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On Friday, Geena Davis left fans astonished in Chicago as she radiated elegance and vitality at the age of 70.
She initially captivated audiences in 1982 with her breakthrough performance in Tootsie. Starring alongside Jessica Lange and Dustin Hoffman, she portrayed a delightful yet slightly scatterbrained soap opera actress.
Davis’s career swiftly gained momentum with memorable roles in The Fly (1986) and Beetlejuice (1988). Her talent was further recognized when she clinched an Academy Award for her role in The Accidental Tourist (1988).
By 1991, Davis had cemented her status as a renowned actress, notably with her iconic on-screen kiss with Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise, where she starred alongside Susan Sarandon.
Her impressive trajectory continued with A League of Their Own in 1992, where she starred with Tom Hanks and Madonna, taking on a pioneering role that further solidified her status in Hollywood.
At the A League of Their Own panel on Friday, Davis looked as though she had discovered the secret to eternal youth, dazzling fans with her youthful energy and beauty.
Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis first gained recognition in 1982 for showcasing her striking model physique in Tootsie
Davis also turned heads in a pink bikini in the 1988 comedy Earth Girls Are Easy
In the iconic 1991 film Thelma & Louise, Davis shared a brief on-screen romance with a then-rising Brad Pitt (pictured), who was seven years her junior
Wearing a chic navy top paired with dark grey trousers, the star beamed a dazzling smile while speaking on stage during the Q&A session.
Her long chestnut hair cascaded freely, perfectly complementing her signature, effortlessly radiant look.
In a reflective moment last year, Davis shared that it wasn’t until adulthood that she learned to embrace herself ‘unapologetically.’
Standing at an impressive six feet tall, the actress admitted that her height was a source of discomfort in her youth. She revealed she even used to ‘wish’ she were shorter before finally accepting it as she grew older.
Davis shared with People: ‘I’ve always been tall – I was a tall baby. As a kid, my fondest wish was to take up less space in the world. It was only as an adult I realized I could be all of who I was, unapologetically.’
Her experiences growing up led her to write the book The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page, aimed at offering young people the ‘reassurance’ that it’s okay to stay true to themselves, no matter their size or dreams.
She explained: ‘So I wrote this book for all of the ‘too big’ children — including children with big personalities and big dreams — who need reassurance that they can be their true selves and make their own space in the world.’
Davis added, ‘It was a joy to write, and so wonderful to be able to illustrate my own words to bring my characters to life.’
Before her acting career, Davis, the 6ft tall beauty, worked as a model, appearing in an ad for A&M
Davis later skyrocketed to fame in Thelma & Louise (1991), where she starred alongside Susan Sarandon, creating one of Hollywood’s most memorable female duos
In 2022, Davis admitted said she carried a ‘huge burden of shame’ before being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder.
The brunette added she discovered she suffered the condition when she started seeing a therapist who told her she had it by their second session.
Geena, who has daughter Alizeh and twin sons Kian and Kaiis with her former partner Reza Jarrahy, from whom she split in 2017, told Loose Women in 2022: ‘I had started with a therapist and I think by the second session she said has anyone told you, you have ADD.
‘I carried a huge burden of shame most of my life, I thought there was something wrong with me because I couldn’t finish or start a lot of things.
‘I found it very shameful. But when I found out there’s a reason and I’m not a bad person it was very interesting.’
Geena added on the ITV chat show she is grateful she didn’t become a mother until she was in her forties as it meant she could be more involved in their upbringing.
She said: ‘I’m really grateful that I had children in my 40s because I knew I’d be more involved. I didn’t have a lot of self-esteem but I was really determined that my children would have self-esteem.’
Geena told Good Morning Britain that Sarandon transformed her life when she was ‘dying of politeness.’
At the A League of Their Own panel on Friday, Davis looked as though she had discovered the secret to eternal youth
Wearing a chic navy top paired with dark grey trousers, the star beamed while speaking on stage during the Q&A session
Her long chestnut hair cascaded freely as she flashed her megawatt smile
She added Sarandon also showed her how to be ‘authentic’.
Geena said about meeting Susan: ‘It totally changed my life, because somehow in my sheltered life, I had never spent time with a woman who says what she thinks without qualifiers in front of it. I was used to living as somebody who says, ‘I don’t know if you agree with this or if this is a good idea’ – I was busy dying of politeness.
‘As soon as I met Susan – ‘Oh my God’ – this was a whole different world. And it wasn’t that anyone reacted differently to her. Everyone loved her and everything. ‘I was like, ‘Wow, you can actually be like that’. ‘She showed me what it’s like to live authentically and be in the moment.’
This new sighting comes years after she asked for gender equality during an impassioned speech delivered at the London Film Festival.
The Hollywood icon was part of the third Global Symposium on Gender in Media, and the first outside the US, according to Variety.
‘Give female characters more to do, more to say, greater aspirations … give them more clothes,’ the brunette beauty said. ‘And don’t listen when people say [gender equality in Hollywood] has been fixed. We need to look to the numbers and make the sweeping changes that need to happen and make them now.’