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Viola Davis

Viola Davis

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1965-08-11

Birth Place

Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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60 Minutes

1968

6.7

TV
A Touch of Sugar

A Touch of Sugar

2019

0.0

Movie
Air

Air

2023

7.3

Movie
Amy & Isabelle

Amy & Isabelle

2001

6.7

Movie
Antwone Fisher

Antwone Fisher

2002

6.9

Movie
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

0.0

Movie
Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures

2013

6.0

Movie
Beyond All Boundaries

Beyond All Boundaries

2009

6.5

Movie
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

2018

5.7

Movie
Black Adam

Black Adam

2022

6.9

Movie
Blackhat

Blackhat

2015

5.5

Movie
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Brothers and Sisters

2006

7.1

TV
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C ce soir, le débat

2021

2.0

TV
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CBS News Sunday Morning

1979

6.2

TV
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Celebrity IOU

2020

6.1

TV
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Century City

2004

7.0

TV
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City of Angels

2000

9.0

TV
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

5.7

TV
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Creature Commandos

2024

7.9

TV
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

7.6

TV
Custody

Custody

2016

7.0

Movie
poster

Dear...

2020

5.0

TV
Disturbia

Disturbia

2007

6.7

Movie
Doubt

Doubt

2008

7.2

Movie
Doubt: Stage to Screen

Doubt: Stage to Screen

2009

7.0

Movie
poster

E! Live from the Red Carpet

2002

3.2

TV
Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love

2010

6.2

Movie
Ender's Game

Ender's Game

2013

6.6

Movie
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011

7.0

Movie
Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven

2002

7.0

Movie
poster

Father Lefty

0.0

TV
Fences

Fences

2016

6.9

Movie
G20

G20

0.0

Movie
Get on Up

Get on Up

2014

6.8

Movie
Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005

6.8

Movie
Giving Voice

Giving Voice

2020

6.4

Movie
Grace & Glorie

Grace & Glorie

1998

6.3

Movie
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Hack

2002

7.9

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
poster

Honest Trailers

2012

6.4

TV
poster

Hot Ones

2015

7.4

TV
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How to Get Away with Murder

2014

7.9

TV
I Almost Forgot About You

I Almost Forgot About You

0.0

Movie
It's Kind of a Funny Story

It's Kind of a Funny Story

2010

7.0

Movie
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006

6.9

Movie
Jesse Stone: Night Passage

Jesse Stone: Night Passage

2006

6.9

Movie
Jesse Stone: Sea Change

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

2007

7.0

Movie
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
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Judging Amy

1999

7.5

TV
Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold

2001

6.3

Movie
Knight and Day

Knight and Day

2010

6.2

Movie
Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4

2024

7.1

Movie
poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

7.6

TV
poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

7.9

TV
Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen

2009

7.4

Movie
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

2006

6.5

Movie
Lila & Eve

Lila & Eve

2015

6.1

Movie
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

2019

6.1

Movie
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013

6.6

Movie
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2020

6.7

Movie
Madea Goes to Jail

Madea Goes to Jail

2009

6.5

Movie
Miss Apprehension and Squirt

Miss Apprehension and Squirt

1998

0.0

Movie
Nights in Rodanthe

Nights in Rodanthe

2008

6.3

Movie
poster

NYPD Blue

1993

7.0

TV
Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

2001

7.4

Movie
On Broadway

On Broadway

2019

8.7

Movie
Operation Othello

Operation Othello

0.0

Movie
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event

Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event

2022

6.9

Movie
Out of Sight

Out of Sight

1998

6.7

Movie
poster

Peacemaker

2022

8.3

TV
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

2024

0.0

Movie
Prisoners

Prisoners

2013

8.1

Movie
poster

Providence

1999

6.5

TV
poster

Scandal

2012

7.2

TV
Small Great Things

Small Great Things

0.0

Movie
Solaris

Solaris

2002

5.9

Movie
State of Play

State of Play

2009

6.8

Movie
Stone Cold

Stone Cold

2005

6.8

Movie
Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad

2016

5.9

Movie
Syriana

Syriana

2005

6.4

Movie
poster

The Andromeda Strain

2008

6.2

TV
The Architect

The Architect

2006

5.9

Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

0.0

Movie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

2014

6.7

Movie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

2014

6.7

Movie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

2014

6.2

Movie
poster

The Division

2001

7.0

TV
poster

The First Lady

2022

6.3

TV
poster

The Graham Norton Show

2007

7.2

TV
The Help

The Help

2011

8.2

Movie
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

2023

7.1

Movie
poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

6.4

TV
poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

6.6

TV
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Pentagon Wars

The Pentagon Wars

1998

6.8

Movie
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

0.0

Movie
poster

The Practice

1997

7.7

TV
poster

The Problem with Jon Stewart

2021

7.1

TV
The Shrink Is In

The Shrink Is In

2001

5.0

Movie
The Substance of Fire

The Substance of Fire

1996

6.3

Movie
The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad

2021

7.5

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021

7.4

Movie
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
The Woman King

The Woman King

2022

7.7

Movie
poster

Third Watch

1999

7.9

TV
poster

Threshold

2005

7.0

TV
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

2011

6.9

Movie
Traffic

Traffic

2000

7.1

Movie
poster

Traveler

2007

6.8

TV
Troop Zero

Troop Zero

2019

7.0

Movie
Trust

Trust

2010

6.6

Movie
Two Butterflies

Two Butterflies

0.0

Movie
poster

United States of Tara

2009

7.1

TV
poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

4.4

TV
poster

Waller

0.0

TV
poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.0

TV
Widows

Widows

2018

6.5

Movie
poster

Without a Trace

2002

7.3

TV
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012

6.1

Movie
World Trade Center

World Trade Center

2006

6.1

Movie