People
Viola Davis
Biography:
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Witches as (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-09 |
Kung Fu Panda 4 as The Chameleon (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul) | 2024-02-13 |
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Dr. Volumnia Gaul | 2023-11-15 |
Air as Deloris Jordan | 2023-04-05 |
Black Adam as Amanda Waller (uncredited) | 2022-10-19 |
The Woman King as Nanisca | 2022-09-16 |
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event as Self | 2022-04-22 |
The Unforgivable as Liz Ingram | 2021-11-24 |
The Suicide Squad as Amanda Waller | 2021-07-28 |
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey | 2020-11-25 |
Giving Voice as Self | 2020-01-26 |
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Florida Evans | 2019-12-18 |
On Broadway as Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-12 |
A Touch of Sugar as Narrator | 2019-04-24 |
Troop Zero as Miss Rayleen | 2019-02-01 |
Widows as Veronica Rawlings | 2018-11-06 |
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
Fences as Rose Maxson | 2016-12-16 |
Suicide Squad as Amanda Waller | 2016-08-03 |
Custody as Martha Schulman | 2016-04-17 |
Lila & Eve as Lila Walcott | 2015-07-31 |
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | 2015-02-20 |
Blackhat as Carol Barrett | 2015-01-13 |
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her as Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-10-10 |
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him as Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-10-10 |
Get on Up as Susie Brown | 2014-08-01 |
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them as Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-05-14 |
Ender's Game as Major Gwen Anderson | 2013-10-24 |
Prisoners as Nancy Birch | 2013-09-19 |
Love, Marilyn as Self | 2013-05-30 |
Beautiful Creatures as Amma Treadeau | 2013-02-13 |
Won't Back Down as Nona Alberts | 2012-09-28 |
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as Abby Black | 2011-12-25 |
Touch of Evil as The Vengeful Caretaker | 2011-12-06 |
The Help as Aibileen Clark | 2011-08-09 |
It's Kind of a Funny Story as Dr. Eden Minerva | 2010-10-08 |
Trust as Gail Friedman | 2010-09-10 |
Eat Pray Love as Delia Shiraz | 2010-08-12 |
Knight and Day as CIA Director Isabel George | 2010-06-15 |
Beyond All Boundaries as Hortense Johnson | 2009-11-09 |
Law Abiding Citizen as Mayor April Henry | 2009-10-15 |
State of Play as Dr. Judith Franklin | 2009-04-17 |
Doubt: Stage to Screen as Self | 2009-04-07 |
Madea Goes to Jail as Ellen | 2009-02-16 |
Doubt as Mrs. Miller | 2008-12-12 |
Nights in Rodanthe as Jean | 2008-09-26 |
Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Molly Crane | 2007-05-22 |
Disturbia as Detective Parker | 2007-03-27 |
The Architect as Tonya Neely | 2006-12-01 |
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story as Diane Barrino | 2006-08-19 |
World Trade Center as Mother in Hospital with Donna | 2006-08-09 |
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II") | 2006-05-02 |
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise as Molly Crane | 2006-04-30 |
Jesse Stone: Night Passage as Officer Molly Crane | 2006-01-15 |
Syriana as CIA Chairwoman | 2005-11-23 |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Grandma | 2005-11-09 |
Stone Cold as Molly Crane | 2005-02-20 |
Antwone Fisher as Eva May | 2002-12-19 |
Solaris as Gordon | 2002-11-27 |
Far from Heaven as Sybil | 2002-11-08 |
Kate & Leopold as Policewoman | 2001-12-25 |
Ocean's Eleven as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited) | 2001-12-07 |
The Shrink Is In as Robin | 2001-08-01 |
Amy & Isabelle as Dottie | 2001-03-04 |
Traffic as Social Worker | 2000-12-27 |
Grace & Glorie as Rosemary Allbright | 1998-12-13 |
Out of Sight as Moselle | 1998-06-26 |
The Pentagon Wars as Sgt. Fanning | 1998-02-28 |
Miss Apprehension and Squirt as Sharon Hughes | 1998-01-01 |
The Substance of Fire as Nurse | 1996-09-11 |