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  • BIRTH 11/08/1965
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 32
  • MOVIES 57
  • PRODUCTION 3

Viola Davis

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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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Viola Davis

Shows (32)

Creature Commandos
Creature Commandos
Amanda Waller (voice)
How to Get Away with Murder
How to Get Away with Murder
Annalise Keating
Peacemaker
Peacemaker
Amanda Waller (uncredited)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Donna Emmett
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Attorney Campbell
Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Audrey Williams
Third Watch
Third Watch
Margo Rodriguez
Brothers & Sisters
Brothers & Sisters
Ellen Snyder
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sergeant Terry Randolph
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
Woman
The View
The View
Self / Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The First Lady (2022)
The First Lady (2022)
Michelle Obama
Celebrity IOU
Celebrity IOU
Self
Traveler
Traveler
Agent Jan Marlow
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Hot Ones
Hot Ones
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self / Self - Guest
Judging Amy
Judging Amy
Celeste
Providence
Providence
Dr. Eleanor Weiss
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self / Self - Guest
Dear...
Dear...
Self
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Charlene Barton
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
Hack
Hack
Stevie Morgan
City of Angels
City of Angels
Lynnette Peeler
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Rosemary Allbright
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Variety: Actors on Actors
Variety: Actors on Actors
Self
60 Minutes
60 Minutes
Self

Movies (57)

Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda 4
The Chameleon (voice)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds &…
Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Knight and Day
Knight and Day
CIA Director Isabel George
Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad
Amanda Waller
The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad
Amanda Waller
The Help
The Help
Aibileen Clark
Prisoners
Prisoners
Nancy Birch
Doubt
Doubt
Mrs. Miller
Air
Air
Deloris Jordan
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Grandma
The Woman King
The Woman King
Nanisca
Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love
Delia Shiraz
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
Major Gwen Anderson
Law Abiding Citizen
Law Abiding Citizen
Mayor April Henry
Out of Sight
Out of Sight
Moselle
Disturbia
Disturbia
Detective Parker
The Unforgivable
The Unforgivable
Liz Ingram
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures
Amma Treadeau
G20
G20
Danielle Sutton
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Abby Black
State of Play
State of Play
Dr. Judith Franklin
Widows
Widows
Veronica Rawlings
World Trade Center
World Trade Center
Mother in Hospital with Donna
Solaris
Solaris
Gordon
Antwone Fisher
Antwone Fisher
Eva May
Blackhat
Blackhat
Carol Barrett
Kate & Leopold
Kate & Leopold
Policewoman
Fences
Fences
Rose Maxson
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Dr. Eden Minerva
Troop Zero
Troop Zero
Miss Rayleen
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey
Nights in Rodanthe
Nights in Rodanthe
Jean
Far from Heaven
Far from Heaven
Sybil
Trust
Trust
Gail Friedman
Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn
Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Professor Lillian Friedman
Get on Up
Get on Up
Susie Brown
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Professor Lillian Friedman
Won't Back Down
Won't Back Down
Nona Alberts
Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Blood and Bone
Mama Agba
The Pentagon Wars
The Pentagon Wars
Sgt. Fanning
The Architect
The Architect
Tonya Neely
Giving Voice
Giving Voice
Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Professor Lillian Friedman
Lila & Eve
Lila & Eve
Lila Walcott
Stone Cold
Stone Cold
Molly Crane
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Rachel Dupree
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein…
Self (archive footage)
The Shrink Is In
The Shrink Is In
Robin
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Officer Molly Crane
Madea Goes to Jail
Madea Goes to Jail
Ellen
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Molly Crane
The Substance of Fire
The Substance of Fire
Nurse
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in…
Florida Evans
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Molly Crane
Custody
Custody
Martha Schulman

Production (3)

The Woman King
The Woman King
G20
G20
Troop Zero
Troop Zero