Early life

Davidovich was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of immigrants from Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and her mother was from Slovenia; she spoke only Serbian during her early years. She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.

Career

Davidovich began her career playing small parts on television and films. She first received notice co-starring in comedy-drama film Blaze (1989) with Paul Newman, for which she beat out 600 other actresses for the title role of the burlesque performer Blaze Starr. She later starred alongside John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell in 1991 film The Object of Beauty, before earning critical acclaim for her leading performance as an inmate in the HBO drama Prison Stories: Women on the Inside. Davidovich went on to leading roles in films such as the 1993 thriller Raising Cain directed by Brian De Palma, and the drama Leap of Faith, co-starring Steve Martin and Liam Neeson. She played the love interest of Richard Gere in the 1994 drama Intersection. After starring for director Ron Shelton in Blaze, she also was featured in his films Cobb, Play It to the Bone, Dark Blue and Hollywood Homicide. Davidovich also received Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Younger and Younger, and during 1990s had roles in films Boiling Point, For Better or Worse, Now and Then, Jungle 2 Jungle, Gods and Monsters and Mystery, Alaska.

In 2000s, Davidovich had supporting roles on both film and television. She appeared in several episodes on the first season of the Showtime lesbian-themed drama series, The L Word playing the character Francesca Wolff, and has guest-starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, Rizzoli & Isles, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and NCIS. Davidovich voiced Jester in the video game adventure Chronomaster, which also includes the voices of actors Ron Perlman and Brent Spiner. She also voiced Angel Gemini in the adventure game, Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy, which also includes the voice of actor James Woods.

In 2015, Davidovich made her return to film playing the role of lead character's mother in the romantic drama The Longest Ride based on Nicholas Sparks' novel. Later that year, she was cast in the second season of HBO crime drama True Detective as Taylor Kitsch's character's mother, and ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil as Joan Collins' Alexis Colby-type ex-wife of Don Johnson.

Personal life

Davidovich is married to Ron Shelton, a former minor league baseball player in Baltimore's system. Shelton has directed films in which Davidovich has appeared, including Blaze. They have two children. Shelton coaches his son's Little League team in Santa Monica ; he has been ejected three times (and counting) this season for conduct unbecoming a Little League participant. They have residences in Los Angeles and Ojai, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Class	1st Girl (Motel)
1986	Blindside	Adele
1986	Recruits	Susan
1987	Last Man Standing	Groupie
1987	Adventures in Babysitting	Sue Ann
1987	Pink Chiquitas, TheThe Pink Chiquitas	Pink Chiquita
1987	Big Town, TheThe Big Town	Black Lace Stripper
1989	Blaze	Blaze Starr	Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress
1990	Love & Murder	Barbara
1991	Object of Beauty, TheThe Object of Beauty	Joan
1991	JFK	Beverly Oliver
1991	Inner Circle, TheThe Inner Circle	Anastasia
1992	Raising Cain	Jenny
1992	Leap of Faith	Marva
1993	Boiling Point	Vikki Dunbar
1993	Younger and Younger	Penny	Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
1994	Intersection	Olivia Marshak
1994	Cobb	Ramona
1995	For Better or Worse	Valeri Carboni
1995	Now and Then	Mrs. Albertson
1996	Salt Water Moose	Eva Scofield
1997	Touch	Antoinette Baker
1997	Jungle 2 Jungle	Charlotte
1997	Santa Fe	Eleanor Braddock
1998	Gods and Monsters	Betty
1999	Forever Flirt
1999	No Vacancy	Constance
1999	Touched	Sylvie
1999	Four Days	Chrystal
1999	Mystery, Alaska	Mary Jane Pitcher
1999	Play It to the Bone	Grace Pasic
2001	Snow in August	Kate Devlin
2002	Dark Blue	Sally Perry
2003	Hollywood Homicide	Cleo Richard
2006	Bye Bye Benjamin	Janet	Short film
2006	Kill Your Darlings	Lola
2007	September Dawn	Nancy Dunlap
2012	Smitty	Judge Greenstein
2014	Squatters	Evelyn
2015	The Longest Ride	Kate Collins

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Three's Company	Kelly	Episode: "And Baby Makes Four"
1985	Two Fathers' Justice		TV film
1987	I'll Take Manhattan		TV miniseries
1987	Adderly	Bubblebath Girl	Episode: "Midnight in Morocco"
1987	Night Heat	Cathy	Episode: "The Victim"
1988	Check It Out!	Kim Dillard	Episode: "Fatal Harassment"
1989	Friday the 13th: The Series	Christy	Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues"
1990	Uncut Gem	Ruby	TV film
1991	Prison Stories: Women on the Inside	Loretta Wright	TV film Nominated — CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
1992	Keep the Change	Ellen Kelton	TV film
1994	Trial at Fortitude Bay	Gina Antonelli	TV film
1994	Duckman	Angela (voice)	Episode: "About Face"
1995	Chronomaster	Jester (voice)	Video game
1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Kee McFarlane	TV film Nominated — CableACE Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
1996	Duckman	Angela (voice)	Episode: "Color of Naught"
1996	Jake's Women	Sheila	TV film
1996	Harvest of Fire	Sally Russell	TV film Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
1997	Dead Silence	Det. Sharon Foster	TV film
1997	Perversions of Science	Various	Episode: "Dream of Doom"
1998	Stories from My Childhood	Christina (voice)	Episode: "The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl"
1998	Of Light and Darkness	Angel Gemini (voice)	Video game
2001	Beggars and Choosers	Rebecca	Episodes: "Hitting the Bottle", "Golf War Syndrome"
2001	Judge, TheThe Judge	Catherine Rosetti	TV film
2001	Snow in August	Kate Devlin	TV film
2001	Kid, TheThe Kid	Mother (voice)	TV film
2002	Practice, TheThe Practice	Cassie Ray	Episode: "Bad to Worse"
2002-2003	Agency, TheThe Agency	Avery Pohl	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2003	Monk	Natasha Lovara	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus"
2003	Guardian, TheThe Guardian	Victoria Little	Episode: "Believe"
2004	Guardian, TheThe Guardian	Victoria Little	Episode: "The Bachelor Party"
2004	L Word, TheThe L Word	Francesca Wolff	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2005	Eleventh Hour, TheThe Eleventh Hour	Veronica Taylor Ellery	Episode: "Kettle Black" Nominated — Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Diane Dunn	Episode: "Unbearable"
2007	State of Mind	Cordelia Banks	Episode: "Snow Melts"
2008	Quarterlife	Mindy Krieger	Episode: "Finding a Voice"
2009	Criminal Minds	Sandra Lombardini	Episode: "Cold Comfort"
2009	ZOS: Zone of Separation	Mila Michailov	TV miniseries
2009	Throwing Stones	Marge Merrick	TV film
2009	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Beverly	Episode: "Vehicular Fellatio"
2009	Cold Case	Molly Heaton (2009)	Episode: "Iced"
2011	Hound Dogs	Iris Hammer	TV film
2011	Cinema Verite	Val	TV film
2011	Rizzoli & Isles	Melody Patterson	Episodes: "Seventeen Ain't So Sweet", "Don't Stop Dancing, Girl"
2012	Psych	Ida Lane	Episode: "Santabarbaratown"
2012	Good God	Virginia Hailwood	Main role (8 episodes)
2013	Romeo Killer	Joan Porco	TV film
2015	True Detective	Cynthia Woodrugh	4 episodes
2015	Blood & Oil	Annie Briggs	4 episodes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]