Davis played Brooke Armstrong from 1995 to 1996. When Kristin Davis was on Melrose Place in the ’90s, she was told directly that she shouldn't gain weight, Davis told PEOPLE in a story published Wednesday.

The actress, who played Brooke Armstrong on the soap opera, said there was a "thinness situation" on filming sets at the time.

Kristin Davis said she was overexercising and eating less while being pressured to stay thin on Melrose Place.

Kristin Davis was under so much pressure to stay slim on 'Melrose Place' that she fainted from her intense diet and exercise regime. The 59-year-old actress got her big break in 1995 when she was cast on the show as Brooke Armstrong and she recalled there was a "difficult" vibe on the set because of the unrealistic standards of beauty that female cast members were expected to uphold.

Kristin Davis says that she was told not to gain weight while starring on Melrose Place. Davis, 59, appeared on the Fox primetime soap from 1995 to 1996, and would later join the cast of HBO’s Sex and The City — the most iconic credit on her acting resume.

Kristin Davis has told how she once fainted after being instructed by producers not to gain any weight. The Sex and the City actress has opened up about her role as Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place in 1995.

If you had hips, it was a situation," Davis tells PEOPLE Kristin Davis is looking back on her Melrose Place days. In the latest PEOPLE cover story, the Sex and the City alum, 59, reflects on her storied career in television and gets candid about the entertainment industry's unrealistic beauty standards when she was a young actress.