Kristin Landen Davis ( born February 23, 1965) is an American actress, producer, and Philanthropist. She played Charlotte York Goldenblatt in the HBO romantic comedy series Sex and the City (1998–2004). She received nominations at the Emmys and the Golden Globes in 2004 for her role as Charlotte and reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), as well as the spin-off show And Just Like That… (2021–present). Davis’s big break came in 1995 playing villainous Brooke Armstrong in the Fox prime-time soap opera Melrose Place (1995–1996). she wanted to be an actress from the age of 9 when she was cast in the Workshop Theatre production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Davis lived in South Carolina until she graduated from A.C. Flora High School in 1983.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Kristin was born in Boulder, Colorado. She is an only child, and her parents divorced when she was a baby. She was adopted by her stepfather, then-University of Colorado Boulder professor Keith Davis, after he married her mother, Dorothy, a university data analyst, in 1968 She has three half-sisters from her father’s first marriage.
Early in her childhood, she and her parents moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where her father served as provost and taught psychology at the University of South Carolina. She then moved to New Jersey, where she attended Rutgers University. Davis graduated with a BFA degree in acting from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1987.
CAREER
Davis is a Global Ambassador for Oxfam and has campaigned in support of their work since 2004, traveling to locations including Haiti, Mozambique, and South Africa. In 2011 she gave a tearful interview with BBC News describing the situation at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya where she witnessed the impact of drought. The cosmetics company Maybelline named Davis a celebrity spokeswoman in 2004.
Philanthropic work and recognition
During her 2009 visit to Africa, Davis, a lifelong lover of elephants, discovered an abandoned baby elephant and arranged for it to be taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center. In recognition of the attention she has brought to the plight of orphaned African elephants, Davis won the Humane Society’s 2010 Wyler Award, which is bestowed on a celebrity or public figure who has made news on behalf of animals. She is also a patron of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust which works to protect elephants and other wildlife in Kenya.
Davis has worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and is included on their list of “High Profile Supporters”.In 2015 she visited the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Davis later filmed a fund-raising appeal supporting the UNHCR, and in 2016 visited Australia to promote the UNHCR’s work, focussing on the plight of women victims of sexual violence in Congo.
PERSONAL LIFE
Kristin Davis is not married, however, she dated a few men in the past. Among the men is Aaron Sorkin, an American-based producer, screenwriter, and playwriter. The two dated for three years and broke up without officiating their union.
In 2011, Davis adopted a daughter, Gemma Rose Davis. In 2018, she adopted a son, Wilson. They reside in the hills of Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Davis was pictured in Dadaab, Kenya, on 8 July 2011. She is a recovering alcoholic and says she was introduced to alcohol early as part of her Southern upbringing: “Alcohol freed me. I was really shy and I didn’t know how to come out of my shell. I drank for the same reason I loved acting. I wanted to feel things and express myself and be free. And I’m not naturally that way.”
NET WORTH
The actress is approximately worth $35 million. While the sum is impressive, it comes as no surprise considering her involvement in some of the most notable films ever produced. She lives with her adopted children in Los Angeles.
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