Geena Davis
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Published
- July 20, 2026
- Duration
- 2h 4m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 21, 2026
Discusses Geena Davis (The Boroughs, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own) is an Academy Award-winning actor…
Summary
Geena Davis (The Boroughs, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own) is an Academy Award-winning actor and activist. Geena joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up shy and tall in a strict New England household, reinventing herself as an exchange student in Sweden, and going from posing as a department-store mannequin to landing her first role in Tootsie…
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Geena Davis (The Boroughs, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own) is an Academy Award-winning actor and activist. Geena joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up shy and tall in a strict New England household, reinventing herself as an exchange student in Sweden, and going from posing as a department-store mannequin to landing her first role in Tootsie. Geena and Dax talk about winning an Oscar at 32, how Susan Sarandon taught her to stop apologizing for existing on set, and discovering her a