A pert, energetic actress with a knack for verbal comedy, Kristin Davis charmed television viewers with her Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated turns as well-bred, conservative New York art dealer, Charlotte York, who endured a seemingly endless string of uptight and offbeat suitors on “Sex and the City” (HBO, 1998-2004), only to find true love in the arms of her rough-hewn lawyer. Prior to her stint on “Sex,” Davis was a visible presence on television in the late 1990s, most notably as a scheming villainess on “Melrose Place” (Fox, 1992-99).

Born Kristin Landen Davis on Feb. 24, 1965, she spent