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Viola Davis

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1965Born, St. Matthews
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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.…

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2026W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseNarrator (voice)Movie
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2025Number One on the Call SheetExecutive Producer · 1 episodeShow
2025The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant MortalityNarrationMovie
2024Creature CommandosAmanda Waller (voice) · 4 episodesShow
2024Kung Fu Panda 4The Chameleon (voice)Movie
2023The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & SnakesDr. Volumnia GaulMovie
2023Silver Dollar RoadExecutive ProducerMovie
2023AirDeloris JordanMovie
2022Black AdamAmanda Waller (uncredited)Movie
2022The Woman KingNanisca · ProducerMovie
2022The First LadyMichelle Obama · 10 episodes · Executive Producer · 10 episodesShow
2022PeacemakerAmanda Waller (uncredited) · 2 episodesShow
2021The UnforgivableLiz IngramMovie
2021The Suicide SquadAmanda WallerMovie
2020Ma Rainey's Black BottomMa RaineyMovie
2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Florida EvansMovie
2019EmanuelExecutive ProducerMovie
2019A Touch of SugarNarratorMovie
2019Troop ZeroMiss Rayleen · ProducerMovie
2018WidowsVeronica RawlingsMovie
2018The Last DefenseExecutive Producer · 7 episodesShow
2017Night ShiftExecutive ProducerMovie
2016FencesRose MaxsonMovie
2016Suicide SquadAmanda WallerMovie
2016CustodyMartha SchulmanMovie
2015Lila & EveLila WalcottMovie
2015BlackhatCarol BarrettMovie
2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: HerProfessor Lillian FriedmanMovie
2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: HimProfessor Lillian FriedmanMovie
2014How to Get Away with MurderAnnalise Keating · 90 episodes · Producer · 15 episodesShow
2014Get On UpSusie BrownMovie
2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: ThemProfessor Lillian FriedmanMovie
2013Ender's GameMajor Gwen AndersonMovie
2013PrisonersNancy BirchMovie
2013Beautiful CreaturesAmma TreadeauMovie
2013Sofia the FirstHelen Hanshaw (voice) · 1 episodeShow
2012Won't Back DownNona AlbertsMovie
2012ScandalAnnalise Keating · 1 episodeShow
2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseAbby BlackMovie
2010It's Kind of a Funny StoryEden MinervaMovie
2010TrustGail FriedmanMovie
2010Eat Pray LoveDelia ShirazMovie
2010Knight and DayCIA Director Isabel GeorgeMovie
2009Beyond All BoundariesHortense JohnsonMovie
2009Law Abiding CitizenMayor April HenryMovie
2009State of PlayDr. Judith FranklinMovie
2009Madea Goes to JailEllenMovie
2009United States of Tara1 episodeShow
2008DoubtMrs. MillerMovie
2008Nights in RodantheJeanMovie
2008The Andromeda StrainDr. Charlene Barton · 2 episodesShow
2007Jesse Stone: Sea ChangeMolly CraneMovie
2007TravelerAgent Jan Marlow · 8 episodesShow
2007DisturbiaDetective ParkerMovie
2006The ArchitectTonya NeelyMovie
2006Brothers and SistersEllen Snyder · 1 episodeShow
2006Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino StoryDiane BarrinoMovie
2006World Trade CenterMother in HospitalMovie
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysTonya (segment "King Hedley II")Movie
2006Jesse Stone: Death in ParadiseMolly CraneMovie
2006Jesse Stone: Night PassageOfficer Molly CraneMovie
2005SyrianaCIA ChairwomanMovie
2005Get Rich or Die Tryin'GrandmaMovie
2005Threshold1 episodeShow
2005Stone ColdMolly CraneMovie
2004Century CityHannah Crane · 9 episodesShow
2002Antwone FisherEva MayMovie
2002SolarisGordonMovie
2002Far from HeavenSybilMovie
2002HackStevie Morgan · 1 episodeShow
2001Kate & LeopoldPolicewomanMovie

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