Geena Davis
She has been married on four occasions, her two most notable marriages were to actor Jeff Goldblum, and her most recent marriage, that ended in 2017, was to plastic surgeon Reza Jarrahy. Far from a June Cleaver, the 6 foot tall beauty made a name for herself outside of the restricting four walls of home life as one of the most promising stars in Tinsletown.
She gained international fame for three well-loved films, Beetlejuice (1988), Thelma and Louise (1991) and A League Of Their Own (1992). And then two things of note happened. Davis turned 40, and according to her, “I fell off a cliff in Hollywood.” It’s well-known that middle-aged and older women in show biz, unlike their middle-aged male counterparts, aren’t afforded the same considerations for the best roles once they reach a certain age.
40 somethings still want to slip into that sexy black dress, yet Hollywood seems determined to force them into the frumpiest black blouse it can find.
The second thing that happened, the deciding factor in Davis vanishing from the best paying “job” she ever had transpired when she was watching television one night with her family. She noticed how the ratio of male to female characters was heavily in favor of males.
Davis then had an idea. And that idea turned into her sponsoring the largest research project on the ratio of gender in children’s entertainment. The findings of the project showed that there was, on average, 3 males to every 1 female. Her suspicions were proven correct and Davis, from then on out, focused her attention on activism and seeking to redress this imbalance.