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Geena Davistook an intentional approach to starting her family.
The comment came amid a conversation about empowering kids, during which Davis said she believed empowerment was “about modeling,” citing her own experience growing up with traits her parents emulated.
“I wanted to wait, [and] was hoping that I could still have kids. But I thought, ‘I’ll be more evolved the longer I wait.'”
Davis admitted, “I didn’t have a lot of self-esteem but I was really determined that my children would have self-esteem.”
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TheA League of Their Ownstar shares daughter Alizeh, 20, and 18-year-old twin sons Kaiis, and Kian, with her ex-husband Reza Jarrahy.
“Because I just feel like I changed so much,” she explained. “I always knew I wanted kids, but what I was doing waiting that long, I don’t know. I never tried before, in other words. But it’s been great.”
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Speaking with PEOPLE in 2020, Davis shared how being a mom led her to action when it came to disproportionate female representation in film and television.
Her desire to investigate the phenomenon led her to found theGeena Davis Institute on Gender In Mediain 2004. Over the ensuing years, the institute has become a powerful voice in compiling and delivering data documenting the gender imbalance to film studios, television networks and content creators — beginning with a focus on children’s entertainment.
source: people.com
