Actress. Born Virginia Davis, January 21, 1957, in Wareham, Massachusetts, educated at Boston University. Genial, unpretentious leading lady of the American screen. The daughter of an engineer and a teacher's aide, she attended Boston schools and began acting with a repertory company in New Hampshire. In 1979 she moved to New York, where she worked as a salesgirl in a dress shop and modeled briefly before landing a supporting role in the film Tootsie (1982). She went on to play leads in a number of scary movies and starred in to light TV series (Buffalo Bill and Sara), then responded to the challenge of a more difficult role, winning the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist (1988). She achieved household name recognition with her performance as a fugitive housewife who excels a small-time robbery in the dark fantasy Thelma and Louise (1991). Her 1987 marriage to actor Jeff Goldblum, her co-star in The Fly and other films, ended in 1990. She later married director Renny Harlin. She heads her own production company, Genial Pictures, and is a passionate collector of gadgets.
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