Geena Davis
Definition
Geena Davis is an American actress, producer, writer, and activist, renowned for her versatile roles in film and television.
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Accidental Tourist (1988) and received a nomination for Best Actress for Thelma & Louise (1991).
Davis is also known for advocacy work promoting gender equality in media through the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
Examples
Geena Davis turned Beetlejuice's ghostly bride into an icon that still haunts our fashion nightmares—in the best way.
After watching Geena Davis pick up a bow in her 40s and nearly qualify for the Olympics, my New Year's resolutions suddenly feel embarrassingly lazy.
Geena Davis's Thelma & Louise road trip proves that sometimes the best therapy is stealing a convertible and driving off a cliff—metaphorically, of course.
Thanks to Geena Davis's institute, Hollywood is finally counting female characters like they're Pokémon cards.