Geena Davis was already a household name when she starred as the Peaches' catcher, Dottie — having won an Oscar in 1989 for her role as Muriel Pritchett in The Accidental Tourist. Then, just months before A League of Their Own was released, Davis was nominated in 1992 for Best Actress as one-half of the titular duo in Thelma & Louise.
In 1999, Davis portrayed Mrs. Eleanor Little — human mom to Stuart himself in Stuart Little — a role she reprised in two more franchise installments. Not long after, she appeared in Accidents Happen (2009) and Lake Bell's In a World... (2013). She also lent her voice to the English version of When Marnie Was There in 2015 before playing Jessica Chastain's mother, Bobbi, in 2020's Ava and Munca in 2023's Fairyland.
The actress found success on TV when she scored an eponymous ABC sitcom, The Geena Davis Show, playing a cosmopolitan party planner turned suburban stepmom. After starring as the first female president of the U.S. on Commander in Chief, which earned her a Golden Globe in 2006, Davis was featured on the first season of The Exorcist series. Davis also had a guest role on Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Nicole Herman and appeared on a few episodes of Netflix's GLOW.
When she isn't on-screen, Davis is an activist for gender equality, advocating increased media representation for women and girls. In 2004, she funded a groundbreaking study on gender in children's entertainment at the University of Southern California, and in 2007, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Davis was given a Governors Award in 2022 for her work with the foundation.
The actress is slated to appear in Zoe Kravitz's upcoming directorial debut — psychological thriller Pussy Island — which explores gendered power dynamics in male-dominated industries, including Hollywood.
Davis shares three children with ex-husband Reza Jarrahy: daughter Alizeh and twin sons, Kaiis and Kian.