Kristin Davis attends the premiere of Netflix’s “AJ and the Queen” Season 1 at the Egyptian Theatre on January 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California.Photo: Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty
On-screen,Kristin Davisis best known for playing hopeless romantic Charlotte York Goldenblatt onSex and the Cityand its sequelAnd Just Like That. Off-screen, Davis is perfectly happy being single and raising her two kids on her own.
“[In my 20s], I thought I’d never get married. I guess I was right!” Davis told PEOPLE in 2008. “I grew up in the South so all everyone talked about was marriage, but all I wanted was to move to New York and do theater. And in my 30s, I was busy doing [Sex and the City] so I just didn’t have time.”
In 2011, Davis adopted her first child, daughter Gemma Rose, and her life and priorities changed.
“Gemma takes up such a big, big part [of my life] in such a wonderful way,” Davis toldHaute Livingin 2013.“Like take going to work: it used to be really important to me, but now I’m like, ‘Okay, I’ve got to go to work. All right.’ I used to be like, ‘I want to go to work, I want to go to work!’ "
The actress adopted her second child, a son named Wilson, in 2018. Since then, Davis has embraced her role as a doting mother of two and enjoys spending quality time with her children, though she prefers to keep them out of the spotlight.
Here’s everything to know about Kristin Davis' children, Gemma Rose and Wilson.
Gemma Rose Davis, 11
Kristin Davis with her daughter Gemma.Kristen Davis Instagram
Davis adopted her first child, daughter Gemma Rose Davis, in 2011.
“This is something I have wanted for a very long time,” Davis told PEOPLE at the time. “Having this wish come true is even more gratifying than I ever had imagined. I feel so blessed.”
Davis chose the middle name Rose — the same name herSex and the Citycharacter Charlotte picked for her daughter — coincidentally.
She continued, “I almost named her Rose as a first name because I kept thinking, ‘It’s such a beautiful name.’ … I think it was lodged unconsciously.”
In 2016, Davis opened up to WNYC about adoption and thedifficulties of parenting a child of a differing race.
“I am White. I have lived in White privilege. I thought I knew before adopting my daughter that I was in White privilege, that I understood what that meant,” she explained. “But until you actually have a child, which is like your heart being outside you, and that heart happens to be in a Brown body, and you have people who are actively working against your child, it’s hard. It fills me with terror.”
Kristin Davis with her kids.Kristen Davis Instagram
She also shared how she provides Gemma with daily encouragement and affirmations: “I always tell her … that her curls are beautiful, ‘Your Black skin is beautiful. You’re beautiful. You’re powerful. You’re a goddess.’ "
Davis noted thatSerena Williamsis a “household fixture” of theirs as well, adding that the tennis star’sNew York Times Magazinecover was front and center in their home for months. “I work really hard at the representation part in terms of beauty, magazines,” she said.
“I talk to Gemma a lot about what’s happening and she’s fascinated, of course, and sad and upset,” Davis said. “I just want them to feel empowered, and I want them to know what’s going on because it’s not something that you cannottalk about.”
Having open conversations with her kids is very important to Davis. In a January 2022 interview withKelly Clarkson, the single mom said she plans to useSex and the Cityas a way to bring up other difficult topics with Gemma in the future.
“Now that [Gemma is] older and now that she’s getting exposed from her friends to all this stuff, even though I’m very controlling … I’m going to use it asa teaching tool,” Davis said. “I don’t want her to feel embarrassed. I want her to talk to me. I’m a single mom, it’s super important … [to] keep them talking. You know,Sex and the Cityis kind of a good educational type thing.”
Wilson Davis, 5
In 2018, Davis adopted her second child, a son namedWilson Davis.Varietyjournalist Marc Malkin announced the news on Facebook, though the actress kept the details about her second adoption private.
Davis hasn’t shared much about her son, but she’s been more than willing to comment on how much she loves her kids and how important it is for them to feel at homein the Black community.
In 2019, Davis discussed raising her children onRed Table TalkwithJada Pinkett SmithandAdrienne Banfield-Norris.
“Because my children are African American, I feel like it is my duty and my job to do as much research, as much work, build as many bridges as possible because you are their community,” she said.“I work at that every day trying to figure out how I can make sure they have access to the Black community, that they’re part of it, that they’re not separated from it.”
During the episode, Davis also opened up about her son’s adoption process. The mom of two recalled that, at 5 years old, Gemma told her mother she wanted a “Black little brother.” In response to her daughter’s request, Davis reached out to the same adoption agency to start the process over again.
Kristin Davis and her son Wilson.Kristin Davis Instagram
Kristin Davis Instagram
“What I learned [about styling Black hair] is that it’s a big thing and it has a whole long cultural history to it and you absolutely need to learn because it’s a bonding situation,” she shared. “And you can’t just like, send her off somewhere, or him off, you know, to have his hair twisted or braided or whatever — you need to, just like you would your own child that you gave birth to, learn what is best for their skin or their hair.”
During a June 2023 interview withHaute Living, Davis discussed filming the first season ofAnd Just Like That.While she noted how excited she was to “work with my friends of 25 years” again, she said being away from her children for seven months was difficult.
“My plan was to maybe bring them out or, you know, skip a weekend here and there, but my 5-year-old was not having it,” she said, adding of Wilson, “He was mad. So, I had to come back every weekend because I just felt so guilty.”
“But this is what happens with trying to find a work-life balance,” she concluded.
In March 2024, Davis shared the different ways she identifies as a “boy mom” in a video onTikTokwhile giving fans a rare peek inside her home.
“I’m a boy mom, so of course my couch is covered in cars,” she said in one clip that showed off Wilson’s toy car collection in the living room.
In another clip, she shared his Lego building in progress, “I’m a boy mom, so of course I’m not allowed to touch the Legos,” she said, joking in her caption, “nobody tell him about the Legos!”
source: people.com
