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.
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
    Birthday
    8/11/1965
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6.022
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6.095
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6.49
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A Touch of Sugar
0
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7.717
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7.5
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0
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6.905
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8.203
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5.875
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6.875
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August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
0
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6.947
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6.5
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6.673
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7.458
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
6
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6.3
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8.5
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5.89
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6.915
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6.878
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The Pentagon Wars
6.977
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
6.735
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Nights in Rodanthe
6.264
Doubt
Doubt
7.19
Knight and Day
Knight and Day
6.197
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
6.593
Amy & Isabelle
Amy & Isabelle
9
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures
6.012
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
6.165
Get on Up
Get on Up
6.76
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
7
Blackhat
Blackhat
5.471
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
6.979
Far from Heaven
Far from Heaven
7.032
Trust
Trust
6.564
The Shrink Is In
The Shrink Is In
5.083
Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad
5.91
Air
Air
7.369
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
7.307
Doubt: Stage to Screen
Doubt: Stage to Screen
7
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
6.8
Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love
6.234
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Prisoners
8.095
The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad
7.551
Madea Goes to Jail
Madea Goes to Jail
6.6
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil
6.9
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
6.704
Beyond All Boundaries
Beyond All Boundaries
6.7
Grace & Glorie
Grace & Glorie
7
Disturbia
Disturbia
6.688
Antwone Fisher
Antwone Fisher
6.88
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6
The Substance of Fire
The Substance of Fire
6.3
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Jesse Stone: Sea Change
6.988
Out of Sight
Out of Sight
6.673
Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn
6.544
State of Play
State of Play
6.79
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World Trade Center
6.136
Law Abiding Citizen
Law Abiding Citizen
7.373
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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
6.091
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Kate & Leopold
6.325
Traffic
Traffic
7.051
Syriana
Syriana
6.418
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
0
On Broadway
On Broadway
8.667
Black Adam
Black Adam
6.995
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Ocean's Eleven
7.432
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