Viola Davis
Biografía
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Viola Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmografía
Children of Blood and Bone
Mama Agba (2027)
G20
President Danielle Sutton (2025)
Número uno en los créditos
Self (2025)
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
Narration (2025)
Comando Monster
Amanda Waller (voice) (2024)
Kung Fu Panda 4
The Chameleon (voice) (2024)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul) (2024)
Hot Ones Versus
Self (2024)
Los Juegos del Hambre: Balada de pájaros cantores y serpientes
Dr. Volumnia Gaul (2023)
Air
Deloris Jordan (2023)
Food 2050
Self - Narrator (voice) (2022)
Black Adam
Amanda Waller (uncredited) (2022)
La mujer rey
Nanisca (2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self (2022)
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
Self (2022)
The First Lady
Michelle Obama (2022)
El Pacificador
Amanda Waller (uncredited) (2022)
Imperdonable
Liz Ingram (2021)
El escuadrón suicida
Amanda Waller (2021)
C ce soir, le débat
Self - Guest (2021)
La madre del blues
Ma Rainey (2020)
Carta a...
Self (2020)
Los gemelos reforman dos veces: Edición Celebrity
Self (2020)
Giving Voice: Voces afroamericanas en Broadway
Self (2020)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Florida Evans (2019)
On Broadway
Self (archive footage) (2019)
El programa de Kelly Clarkson
Self (2019)
A Touch of Sugar
Narrator (2019)
Troop Zero
Miss Rayleen (2019)
Viudas
Veronica Rawlings (2018)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage) (2018)
Fences
Rose Maxson (2016)
Escuadrón suicida
Amanda Waller (2016)
Custodia
Martha Schulman (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest (2015)
Ángel de venganza
Lila Walcott (2015)
Hot Ones
Self (2015)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self (2015)
Blackhat: Amenaza en la red
Carol Barrett (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self (2014)
La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby: Él
Professor Lillian Friedman (2014)
La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby: Ella
Professor Lillian Friedman (2014)
Cómo defender a un asesino
Annalise Keating (2014)
I Feel Good: La historia de James Brown
Susie Brown (2014)
La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby
Professor Lillian Friedman (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest (2014)
El juego de Ender
Major Gwen Anderson (2013)
Prisioneros
Nancy Birch (2013)
Love, Marilyn
Self (2013)
Hermosas criaturas
Amma Treadeau (2013)
La princesa Sofía
Helen Hanshaw (voice) (2013)
No nos moverán
Nona Alberts (2012)
Scandal
Annalise Keating (2012)
Tan fuerte, tan cerca
Abby Black (2011)
Criadas y Señoras
Aibileen Clark (2011)
Una historia casi divertida
Dr. Eden Minerva (2010)
Puedes confiar en mí
Gail Friedman (2010)
Come, reza, ama
Delia Shiraz (2010)
Noche y día
CIA Director Isabel George (2010)
Beyond All Boundaries
Hortense Johnson (2009)
Un ciudadano ejemplar
Mayor April Henry (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest (2009)
La sombra del poder
Dr. Judith Franklin (2009)
Doubt: Stage to Screen
Self (2009)
Madea Goes to Jail
Ellen (2009)
United States of Tara
(2009)
La Duda
Mrs. Miller (2008)
Noches de tormenta
Jean (2008)
La amenaza de Andrómeda
Dr. Charlene Barton (2008)
Campo de regatas
Molly Crane (2007)
Disturbia
Detective Parker (2007)
The Graham Norton Show
Self (2007)
The Architect
Tonya Neely (2006)
Cinco hermanos
Ellen Snyder (2006)
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Diane Barrino (2006)
World Trade Center
Mother in Hospital (2006)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Tonya (segment "King Hedley II") (2006)
Destino Paraiso
Molly Crane (2006)
The Contract
(2006)
Desenmascarados
Officer Molly Crane (2006)
Rico o muerto
Grandma (2005)
Jesse Stone: Crímenes en Paraíso
Molly Crane (2005)
The Soup
CIA Chairwoman (2004)
Century City
(2004)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest (2003)
Antwone Fisher
Eva May (2002)
Lejos del cielo
Sybil (2002)
Hack
Stevie Morgan (2002)
Sin rastro
Audrey Williams (2002)
Life with Bonnie
Gordon (2002)
Live from E!
Self (2002)
Kate & Leopold
Policewoman (2001)
Ocean's Eleven. Hagan juego
Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited) (2001)
Ley y orden: Acción criminal
Terry Randolph (2001)
La pianista
Suzanna Clemons' Attorney (2001)
Un amor loco de atar
Robin (2001)
Amy e Isabelle
Dottie (2001)
The Division
Dr. Georgia Davis (2001)
CSI: Las Vegas
Attorney Campbell (2000)
Turno de guardia
Margo Rodriguez (1999)
Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
Donna Emmett (1999)
La juez Amy
Celeste (1999)
Máximo rival
Lynnette Peeler (1999)
Providence
Dr. Eleanor Weiss (1999)
Grace & Glorie
Rosemary Allbright (1998)
Un romance muy peligroso
Moselle (1998)
Juguetes de Guerra
Sgt. Fanning (1998)
Miss Apprehension and Squirt
Sharon Hughes (1998)
The View
Self (1997)
El abogado
Aisha Crenshaw (1997)
La esencia del fuego
Nurse (1996)
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self (1995)
Nell
Agent Jan Marlow (1994)
Policías de Nueva York
Woman (1993)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest (1992)
Los Simpson
Narrator (voice) (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Social Worker (1988)
Jungla de cristal
Self (1988)
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self (1979)
60 Minutes
Self (1968)
Los premios Grammy
Self (1959)
The Oscars
Self (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rosemary Allbright (1951)
Premios Globo de Oro
Self - Nominee (1944)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Small Great Things
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Rachel Dupree
I Almost Forgot About You
Dr. Georgia Young
Two Butterflies
Ally Clark
Ally Clark
Operation Othello
Narrator
House of Games