Geena Takes Aim

Actress Geena Davis discovered sports later in life than many. When she was in her forties, she became a semifinalist for the U.S. Olympic women’s archery team. But Davis is also active in sports in a more public way. She’s a trustee of the Women’s Sports Foundation, through which she has her own website, GeenaTakesAim. It provides information about girls’ rights to play sports through Title IX. And partnered with the nonprofit organization Dads & Daughters, Davis created a foundation called See Jane to help change the way young girls are portrayed in the media.

“The biggest change in my life came from playing sports,” she says. “It brought me a tremendous amount of improved body image and self-esteem and led me to improving self-talk. It makes no difference whether you’re on the Olympic soccer team, or you go out walking, or you’re in a jump-rope club.” The doing, Davis insists, is all that matters.