GEENA DAVIS – WOMEN’S RIGHTS ADVOCATE

Virginia Elizabeth “Geena” Davis is a well-known artist and activist that promotes gender equality. With her fame and status, she passionately aims to spread awareness on gender equality among men and women in all facets of life. She graduated with a degree in drama from Boston University and made her acting debut in the movie Tootsie. She later earned popularity after starring in the sci-fi movie The Fly, where she got a nomination for Best Actress in the Saturn Awards. From then on, she kept receiving nominations from various award-winning bodies year after year.

Her drama movie Tourist in 1988 brought her to even more prominence, and she even won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In that same year, she also appeared in the movie Beetlejuice. Another popular character that she portrays best was Dr. Nicole in Grey’s Anatomy in 2014, 2015, and 2018. Geena is now 64 years old and still has no plans to retire from acting.