Viola Davis


    Starbirth:
    August 11, 1965
Birthplace:
Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
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Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of numerous accolades, Davis is one of the few performers to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT); additionally, she is the sole African-American to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting as well as the third person to achieve both statuses. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions. After graduating from the Juilliard School in 1993, she won an Obie Award in 1999 for her performance as Ruby McCollum in Everybody's Ruby. She played minor roles in film and television in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before earning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Tonya in the 2001 Broadway production of August Wilson's King Hedley II. Her film breakthrough came with her role as a troubled mother in the drama Doubt (2008), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Davis won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Rose Maxson in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences. For starring as a 1960s housemaid in the comedy-drama The Help (2011), Davis received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. From 2014 to 2020, she played lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC drama series How to Get Away with Murder, for which she became the first black actress to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. In 2016, Davis reprised the role of Maxson in the film adaptation of Fences, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She played Amanda Waller in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Suicide Squad (2016). In 2020, she portrayed Ma Rainey in the biopic Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, for which she received a fourth Academy Award nomination, becoming the most-Oscar-nominated black actress. Her performances in Widows (2018) and The Woman King (2022) earned her further nominations for the BAFTA Best Actress Award, making her the most-BAFTA-nominated black actress. Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, are founders of a production company, JuVee Productions. Davis is also widely recognized for her advocacy and support of human rights and equal rights for women and women of color. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017 and became a L'Oréal Paris ambassador in 2019. The audiobook narration of her 2022 memoir Finding Me earned Davis a Grammy Award in 2023.


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Kung Fu Panda 4 The Chameleon (voice) 2024
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul) 2024
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Dr. Volumnia Gaul 2023
Air Deloris Jordan 2023
Black Adam Amanda Waller (uncredited) 2022
The Woman King Nanisca 2022
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event Self 2022
The Unforgivable Liz Ingram 2021
The Suicide Squad Amanda Waller 2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ma Rainey 2020
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" Florida Evans 2019
On Broadway Self (archive footage) 2019
A Touch of Sugar Narrator 2019
Troop Zero Miss Rayleen 2019
Widows Veronica Rawlings 2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal Self (archive footage) 2018
Fences Rose Maxson 2016
Suicide Squad Amanda Waller 2016
Custody Martha Schulman 2016
Lila & Eve Lila Walcott 2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 2015
Blackhat Carol Barrett 2015
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him Professor Lillian Friedman 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her Professor Lillian Friedman 2014
Get on Up Susie Brown 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Professor Lillian Friedman 2014
Ender's Game Major Gwen Anderson 2013
Prisoners Nancy Birch 2013
Love, Marilyn Self 2013
Beautiful Creatures Amma Treadeau 2013
Won't Back Down Nona Alberts 2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Abby Black 2011
Touch of Evil The Vengeful Caretaker 2011
The Help Aibileen Clark 2011
It's Kind of a Funny Story Dr. Eden Minerva 2010
Trust Gail Friedman 2010
Eat Pray Love Delia Shiraz 2010
Knight and Day CIA Director Isabel George 2010
Beyond All Boundaries Hortense Johnson 2009
Law Abiding Citizen Mayor April Henry 2009
State of Play Dr. Judith Franklin 2009
Doubt: Stage to Screen Self 2009
Madea Goes to Jail Ellen 2009
Nights in Rodanthe Jean 2008
Doubt Mrs. Miller 2008
Jesse Stone: Sea Change Molly Crane 2007
Disturbia Detective Parker 2007
The Architect Tonya Neely 2006
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story Diane Barrino 2006
World Trade Center Mother in Hospital with Donna 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Tonya (segment "King Hedley II") 2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Molly Crane 2006
Jesse Stone: Night Passage Officer Molly Crane 2006
Syriana CIA Chairwoman 2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Grandma 2005
Stone Cold Molly Crane 2005
Antwone Fisher Eva May 2002
Solaris Gordon 2002
Far from Heaven Sybil 2002
Kate & Leopold Policewoman 2001
The Shrink Is In Robin 2001
Amy & Isabelle Dottie 2001
Traffic Social Worker 2000
Grace & Glorie Rosemary Allbright 1998
Out of Sight Moselle 1998
The Pentagon Wars Sgt. Fanning 1998
Miss Apprehension and Squirt Sharon Hughes 1998
The Substance of Fire Nurse 1996
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree Rachel Dupree
Two Butterflies
I Almost Forgot About You Dr. Georgia Young
Small Great Things
G20 Taylor Sutton
Operation Othello Narrator
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Threshold <blank> <mt>
Judging Amy Celeste <mt>
The Practice Aisha Crenshaw <mt>
Third Watch <blank> <mt>
Providence Dr. Eleanor Weiss <mt>
Traveler Agent Jan Marlow <mt>
The Division <blank> <mt>
Without a Trace Audrey Williams <mt>
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sergeant Terry Randolph <mt>
Hallmark Hall of Fame Rosemary Allbright <mt>
Century City <blank> <mt>
United States of Tara <blank> <mt>
The Andromeda Strain Dr. Charlene Barton <mt>
E! Live from the Red Carpet Self <mt>
Brothers and Sisters Ellen Snyder <mt>
How to Get Away with Murder Annalise Keating <mt>
City of Angels Lynnette Peeler <mt>
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self <mt>
The View Self <mt>
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Donna Emmett <mt>
Celebrity IOU Self <mt>
The First Lady Michelle Obama <mt>
The Graham Norton Show Self <mt>
NYPD Blue Woman <mt>
60 Minutes Self <mt>
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self <mt>
The Oscars Self <mt>
Peacemaker Amanda Waller (uncredited) <mt>
Dear... Self <mt>
The View Self - Guest <mt>
Waller Amanda Waller <mt>
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest <mt>
Hot Ones Self <mt>
Hack Stevie Morgan <mt>
C ce soir, le débat Self - Guest <mt>
Tony Awards Self - Presenter <mt>
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self <mt>
The Problem With Jon Stewart Self (archive footage) <mt>
Creature Commandos Amanda Waller (voice) <mt>
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest <mt>
The Jennifer Hudson Show <blank> <mt>
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self <mt>
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self <mt>
Honest Trailers Dr. Volumnia Gaul (archive footage) <mt>
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest <mt>
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