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Viola Davis

Acting

2.0 Popularity Aug 11, 1965 (59 years old) St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA

Viola Davis (/vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked her nint...

Biography

Viola Davis (/vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century (2020). Davis received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2025.

A graduate of Juilliard, Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions. She made her Broadway debut in the August Wilson play Seven Guitars (1996) for which she earned her first Tony nomination. She would later win two Tony Awards, both for Wilson plays. Her first win was for Best Featured Actress in a Play playing the titular character Tonya, a woman grappling with trauma and loss in King Hedley II (2001), followed by her second win for Best Actress in a Play playing Rose Maxson, a working class mother in Fences (2010).

She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for reprising her role in the 2016 film adaptation of Fences. She was Oscar-nominated for playing a complex mother in Doubt (2008), a 1960s housemaid in The Help (2011) and Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). On television, she became the first black actress to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). Davis joined the DCEU playing Amanda Waller starting with Suicide Squad (2016). She has also starred in the crime drama Widows(2018), and historical action film The Woman King (2022).

Davis and her husband are founders of the production company JuVee Productions, and she is also widely recognized for her advocacy and support for human rights and women of color. She became a L'Oréal Paris ambassador in 2019. The audiobook narration of her 2022 memoir Finding Me won her the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording.

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Filmography 153

2027
Children of Blood and Bone Movie

as Mama Agba

2025
G20 Movie

as President Danielle Sutton

2025
G20 Movie

Producer

2025
Number One on the Call Sheet TV

Executive Producer

2024
Creature Commandos TV

as Amanda Waller (voice)

2024
Kung Fu Panda 4 Movie

as The Chameleon (voice)

2024
2023
Silver Dollar Road Movie

Executive Producer

2023
Air Movie

as Deloris Jordan

2022
Black Adam Movie

as Amanda Waller (uncredited)

2022
The Woman King Movie

as Nanisca

2022
The Woman King Movie

Producer

2022
The First Lady TV

as Michelle Obama

2022
The First Lady TV

Executive Producer

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Female
Birthday August 11, 1965 (59 years old)
Place of Birth St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As 바이올라 데이비스, ვიოლა დევისი, Вайола Дейвіс and 1 more
Years Active 1944 - 2027
Popularity 2.0
Career Stats
153 Total Credits
80 Movie Roles
56 TV Roles
9 Photos