Kristin Davis

Internationally renowned actress Kristin Davis has been supporting UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency since 2014, and was announced as a Goodwill Ambassador in April 2017.

Kristin travelled to South Sudan in 2026 to meet Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese refugee returnees who had fled escalating violence, insecurity and human rights violations inside Sudan. Women and children account for some 80 per cent of those fleeing Sudan, bearing the heaviest toll of this brutal conflict. Calling for global awareness to the ongoing crisis, she said:

“The level of need here is huge – people have been through unimaginable violence and trauma. Urgent humanitarian assistance is desperately needed for families who are fleeing the brutal war in Sudan.”

Kristin travelled to Bangladesh on United Nations Universal Children's Day 2017 to meet Rohingya refugee families and learn more about UNHCR's emergency response. She called for global action to provide more life-saving aid for Rohingya refugee children.

Following her mission to Bangladesh, Kristin travelled to Washington, DC where she spoke about the Rohingya refugee crisis with members of Congress. She shared stories about the plight of Rohingya refugees, highlighted the importance of UNHCR’s response and advocated for continued support from the U.S. government.

In August 2019, Kristin travelled to Kenya and South Africa with UNHCR. Kristin attended a high-level women's fundraiser, met with refugee artisans working on the MADE51 project and listened to the refugee women from Dadaab refugee camp. Kristin is passionately outspoken in her support for refugees and supports UNHCR across her social media channels and uses this global platform to highlight refugee issues. Kristin has also written feature pieces for leading international media outlets sharing stories and experiences from the refugees she met and her work with UNHCR.

In 2016, Kristin travelled to Rwanda to meet refugees from Burundi and the Congo. She later met some of the same families following their resettlement in the USA, learning about the new opportunities and challenges they faced in starting their lives anew.

Earlier, in June 2015, Kristin visited Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo with UNHCR, meeting families displaced by conflict and violence. She filmed a TV fundraising appeal that was aired in Asia, Australia and the US. In January 2016 Kristin visited Australia to support UNHCR fundraising activities focusing on programmes to support women victims of sexual violence in Congo.