Gina Davis was known in Hollywood as "after the weird movies" because her early films were mostly sci-fi and horror. In these films where stunts are won, her acting talent is not fully displayed.
It wasn't until 1988, when she played the dog trainer Muriel Pritchett in The Unexpected Traveler (1988), that she was able to make the most of her acting skills, and in the 61st Academy Awards in 1989, she unexpectedly beat the high-profile Sigourt Weaver ("Working Girl") and Michelle Pfeiffer ("Dangerous Relationship/Love Affair") to win the Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1989, Gina Davis won Best Supporting Actress at the 61st Academy Awards for The Unexpected Traveler (1988).
In 1991, she and Susan Sarandon starred in "The End of the Road" (1991) (from the sweet "stealing joy" to the "elopement" of no return: the desperate end of two ordinary women), after winning the closing ceremony at the 44th Cannes International Film Festival, and its "women overpowering men" form of expression, and became a hot topic of discussion among American film critics and intellectuals at that time.
The two were also nominated for Best Actress at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992.
Stills from the film Lady (1982), Gina Davis and Dustin Hoffman (left)
Gina Davis was born in Warrenham, Massachusetts. Her father was an inventive engineer, and her mother was a teacher with a sense of humor, and she concentrated on the characteristics of her parents, that is, a somewhat silly sense of humor from her mother and a creative cell from her father.
Gina Davis has been cheerful and natural since childhood.
After taking a course in theater at Boston University, she came to New York in 1979, where she worked as a salesman and then as a model.
Stills from the movie Spy Rouge Tiger (1985), Linda Hamilton (left) and Gina Davis
In the spring of 1982, while working in Paris, she suddenly received a telegram informing her that she had been accepted to perform in the film "Lady Of The Lady/ Mr. Dussie" (1982). So, she stepped into the film industry and started a new life.
Since 1985, Gina Davis has had more opportunities to make films and has gradually taken on the main role.
In addition to participating in the TV film "Spy Network Rouge Tiger" (1985), which depicts the former Soviet Union training a group of beautiful women to go to the United States to obtain intelligence, she also played a female vampire with two fangs in "Oolong Reporter" (1985).
Stills from the movie The Oolong Reporter (1985), Gina Davis and Ed Bogri Jr
While filming the latter film, she fell in love with the film's male lead, Jeff Goldblum.
In 1986, the famous science fiction director David Konenberg remade a 1958 horror film "Fly-Man/Fly" (1986) with the same name, so that the couple of Gina Davis and Jeff Gobrunn played the male and female protagonists on the screen.
The film depicts a scientist who invents a "space teleportation system" that can decompose objects and teleport them to another predetermined space to recombine them, and a female journalist falls in love with the scientist in an interview, but still can't get rid of the old love with an editor.
On the set of the film Fly Man (1986), from left: directors David Cornenberg, Jeff Gobrunn, Gina Davis
Frustrated and slightly drunk, scientists accidentally lock themselves into the teleportation system reactor and bring in a fly, which turns him into a fly-headed monster. Eventually, the scientists forced the female reporter to kill herself.
The film ends with a suspenseful suspense of fear, as the female journalist is pregnant and does not yet know whether the child she gave birth to is the same as her father's.
In addition to using more advanced stunt effects and makeup techniques to enhance the original horror atmosphere, this new version of "Fly Man" also injects science fiction and love, thus blending fear, fantasy, obscurity, warmth, helplessness and sentimentality.
Stills from the movie Fly-Man (1986), Gina Davis and Jeff Gobrunn
Gina Davis and Jeff Gabrien, who play female journalists and scientists, often stay up late to discuss how the next day's play will be performed, and their serious commitment and emotional integration make the love scene in the film extremely real and touching. The film won the 59th Academy Award for Best Makeup in 1987.
The following year, the film's makeup artist Chris Wallas became a director, and another cast was hired to shoot The Fly-Man/Fly Sequel 2 (1989), about the son of the Fly-Changer who succeeded his father in researching the space teleportation system, and tragedy recurred. As soon as the sequel was launched, it won the national box office title.
Images of Gina Davis and Alec Baldwin in the film The Great Mage of Hades (1988).
1988 was a year of good luck and acting skills for Gina Davis in her acting career. She first played a young couple with Alec Baldwin in Tim Burton's ghost film Hades Mage/Beetle Juice (1988).
The couple was killed by falling into the river to escape a puppy on the way, but they did not know that they had died, so they gave birth to a series of special feelings and special lives in a special environment.
Gina Davis works closely with the director and the male lead actors to do a great job of allowing audiences to see the film from different angles.
Images of Gina Davis in the film The Great Mage of Hades (1988).
She then got a role in "The Unexpected Traveler" to use her talents. The film was adapted by renowned director Lawrence Cassdan himself from an annie Taylor's best-selling novel.
It mainly depicts an introverted writer who becomes more self-enclosed and loses interest in life after his 12-year-old son is killed by a robber, which leads his wife to run away from home.
At this time, a cheerful and energetic female dog trainer breaks into his life, helps him take care of his pets and is determined to change his life. So the two began an interesting relationship, and the relationship deepened day by day.
Images of Gina Davis and William Hurt in the film The Unexpected Traveler
Unexpectedly, the wife suddenly returned home, leaving the writer overwhelmed: should he go back to the peaceful closed life of the past, or face the real and real-life unknowns with the dog trainer?
Lawrence Castan intends to explore the complex and changeable human condition of modern times, through the writer's weak and broken marriage relationship with his wife and the evolution of his relationship with the dog trainer, as well as his seemingly distant and close interactions with brothers and sisters, and perfectly combine wisdom, warmth, romance, and sentiment into a gripping literary and artistic film.
The movie "Unexpected Traveler" American Blu-ray edition cover
Gina Davis' fierce competition to the point of going crazy during auditions led director Lawrence Cassdan to choose her to play the role of a dog trainer.
The writer was played by William Hurt, who won the 58th Academy Awards for Best Actor in 1986 for Spider-Woman Kiss (1985), and his wife was played by the famous actress Catherine Turner.
Gina Davis has no timidity in the face of two acting masters, and her comedic color dilutes the low-key sad atmosphere of the whole film, which has been unanimously praised by the film critics.
Stills from the movie Alien (1988), Gina Davis
Director Lawrence Cassdan also praised her: "Like an athlete, newbies tend to have surprising performances. The film was nominated for Best Picture, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay and Music at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989, with Gina Davis winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Gina Davis and Jeff Goldblum were officially married on November 1, 1987. At the time, Gina Davis was confident in her family's future, believing that the two had a lot in common, such as a similar sense of humor, the same taste in clothing, and both playing an instrument, and so she believed that they would continue to work together for 60 years.
Gina Davis and Jeff Goldblum
In 1988, they played a couple of lovers in a science fiction film, Alien Adventure/ Happy Earth Girl (1988), a farcical comedy that was quite well-made.
And Jim Carey was just a fledgling little supporting character in this movie at the time.
Unexpectedly, in 1990, the relationship between the two suddenly changed, and the broken family was broken up due to Jeff Gabrun's misconduct. Faced with love setbacks and heartaches, Gina Davis shows the image of a strong woman, and she immerses herself in acting and concentrating on her career to dispel the shadow in her heart.
Images of Susan Sarandon and Gina Davis in the film The End of the Road (1991).
Coincidentally, she was greeted by a female film that exposed the oppression of women in male society, "The Last Wild Flower".
In the past, in American commercial films, violence has always been exclusive to men, and women are victims of violence, and in general "road movies", it is also mostly depicted how men fall into difficulty and see the truth and how to suffer and share.
Ridley Scott, a well-known director who has always liked to break the old box and pursue novel themes, has done a trick this time, applying the formula of "road movies" to women and making a violent film for women.
The two women introduced in the film are Selma, an introverted and conservative young woman who is often reprimanded by her husband, and Louise, a waitress who is dissatisfied with ordinary life and eager for excitement.
Once, while they were traveling together, Selma was raped, and Louise arrived in time to shoot the violent man, so the two embarked on a journey of escape.
Unexpectedly, on the way to Mexico, their money was stolen by another man, and then they were chased by the police. The dilemma unleashed the life potential of the two women, and the attack and destructive power filled their entire bodies, and in the end, the violence ended with a flying car crashing off a cliff.
Promotional photo for the film The End of the Road (1991), Susan Sarandon (left) and Gina Davis
Director Ridley Scott handles violent scenes in a rigid, soft, wild and subtle style, not showing off too much blood; when describing the town scene, it gives people a sense of indifference, gloom and uneasiness to show the theme of "the city is cold-blooded, and warmth comes from the feelings between people": In terms of character design, the men in the film are either macho husbands, rapists, thieves and neurotic policemen, and the film also uses the three colors of blue, yellow and red to express the psychological changes of the characters in addition to creating an atmosphere.
Selma, played by Gina Davis, and Louise, played by Susan Sarandon, are like two tiger-like female killers in the film, which is daunting.
Image of Susan Sarandon (right) and Gina Davis at a film event
After the film was released, it caused a heated discussion among American film critics and intellectuals. Some people think that this film reflects that in the so-called free and equal United States, women are still appendages of men, and the various tangible and invisible pressures on women in a male-centered society are the huge black hands that force them to go to the end.
Some people think that the strong feminist color presented in this film is a major counterattack against the male chauvinism in the current American commercial films.
Gina Davis made her jump into the ranks of acting stars with her superb performance in the film.
Images of Gina Davis in the film Pink League (1992).
Gina Davis, whose acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds, has become the most sought-after box office actress for a while, and the film has followed.
She first succeeded the famous actress Deborah Wenger Debra Winger, playing the team's soul catcher in the film Pink League/Women's Baseball Team (1992).
This role was originally scheduled to be played by Deborah Wenger, because the filmmakers invited actresses such as Madonna, who was good at pretending to be hot at hype, to assist in the role, which caused the dissatisfaction of Deborah Wenger, who regarded himself as high, so he decided to quit "Red Pink Alliance".
Gina Davis' character in The Pink League is a beautiful and tough baseball player. Although Gina Davis has a natural height and body advantage, she has never considered herself a good athlete before this. Strict with herself, she insisted that the picture on the screen must be an excellent baseball performance that the audience had never seen before.
So before starting the shoot, Gina Davis deliberately found professional coaches and trainers to practice baseball. While she has the courage to accept the challenge, she does not dare to neglect in the face of the strong players who make plays, and insists on baseball training every day, scarred and miserable.
Images of Tom Hanks and Gina Davis in the film Pink League (1992).
To everyone's surprise, Gina Davis got started very quickly, and over time, she was familiar with professional baseball techniques.
Tom Hanks, who played the male lead in The Pink League, saw Gina Davis desperately fighting for the role, and when he met and chatted with his old friend Dustin Hoffman, when he said that Gina Davis was acting particularly seriously, Dustin Hoffman was worried about the heroine in "Unsung Hero/Little Man, Big Hero" (1992), and he had also worked with Gina Davis in "Lady Boy", when Gina Davis was still a little girl.
Promotional photo for the film The Unsung Hero (1992), Gina Davis, Dustin Hoffman, and Andy Garcia
In addition, he himself has seen "The End of the Road" and is also very recognized by Gina Davis's acting skills, so he asked director Stephen Frears to invite Gina Davis to join "Unsung Heroes".
In the comedic satire of The Unsung Hero, Dustin Hoffman plays an unknown thief, but is touted as a nationally recognized thief under the pen of a female journalist played by Gina Davis.
Gina Davis is 1.83 meters tall, one head taller than Dustin Hoffman. She modestly hoped that her performance in the film would be described as "keeping pace with the superstars" rather than "tall and undeserved dwarfs."
Promotional photo for the film The Unsung Hero (1992), from left: Andy Garcia, Gina Davis, Dustin Hoffman
After the release of "Unsung Heroes", it became one of the most popular films at that time. The ambition of this film is far greater than a popular interpretation of good and good, evil and evil, but lies in excavating the complex human nature of good and evil and good, and at the same time fiercely mocking the media that is afraid of chaos in the world.
The film also shows us the beautiful and upward side of human nature, reflecting the values of Western society; the language is vivid and humorous, and the film is completed in one go. Gina Davis' performance was also well received.
Gina Davis and Rennie Haring (left) attend the premiere of the film Agent Wild Flowers (1996).
Later, she met director Rennie Haring and married in 1993 to form a film production company.
Gina Davis and Rennie Haring's first film, Love Speechless/Speechless (1994), co-produced by Gina Davis and Michael Keaton, along with "Superman" Christopher Reeve, failed miserably at the box office.
Not intimidated, Rainy Haring decided to make the big-budget film Slit Throat Island/Treasure Hunt (1995), when Gina Davis agreed to work on the project despite some hesitation.
Images of Gina Davis in the film Slit Throat Island (1995).
Although Gina Davis became the most powerful female One Piece in history because of this movie, even the later Kayla Knightley was completely imposing compared to it. But the $98 million film, which hit the market, only made $10 million, directly leading to the bankruptcy of the production company Carlock overnight, making "Cut Throat Island" one of the most costly films at the box office in history.
At the same time, this failure also allowed the world film industry to have not appeared any "pirate" movies in 8 years, not only did no one dare to make them, investors also "avoided" such themes, until Johnny Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003) was sold globally, which rekindled the public's enthusiasm for pirate themes.
Promotional photo for the film Slit Throat Island (1995), starring Matthew Modine and Gina Davis
What Gina Davis did not expect was that after the release of the film, she was completely away from the position of box office actress and never turned over again. It also led to the end of her marriage to Rennie Haring.
Next, Gina Davis and Rennie Haring collaborated on another film, Agent Flowers/Amnesiac Female Agent (1996), also because Gina Davis had to make a last-ditch effort without the invitation of other investors.
Images of Gina Davis and Samuel Jackson in the film Agent Crazy Flowers (1996).
Agent Crazy Flower describes a female agent who is injured and comatose during a mission, and loses her memory after being rescued.
In order to regain the memories of the past, she embarked on a dangerous path, because those who knew her before would not let her go.
After repeated confrontations, his memory slowly recovers, and at the same time, he also unveils a huge conspiracy of the secret service organization to stop this conspiracy!
Gina Davis' image in the film Agent Crazy Flower (1996).
The success of Agent Wild Flowers did not change the perception of her by investors, and in the next 10 years, Gina Davis appeared only twice on the big screen - "Elf Mouse Brother" (1999) and "Elf Mouse Brother 2" (2002).
In May 2018, Gina Davis' fourth husband, Reza Jalayi, a California surgeon who had been married for nearly 17 years, filed for divorce, noting irreconcilable differences between the two parties and setting November 15, 2017, as the date of separation.
Images of Gina Davis and Hugh Laurie in the film Elf Mouse Brother (1999).
Reza Jarayi met Gina Davis in 1999, and Gina Davis is a full 15 years older than Reza Jarayi. But Reza Jalayi's divorce application was rejected! - Because they've never been married! And the three children born in these 17 years belong to Gina Davis.
Although Gina Davis and Reza Jalayi have been in public as husband and wife for 17 years, Gina Davis told the media in September 2018 that he had deliberately decided not to apply for a marriage license, although she did not give reasons. She said that on the wedding day of August 28, 2001, Reza Jarayi was well aware that this was not a real wedding.
Gina Davis and her fourth "husband" Reza Jalayi have been together the longest, but their relationship has always been incomprehensible
Gina Davis had been married 3 times before. Her first husband, Richard Emolo, was a restaurateur, her second husband, Jeff Gobrun, was an actor, and her third husband, Rennie Haring, was a director.
Interestingly, in 1997, Gina Davis became exposed to the sport of archery, and after two years of hard training, Gina Davis was selected for membership in the U.S. women's archery team at the 1999 Sydney Olympics.
Unfortunately, she was 24th out of 300 female athletes who competed and failed to qualify, but in the end she used her excellent performance to participate in the Sydney International Golden Arrow Competition and achieved results.
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