actress
| {{sort|Exorcist|''[[The Exorcist (TV series)|The Exorcist]]''}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fangoria.com/new/never-mind-oscar-heres-the-2017-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees-ballot/|title=Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!|work=[[Fangoria]]|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=October 25, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208094826/https://www.fangoria.com/new/never-mind-oscar-heres-the-2017-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees-ballot/|archive-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="4"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[49th Golden Globe Awards|1992]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/geena-davis|title=Geena Davis {{pipe}} Golden Globes|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[50th Golden Globe Awards|1993]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical]]
| {{sort|League|''[[A League of Their Own]]''}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[52nd Golden Globe Awards|1995]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical]]
| ''[[Speechless (1994 film)|Speechless]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[63rd Golden Globe Awards|2006]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]]
| ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]''
| {{won}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|1991]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{Runner-up}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Fox|first=David J.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-16-ca-556-story.html|title='Bugsy' Top Film for L.A. Critics: the film takes 3 awards, including best director; Nick Nolte, Mercedes Ruehl earn top acting honors|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 16, 1991|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[MTV Movie & TV Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| [[1992 MTV Movie Awards|1992]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Female Performance]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/with-tonights-mtv-movie-awards-on-the-way-a-look-back-at-1992-and-the-first-annual/|title=A look back at 1992 and the first annual MTV Movie Awards|work=[[Uproxx]]|date=June 3, 2012|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Duo]]{{efn|name=Sarandon}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1993 MTV Movie Awards|1993]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Female Performance]]
| {{sort|League|''[[A League of Their Own]]''}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/a-look-back-at-1993-and-the-second-annual-mtv-movie-awards/|title=A look back at 1993 and the second annual MTV Movie Awards|work=[[Uproxx]]|date=April 14, 2013|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[National Board of Review|National Board of Review Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1991|1991]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]{{efn|name=Sarandon}}
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1991|title=National Board of Review Awards 1991 Winners|publisher=[[National Board of Review]]|access-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040319232746/http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1991|archive-date=March 19, 2004}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1992]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]{{efn|name=Sarandon}}
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| {{Runner-up}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news|last=Maslin|first=Janet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/18/movies/film-critics-honor-silence-of-lambs.html|title=Film Critics Honor 'Silence of Lambs'|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 18, 1991|access-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212095806/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/18/movies/film-critics-honor-silence-of-lambs.html|archive-date=February 12, 2011}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[58th Primetime Emmy Awards|2006]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
| ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/geena-davis|title=Geena Davis {{pipe}} Emmy Awards|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[74th Primetime Emmy Awards|2022]]
| Governors Award{{efn|Credited to the [[Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media|Geena Davis Institute]], not Davis herself}}
| rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Earl|first=William|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/geena-davis-governors-award-emmys-speech-1235354155/|title=Geena Davis Institute Wins Governors Award, Actor Says 'There's More Work to Do' for Gender Equality|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 12, 2022|access-date=September 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[San Diego Film Festival]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2015
| Humanitarian Award
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Galuppo|first=Mia|date=September 8, 2015|title=Geena Davis, Adrien Brody to be Feted at San Diego Film Festival|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/geena-davis-adrien-brody-be-821103/|access-date=October 27, 2023|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[San Francisco International Film Festival]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992
| Piper-Heidsieck Award
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.sffs.org/guests/search.php?search_by=6&searchfield=Geena+Davis&x=0&y=0|title=Geena Davis|publisher=[[San Francisco International Film Festival]]|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Sarasota Film Festival]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| Impact Award
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Handelman|first=Jay|url=http://ticket.heraldtribune.com/2011/03/10/sarasota-film-festival-to-honor-geena-davis/|title=Sarasota Film Festival to honor Geena Davis|work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|date=March 10, 2011|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Satellite Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[10th Satellite Awards|2005]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]]
| ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2005b.shtml|title=10th Annual Satellite Awards – December 2005|publisher=[[International Press Academy]]|access-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718092336/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2005b.shtml|archive-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[Saturn Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[14th Saturn Awards|1987]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{sort|Fly|''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]''}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1986/1986sat.htm|title=14th Saturn Awards {{pipe}} 1986|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175708/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1986/1986sat.htm|archive-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[23rd Saturn Awards|1997]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{sort|Long|''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]''}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1996/1996sat.htm|title=23rd Saturn Awards {{pipe}} 1996|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175751/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1996/1996sat.htm|archive-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[26th Saturn Awards|2000]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1999/1999sat.htm|title=26th Saturn Awards {{pipe}} 1999|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175626/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1999/1999sat.htm|archive-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[12th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2006]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]
| ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/nominations-announced-12th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=Nominations announced for the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|access-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922054715/http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/nominations-announced-12th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE|archive-date=September 22, 2015}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film Lucy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006
| Lucy Award
| {{N/A}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://womeninfilm.org/the-crystal-lucy-awards/|title=Past Winners|publisher=[[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film Los Angeles]]|access-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221164042/https://womeninfilm.org/the-crystal-lucy-awards/|archive-date=December 21, 2015}}</ref>
|}

===Notes===
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://texasarchive.org/2015_01485 Geena Davis 1988 interview about The Accidental Tourist] from [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]]
* [https://seejane.org/ Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media]
* [https://www.makers.com/geena-davis Geena Davis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032620/https://www.makers.com/geena-davis |date=December 1, 2017 }} Video produced by ''[[Makers: Women Who Make America]]''

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