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Viola Davis
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Acting
Birthday
1965-08-11,Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

Doubt: Stage to Screen

7

Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009-04-07

5.91

Solaris
2002-11-27

Operation Othello

0

Operation Othello

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

6.788

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005-11-09

World Trade Center

6.1

World Trade Center
2006-08-09

Far from Heaven

7

Far from Heaven
2002-11-08

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

6.916

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006-04-30

Law Abiding Citizen

7.4

Law Abiding Citizen
2009-10-15

6.8

Stone Cold
2005-02-20

Jesse Stone: Night Passage

6.9

Jesse Stone: Night Passage
2006-01-15

6.7

Disturbia
2007-03-27

The Pentagon Wars

6.8

The Pentagon Wars
1998-02-28

Nights in Rodanthe

6.3

Nights in Rodanthe
2008-09-26

7.2

Doubt
2008-12-12

Madea Goes to Jail

6.6

Madea Goes to Jail
2009-02-16

6.215

Knight and Day
2010-06-15

6.238

Eat Pray Love
2010-08-12

6.6

Trust
2010-09-10

6.798

State of Play
2009-04-17

The Shrink Is In

5

The Shrink Is In
2001-08-01

6.593

Ender's Game
2013-10-24

8.213

The Help
2011-08-09

Two Butterflies

0

Two Butterflies

Won't Back Down

6.1

Won't Back Down
2012-09-28

8.7

On Broadway
2019-10-12

6.603

Love, Marilyn
2013-05-30

6.7

Amy & Isabelle
2001-03-04

Beautiful Creatures

6.029

Beautiful Creatures
2013-02-13

8.1

Prisoners
2013-09-19

Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event

6.9

Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022-04-22

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

6.2

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014-05-14

I Almost Forgot About You

0

I Almost Forgot About You

5.5

Blackhat
2015-01-13

The Substance of Fire

6.3

The Substance of Fire
1996-09-11

7.346

Air
2023-04-05

6.754

Get on Up
2014-08-01

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

6.7

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014-10-10

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

7

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011-12-25

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

6.675

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014-10-10

6.905

Black Adam
2022-10-19

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

7.071

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023-11-15

Kung Fu Panda 4

7.1

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024-03-02

5.9

Suicide Squad
2016-08-03

6.105

Lila & Eve
2015-07-31

0

G20

5.9

The Architect
2006-12-01

Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

0

Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024-02-13

It's Kind of a Funny Story

7

It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010-10-08

Miss Apprehension and Squirt

0

Miss Apprehension and Squirt
1998-01-01

6.3

Giving Voice
2020-01-26

7.445

Ocean's Eleven
2001-12-07

6.9

Touch of Evil
2011-12-06

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

7

Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007-05-22

7.01

Custody
2016-04-17

The Warrior, The Myth, The Wonder

0

The Warrior, The Myth, The Wonder
2016-07-19

6.9

Fences
2016-12-16

6.3

Kate & Leopold
2001-12-25

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

0

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015-02-20

6.7

Out of Sight
1998-06-26

6.935

Antwone Fisher
2002-12-19

7.1

Traffic
2000-12-27

Small Great Things

0

Small Great Things

The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

0

The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

6.4

Syriana
2005-11-23

6.492

Widows
2018-11-06

7

Troop Zero
2019-02-01

Beyond All Boundaries

6.5

Beyond All Boundaries
2009-11-09

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

5.6

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018-08-21

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

0

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02

The Suicide Squad

7.507

The Suicide Squad
2021-07-28

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

6.5

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006-08-19

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

6.7

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020-11-25

The Unforgivable

7.4

The Unforgivable
2021-11-24

Live in Front of a Studio Audience:

6

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019-12-18

A Touch of Sugar

0

A Touch of Sugar
2019-04-24

7.7

The Woman King
2022-09-16

6.333

Grace & Glorie
1998-12-13

7.9

Third Watch
1999-09-23

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06

7

Threshold
2005-09-16

7

The Division
2001-01-07

6.5

Providence
1999-01-08

7.5

Judging Amy
1999-09-19

6.8

Traveler
2007-05-10

Without a Trace

7.3

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

7.035

NYPD Blue
1993-09-21

7.7

The Practice
1997-03-04

6.6

60 Minutes
1968-09-24

7

Century City
2004-03-16

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.6

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

United States of Tara

7

United States of Tara
2009-01-18

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

9

City of Angels
2000-01-16

The Andromeda Strain

6.2

The Andromeda Strain
2008-05-26

E! Live from the Red Carpet

3.2

E! Live from the Red Carpet
2002-01-13

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

How to Get Away with Murder

7.859

How to Get Away with Murder
2014-09-25

5

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

C ce soir, le débat

2

C ce soir, le débat
2021-01-25

Brothers and Sisters

7.1

Brothers and Sisters
2006-09-24

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

The Problem with Jon Stewart

7.1

The Problem with Jon Stewart
2021-09-30

8.279

Peacemaker
2022-01-13

5

Dear...
2020-06-05

Creature Commandos

0

Creature Commandos
2024-12-05

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.6

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

0

Waller

4.5

The View
1997-08-11

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

The Jennifer Hudson Show

6.4

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-12

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.7

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.3

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

4.5

The View
1997-08-11

Honest Trailers

6.3

Honest Trailers
2012-02-13

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

4.9

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

7.159

Scandal
2012-04-05

7.4

Hot Ones
2015-03-12

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

7.9

Hack
2002-09-27

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

6.1

Celebrity IOU
2020-04-13

6.3

The First Lady
2022-04-17

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

0

Father Lefty

CBS News Sunday Morning

6.2

CBS News Sunday Morning
1979-01-28