Following successive critically-acclaimed turns in ABOUT SCHMIDT, THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS and AMERICAN SPLENDOR, HOPE DAVIS (Bean Wright) continues her repertoire of varied roles in a number of highly anticipated films.
Davis was named the "2003 Best Actress of the Year" by the New York Film Critics Circle and won a Golden Globe Award nomination for her portrayal of Joyce Brabner, the fiercely intelligent, sardonic wife and collaborator to Paul Giamatti's Harvey Pekar in AMERICAN SPLENDOR (LA Film Critics' Best Picture of 2003). A fixture on 2003 Top 10 lists, AMERICAN SPLENDOR captured the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic Competition at Sundance; Best Film Un Certain Regard in Cannes; and the Grand Jury Prize in Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival.
Davis received an IFC Spirit Award nomination for her performance opposite Campbell Scott in THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS, Alan Rudolph's intimate look at a contemporary marriage compromised by children and infidelity, based upon Jane Smiley's novella The Age of Grief.
She recently completed filming Gore Verbinski's THE WEATHERMAN, opposite Nicolas Cage as well as John Madden's adaptation of David Auburn's Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play PROOF opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins and Jake Gyllenhaal. In PROOF, Davis stars as Claire, the cynical, all-business sister to Paltrow, who is taking care of her ailing father (Hopkins), a brilliant but insane mathematician. Davis also recently completed DUMA, opposite Campbell Scott, for Warner Bros.
Davis first garnered critical attention for her work in a trio of independent hits: Greg Mottola's THE DAYTRIPPERS, Bart Freundlich's THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS and Brad Anderson's NEXT STOP WONDERLAND.
Her filmography also includes: a turn as Jack Nicholson's daughter in Alexander Payne's ABOUT SCHMIDT (Los Angeles Film Critics' Best Picture of 2002); HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, opposite Anthony Hopkins; Campbell Scott's FINAL with Denis Leary; Stanley Tucci's JOE GOULD'S SECRET and THE IMPOSTORS; the political thriller ARLINGTON ROAD with Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins; and Lawrence Kasdan's MUMFORD.
On stage, Davis starred in Rebecca Gilman's "Spinning Into Butter" at Lincoln Center. In addition to "Camino Real" at the famed Williamstown Theatre Festival, her credits also include Lincoln Center productions of "Ivanov" opposite Kevin Kline and "Two Shakespearean Actors." Off-Broadway, Davis has appeared in "Pterodactyls," "The Food Chain," "The Iceman Cometh" and David Mamet's "Speed the Plow," directed by Joel Schumacher.
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