Viola Davis
Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress. Known primarily as a stage actress, Davis won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for her role in King Hedley II (2001). She won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her role in Fences. She won a second Drama Desk Award for Intimate Apparel (2004). Her films include Traffic (2000), Antwone Fisher (2002), and Solaris (2002). Her performance in Doubt (2008) was nominated for several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Viola Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Aug 11, 1965 In Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 76
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
- Latest Project:
- Movie G20 2025-04-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Rachel Dupree | 2025 |
| Movie | G20 | Taylor Sutton | 2025-04-10 |
| Movie | Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul) | 2024-02-13 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda 4 | The Chameleon (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
| Movie | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Dr. Volumnia Gaul | 2023-11-15 |
| Series | The First Lady | Michelle Obama | 2022-04-17 |
| Movie | Black Adam | Amanda Waller (uncredited) | 2022-10-19 |
| Movie | Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event | Self | 2022-04-22 |
| Movie | The Woman King | Nanisca | 2022-09-16 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | Self | 2021-04-17 |
| Movie | The Unforgivable | Liz Ingram | 2021-11-24 |
| Movie | The Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller | 2021-07-28 |
| Movie | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen | Self | 2020-12-18 |
| Movie | Giving Voice | Self | 2020-01-26 |
| Movie | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | 2020-11-25 |
| Movie | Troop Zero | Miss Rayleen | 2019-02-01 |
| Movie | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | Florida Evans | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | On Broadway | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-12 |
| Movie | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
| Movie | Widows | Veronica Rawlings | 2018-11-06 |
| Movie | Fences | Rose Maxson | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | Herself | 2016-01-19 |
| Movie | Custody | Martha Schulman | 2016-04-17 |
| Movie | Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller | 2016-08-03 |
| Movie | Blackhat | Carol Barrett | 2015-01-13 |
| Movie | Lila & Eve | Lila Walcott | 2015-07-31 |
| Movie | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | 2015-02-20 | |
| Movie | Get on Up | Susie Brown | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-05-14 |
| Series | How to Get Away with Murder | Annalise Keating | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-10-10 |
| Movie | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-10-10 |
| Movie | Beautiful Creatures | Amma Treadeau | 2013-02-13 |
| Movie | Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013-05-30 |
| Movie | Prisoners | Nancy Birch | 2013-09-19 |
| Movie | Ender's Game | Major Gwen Anderson | 2013-10-24 |
| Movie | Won't Back Down | Nona Alberts | 2012-09-28 |
| Movie | The Help | Aibileen Clark | 2011-08-09 |
| Movie | Touch of Evil | The Vengeful Caretaker | 2011-12-06 |
| Movie | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Abby Black | 2011-12-25 |
| Movie | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Dr. Eden Minerva | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | Knight and Day | CIA Director Isabel George | 2010-06-15 |
| Movie | Eat Pray Love | Delia Shiraz | 2010-08-12 |
| Movie | Trust | Gail Friedman | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Ellen | 2009-02-16 |
| Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Mayor April Henry | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | State of Play | Dr. Judith Franklin | 2009-04-17 |
| Series | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charlene Barton | 2008-05-26 |
| Movie | Doubt | Mrs. Miller | 2008-12-12 |
| Movie | Nights in Rodanthe | Jean | 2008-09-26 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Molly Crane | 2007-05-22 |
| Movie | Disturbia | Detective Parker | 2007-03-27 |
| Series | Traveler | Agent Jan Marlow | 2007-05-10 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Molly Crane | 2006-04-30 |
| Movie | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Tonya (segment "King Hedley II") | 2006-05-02 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Night Passage | Officer Molly Crane | 2006-01-15 |
| Movie | The Architect | Tonya Neely | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | World Trade Center | Mother in Hospital with Donna | 2006-08-09 |
| Movie | Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story | Diane Barrino | 2006-08-19 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Molly Crane | 2005-02-20 |
| Movie | Syriana | CIA Chairwoman | 2005-11-23 |
| Movie | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Grandma | 2005-11-09 |
| Series | Century City | 2004-03-16 | |
| Movie | Antwone Fisher | Eva May | 2002-12-19 |
| Movie | Far from Heaven | Sybil | 2002-11-08 |
| Movie | Solaris | Gordon | 2002-11-27 |
| Movie | Amy & Isabelle | Dottie | 2001-03-04 |
| Movie | Kate & Leopold | Policewoman | 2001-12-25 |
| Movie | The Shrink Is In | Robin | 2001-08-01 |
| Movie | Ocean's Eleven | Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited) | 2001-12-07 |
| Movie | Traffic | Social Worker | 2000-12-27 |
| Movie | Miss Apprehension and Squirt | Sharon Hughes | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Out of Sight | Moselle | 1998-06-26 |
| Movie | The Pentagon Wars | Sgt. Fanning | 1998-02-28 |
| Movie | Grace & Glorie | Rosemary Allbright | 1998-12-13 |
| Movie | The Substance of Fire | Nurse | 1996-09-11 |