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Viola Davis

Viola Davis

As actor

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…

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🎬 Prisoners Nancy Birch 🎬 Kung Fu Panda 4 The Chameleon (voice) 🎬 The Suicide Squad ★ 3.0 · Amanda Waller 🎬 The Help Aibileen Clark 🎬 Law Abiding Citizen Mayor April Henry 🎬 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Dr. Volumnia Gaul 🎬 Eat Pray Love Delia Shiraz 🎬 Knight and Day CIA Director Isabel George 🎬 The Woman King Nanisca 🎬 Blackhat Carol Barrett 🎬 Suicide Squad Amanda Waller 🎬 Ender's Game Major Gwen Anderson 🎬 The Unforgivable Liz Ingram 🎬 Ligações Perigosas Dr. Judith Franklin 🎬 Disturbia ★ 4.0 · Detective Parker 🎬 Get Rich or Die Tryin' Grandma 🎬 It's Kind of a Funny Story Eden Minerva 🎬 Out of Sight Moselle 🎬 Far from Heaven Sybil 🎬 G20 President Danielle Sutton 🎬 Nights in Rodanthe Jean 🎬 Trust Gail Friedman 🎬 Solaris Gordon 🎬 Widows Veronica Rawlings 🎬 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Abby Black 🎬 The Pentagon Wars Sgt. Fanning 🎬 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ma Rainey 🎬 Madea Goes to Jail Ellen 🎬 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Professor Lillian Friedman 🎬 Jesse Stone: Sea Change Molly Crane 🎬 Jesse Stone: Night Passage Officer Molly Crane 🎬 Get On Up Susie Brown 🎬 Antwone Fisher Eva May 🎬 Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Molly Crane 🎬 Troop Zero Miss Rayleen 🎬 Custody Martha Schulman 🎬 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him Professor Lillian Friedman 🎬 Children of Blood and Bone Mama Agba 🎬 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her Professor Lillian Friedman 🎬 Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul) 🎬 The Substance of Fire Nurse 🎬 Stone Cold Molly Crane 🎬 The Shrink Is In Robin 🎬 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" Florida Evans 🎬 Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story Diane Barrino 🎬 Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry Self 🎬 W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause Narrator (voice) 🎬 Grace & Glorie Rosemary Allbright 🎬 August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand Self 🎬 The Architect Tonya Neely 🎬 🎬 The Personal History of Rachel DuPree Rachel Dupree 🎬 Giving Voice Self 🎬 Doubt: Stage to Screen Self

🎭 Filmography — as actor/actress

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📺 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Series · 2009 📺 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Series · 1999 📺 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Series · 2014 📺 The Simpsons Series · 1989 📺 Late Night with Seth Meyers Series · 2014 📺 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series · 2015 📺 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Series · 2000 📺 The Kelly Clarkson Show Series · 2019 📺 The View Series · 1997 📺 The Graham Norton Show Series · 2007 📺 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Series · 2001 📺 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series · 2003 📺 The Jennifer Hudson Show Series · 2022 📺 Without a Trace Series · 2002 📺 NYPD Blue Series · 1993 📺 CBS News Sunday Morning Series · 1979 📺 Scandal Series · 2012 📺 Golden Globe Awards Series · 1944 📺 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Series · 1992 📺 Hot Ones Series · 2015 📺 The Practice Series · 1997 📺 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Series · 2003 📺 Third Watch Series · 1999 📺 60 Minutes Series · 1968