Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis

American, Actress
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  • Kristin had auditioned for the role of Monica in the popular sitcom, Friends. However, the role was eventually played by Courteney Cox.
  • For the revival of Sex and the City at HBO Max, she had earned more than $1 million per episode for 10 episodes
  • She has had a lifelong affection for elephants and to honor her work of bringing to attention the plight of orphaned African elephants, she was honored with the Humane Society’s ‘Wyler Award’ in 2010. She has also served as the patron of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust that works for wildlife conservation in Kenya.
  • After her graduation from Rutgers University in 1987, during her days of struggle, she had waited tables at a restaurant in New York before opening a yoga studio with one of her friends.
  • Her interest in acting took wing when she was cast in a workshop theatre production of the classic fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the age of 9.
  • Kristin’s parents got divorced when she was a toddler and she adopted the Davis surname from her step-father. The family relocated from Colorado to Columbia, South Carolina, when she was a young child and her mother and step-father joined the University of South Carolina.
  • Is a Maybelline spokesperson.
  • Enjoys a wide variety of music, from Dave Matthews, to Brazilian music, to Joni Mitchell-type folk music and even Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • Ranked #42 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
  • She moved to Columbia, South Carolina, when her father (a psychology professor) transferred to the university there. She later attended Rutgers University, and upon graduation moved to New York, where she began working in classical and contemporary theater, as well as commercials. Before her arrival on "Melrose Place" (1992), Kristin and a friend opened a yoga studio. She still enjoys yoga in her free time, as well as spinning and running. She resides in Los Angeles.
  • Childhood hero was Gloria Steinem.
  • Graduated from Rutgers University where her father was a psychology professor.
  • She is the only of the four main actresses from "Sex and the City" (1998) to guest-star on "Friends" (1994).
  • Was the only one of the four actresses of "Sex and the City" (1998) not to get an Emmy nomination until 2004. She saw her three co-stars frequently nominated, but finally scored an Emmy nomination for the show's final season.
  • Was a guest at Sarah Jessica Parker's 40th birthday.
  • Her parents divorced when she was a baby, and she was adopted by her stepfather shortly after he married her mother in 1968.
  • She and her ex-boyfriend, Alec Baldwin, guest-starred on "Will & Grace" (1998) and "Friends" (1994), though not in the same episodes.
  • Best friends with Melanie Shatner.
  • Wanted to be an actress since age 10 when she was cast in a community theater production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
  • Hobbies include Yoga, Baking and Hiking.
  • Was written out of "Melrose Place" (1992) in 1996 after only being with the show a year, reportedly because the viewers hated her character, Brooke, so much and the writers did not know what to do with her.
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