Kristin Landen Davis was born on February 23, 1965 in Boulder, Colorado. An only child, her parents divorced when she was a baby and she was adopted by her stepfather after he married her mother in 1968. Early in her childhood, Kristin and her parents moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where her stepfather (a psychology professor) was transferred to a university. She lived in South Carolina until she graduated high school in 1982. She then moved to New Jersey, where she attended Rutgers University. After graduation, she moved to New York and waited tables before opening a yoga studio with a friend. In 1995, she got her big break when she landed the role of Brooke Armstrong Campbell on Melrose Place. She left the show after one year when producers found that audience members hated her bitchy character. In 1998, Kristin was cast as Charlotte York in Sex and the City, of which she remained an integral cast member until the series ended in 2004. Kristin Davis currently resides in Los Angeles. She is unmarried and has no children. In the near future she hopes to travel and would particularly like to visit India.
She moved to Columbia, South Carolina, when her father (a psychology professor) transferred to the university there. She later attended Rutgers University, and upon graduation moved to New York, where she began working in classical and contemporary theater, as well as commercials. Before her arrival on Melrose Place, Kristin and a friend opened a yoga studio. She still enjoys yoga in her free time, as well as spinning and running. She resides in Los Angeles. Was written out of Melrose Place in 1996 after only being with the show a year, reportedly because the viewers hated her character, Brooke, so much and the writers did not know what to do with her. Her parents divorced when she was a baby, and she was adopted by her stepfather shortly after he married her mother in 1968. Enjoys a wide variety of music, from Dave Matthews, to Brazilian music, to Joni Mitchell-type folk music and even Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Graduated from Rutgers University where her father was a psychology professor. Hobbies include Yoga, Baking and Hiking. Childhood hero was Gloria Steinem. Wanted to be an actress since age 10 when she was cast in a community theater production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Ranked #42 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). Was the only one of the four actresses of Sex and the City not to get an Emmy nomination until 2004. She saw her three co-stars frequently nominated, but finally scored an Emmy nomination for the show's final season. She is the only of the four main actresses from Sex and the City to guest-star on Friends. Best friends with Melanie Shatner. Is a Maybelline spokesperson. She and her ex-boyfriend, Alec Baldwin, guest-starred on Will & Grace and Friends, though not in the same episodes. Was a guest at Sarah Jessica Parker's 40th birthday.