Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Geena Davis has a “different perspective” on life thanks to having children in her 40s.
The Thelma and Louise actress is now 70, but welcomed daughter Alizeh at 46 and twin sons Kia and Kaais aged 48.
In a new interview with Sunday Times Style magazine, Geena said: I’m really glad I had children later in life, because by the time I had them I’d changed a lot. I had a different perspective on things.
“I was a bad*** on screen way before in real life, but I’d been transformed by playing these really powerful women.
“These brave, strong people rubbed off on me.”
She added: “I can’t wait to see what the next decade will bring.”
However, one of the downsides of being in her forties was the amount of sexism and ageism she experienced in Hollywood.
She sighed: “I only made one movie that entire decade.”
As for how she’s dealing with the ageing process, Geena commented: “I’m relaxed about that stuff, you look older but inside you’re still the same person you always were.”
Geena shares her three children with ex-husband Reza Jarrahy, with the pair finalising their divorce in December 2021, after nearly 20 years of marriage.
Despite keeping quiet about the reasons for their split, Geena has praised Reza, calling him a “fantastic father”.
While she’s believed to be single, the actress insisted she won’t be going on celebrity matchmaking site Raya anytime soon, adding she’s “too self conscious” to give it a try.
Geena spoke previously about raising her children in an interview with Good Housekeeping, as she admitted she was “pretty daunted” about having three kids of such young ages.
She said: “My daughter was two when they were born, so that meant three kids under the age of three at home.
“And I was worried because part of me thought, ‘Am I going to be able to love boys as much as I love my little girl?’
“Of course I do, and it’s been really wonderful. But it was overwhelming.”
As well as being a hugely successful actress, Geena has made a name for herself as an activist in Hollywood, previously admitting that her children inspired her to launch the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media – tackling gender inequality in films and TV show – in 2004.
She told People: “I was bothered by the idea that we were showing kids a very imbalanced world from the beginning … I saw that there were so far fewer female characters than male characters.
“I didn’t intend to make it my life’s mission, but it has become that now 15 years later.”
