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Hope's mother used to take Hope and her siblings to cultural events, museums and other activities after church on a Sunday.
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Hope lives in New York (2008).
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Hope was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004.
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Hope portrayed the mother of
Anton Yelchin twice, in
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and
Charlie Bartlett (2008).
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Hope studied cognitive science in college.
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After college, Hope directed plays and started a theater troupe in Chicago.
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Hope's mother is a librarian. Her father, William Davis, was an engineer. Hope is second of three children.
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Hope has two daughters, Georgia, born on August 31, 2002 and Mae, born on December 30, 2004.
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Hope played the role of Esmeralda in
Tennessee Williams'
Camino Real on June 1999 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Hope stands five feet seven inches tall.
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When she was in fifth grade, Hope was called Hope the Dope and those who teased her had a rhyme made for her -- "Hope the Dope, ate a bar of soap, bubbles here, bubbles there, bubbles in her underwear".
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Hope's first acting memory was in front of the whole neighborhood when she and
Mira Sorvino presented a play they wrote called
The Dutch Doll. She was eight or nine years old then.
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In 2003, Hope received the Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in the movie American Splendor. That same year, she received the NYFCC Award for Best Actress for the same movie.
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Hope has a wheaten terrier named Charlie.