Kristin DavisKristin Davis (born February 25, 1965) is an American actress who was born in Boulder, Colorado. She is perhaps best known for her role on the HBO program Sex and the City, on which she played the character of Charlotte York. She is also the host of the VH1 show 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Davis has also had roles in movies and other television series. Her characterization of Charlotte on Sex and the City, however, sent her into the spotlight in the United States and abroad. Credits
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Her characterization of Charlotte on Sex and the City, however, sent her into the spotlight in the United States and abroad. "When I'm 85 I fully intend to be the little old lady in the wheelchair in A Little Night Music!" she says. Davis has also had roles in movies and other television series. She vows she will never retire. She is also the host of the VH1 show 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Peil also played Edith Davis, Nancy Reagan's mother, in the Showtime movie The Reagans. She is perhaps best known for her role on the HBO program Sex and the City, on which she played the character of Charlotte York. Dawson's Creek, which ran from 1998 to 2003, was her first series. Kristin Davis (born February 25, 1965) is an American actress who was born in Boulder, Colorado. She was 64 by her first television appearance, guesting on Law and Order in 1994. North and South (1985, television mini-series). She made her film debut in her 60s in 1992's Jersey Girl. Doom Asylum (1987, Jane). Her work has largely been confined to the stage. Mounted (1991, television movie). In the winter of 2003, she again appeared on the New York stage, starring in Keith Reddin's play about the Kennedy assasination, Frame 312.. N.Y.P.D. She played the beggar woman in Sweeny Todd at the Kennedy Center in 2002 and in the spring of 2003 she played Antonio Banderas's mother in the musical Nine. General Hospital (1991, Betsy Chilson). In May 1999, she appeared in the Yale Repertory Theatre's production of the Noel Coward play Hay Fever. The Larry Sanders Show (1993, Bri). She played evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in a revival of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart's As Thousand Cheer, offering what critics called a "sizzling" rendition of the song "Heat Wave". Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman (1994, Carey McGee). Gurney's Sylvia with Charles Kimbrough and Stephanie Zimbalist. ER (1995, Leslie). In 1996 and 1997, she toured in A.R. Melrose Place (1995–1996, Brooke Armstrong Campbell). She won an Obie award in 1995 for her work in three plays: The Naked Truth, Missing Persons, and A Cheever Evening. Nine Months (1995, tennis attendant). Some critics said she was better than Gertrude Lawrence, who originated the role, and was nominated in 1985 for a Tony for best featured actress in a musical. Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995, television movie, Karina Tivoli). In May 1983 she was cast as the twelfth Anna Leonowens to Yul Brynner's King of Siam in the revival of The King and I. The Ultimate Lie (1996, television movie, Claire McGrath). She soon found herself on Broadway. New Yoga, (1996, herself). She was persuaded to take a part in Kiss Me, Kate and to her surprise found she loved doing musical theatre. A Deadly Vision (1997, television movie, Babette Watson). In 1971, she originated the role of Alma in the opera Summer and Smoke, based on a Tennessee Williams play, and performed it again when it was broadcast on television. The Single Guy (1997, Leslie). She also sang with the New York City Opera. Seinfeld (1997, Jenna). In the 1960s, the soprano toured with Boris Goldovsky's opera company and the Metropolitan Opera's national company singing such roles as Susannah in Mozart and da Ponte's The Marriage of Figaro. Sour Grapes (1998, Riggs). Born in Davenport, Iowa, Mary Beth Peil--her surname is pronounced PALE--trained as an opera singer at Northwestern University under Lotte Lehmann. Sex and the City (1998–2004, Charlotte York). Mary Beth Peil (born June 25, 1930) is an American opera singer and actress best known as Evelyn Ryan on the television series Dawson's Creek. Travelling Companion (1998, Annie). 57. Atomic Train (1999, television movie, Megan Seger). pg. Grosse Pointe (2000, herself and Satin). June 18, 1996. ER (2000, Erin). "The bold soprano: After leaving opera for stage, Mary Beth Peil gets `Naked'." Boston Globe. Take me Home: The John Denver story (2000, television movie, Annie Denver). Richard Dyer. Blacktop (2000, Sylvia). Sex and the Matrix (2000, television movie, Charlotte). Someone to Love (2001, television movie, Lorraine). Three Days (2001, television movie, Beth Farmer). Beyond the Skyline (2003, herself). 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons (2003, show). |