|
Mindy Paige Davis (born October 15,
1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and theater
arts performer living in Manhattan. Davis attended Charles H. Bird
Elementary School in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin from first grade through part
of fifth grade before moving to Texas. She graduated from the Meadows
School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Much
of her training has been in musical theater as well as dancing, and she
spent two and a half years playing the role of Babette in the touring
production of the Broadway show Beauty and the Beast (sometimes credited
as Mindy Paige Benson). In Los Angeles, Davis also did numerous
commercials and videos. She also played the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago
on Broadway.
Television viewers know Paige Davis best as the host of Trading Spaces,
the redecorating show produced by TLC. Davis became the host in 2001,
replacing Alex McLeod. In January 2005, TLC announced it would transition
Davis off of the show as part of a shift to a new, host-less format. Davis
subsequently signed a multi-year agreement with Kingworld/CBS to develop
new scripted and reality programming.
Davis has also written a best-selling book, Paige by Paige, which
chronicles her television experiences.
Davis married actor Patrick Page, with whom she appeared in Beauty and the
Beast, in 2001, following her divorce from her first husband, actor Greg
Benson. Davis and Page's wedding was featured on the TLC series A Wedding
Story. Davis chose to keep her maiden name, saving herself from the
moniker "Paige Page".
In summer 2006, she was a contestant on the CBS show Gameshow Marathon, a
summer series featuring celebrities in the roles of contestants on classic
game shows, with winnings going to charities selected by the participants.
She played the title role in the touring Broadway show of "Sweet Charity",
to the end of its scheduled run on August 12, 2007. |
