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:
- 81
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Suicide Squad 2021-08-04
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Small Great Things | 2021 | |
| Movie | Unforgiven | 2021 | |
| Movie | The Fighting Shirley Chisholm | Shirley Chisholm | 2021 |
| Movie | The Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller | 2021-08-04 |
| Movie | The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Rachel Dupree | 2021 |
| Movie | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | 2021 | |
| Movie | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | Florida Evans | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | Troop Zero | Miss Rayleen | 2019-02-01 |
| Movie | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Herself (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
| Movie | Widows | Veronica | 2018-11-06 |
| Movie | Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller | 2016-08-03 |
| Movie | Fences | Rose Maxson | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Custody | Martha Schulman | 2016-04-17 |
| Movie | DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | Herself | 2016-01-19 |
| Movie | Blackhat | Carol Barrett | 2015-01-13 |
| Movie | Lila & Eve | Lila | 2015-07-31 |
| Movie | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | 2015-02-20 | |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Herself | 2015-08-02 |
| 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 |
| Series | How to Get Away with Murder | Annalise Keating | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | Get on Up | Susie Brown | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-05-14 |
| Movie | Beautiful Creatures | Amma Treadeau | 2013-02-13 |
| Movie | Ender's Game | Major Gwen Anderson | 2013-10-23 |
| Movie | Prisoners | Nancy Birch | 2013-09-18 |
| Movie | Won't Back Down | Nona Alberts | 2012-09-28 |
| Movie | Love, Marilyn | Herself | 2012-09-12 |
| 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 | 2011-12-24 |
| Movie | Trust | Gail Friedman | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Knight and Day | CIA Director Isabel George | 2010-06-15 |
| Movie | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Dr. Eden Minerva | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | Eat Pray Love | Delia Shiraz | 2010-08-12 |
| Series | United States of Tara | Unknown | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Mayor April Henry | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | Beyond All Boundaries | Hortense Johnson | 2009-11-09 |
| Movie | State of Play | Dr. Judith Franklin | 2009-04-17 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Ellen | 2009-02-16 |
| Series | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charlene Barton | 2008-05-26 |
| Movie | Doubt | Mrs. Miller | 2008-11-27 |
| Movie | Nights in Rodanthe | Jean | 2008-09-26 |
| Movie | Disturbia | Detective Parker | 2007-04-12 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Molly Crane | 2007-05-22 |
| Series | Traveler | Agent Jan Marlow | 2007-05-10 |
| Series | Brothers and Sisters | Ellen Snyder | 2006-09-24 |
| Movie | World Trade Center | Mother in Hospital with Donna | 2006-08-09 |
| Movie | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Tonya (segment "King Hedley II") | 2006-05-02 |
| Movie | The Architect | Tonya Neely | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Night Passage | Molly Crane | 2006-01-15 |
| Movie | Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story | Diane Barrino | 2006-08-19 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Molly Crane | 2006-04-30 |
| Series | Threshold | Unknown | 2005-09-16 |
| Movie | Syriana | CIA Chairwoman | 2005-11-23 |
| Movie | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Grandma | 2005-11-09 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Molly Crane | 2005-02-20 |
| Series | Century City | 2004-03-16 | |
| Movie | Antwone Fisher | Eva May | 2002-12-19 |
| Movie | Solaris | Gordon | 2002-11-27 |
| Series | Without a Trace | Unknown | 2002-09-26 |
| Movie | Far from Heaven | Sybil | 2002-09-02 |
| Series | E! Live from the Red Carpet | Herself | 2002-01-13 |
| Series | The Division | Unknown | 2001-01-07 |
| Movie | Amy & Isabelle | Dottie | 2001-03-04 |
| Movie | The Shrink Is In | Robin | 2001-08-01 |
| Movie | Kate & Leopold | Policewoman | 2001-12-25 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Series | City of Angels | Lynnette Peeler | 2000-01-16 |
| Movie | Traffic | Social Worker | 2000-03-23 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Series | Providence | Unknown | 1999-01-08 |
| Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | Judging Amy | Unknown | 1999-09-19 |
| Movie | Out of Sight | Moselle | 1998-06-26 |
| Movie | The Pentagon Wars | Platoon Sgt. Fanning | 1998-02-28 |
| Series | The View | Herself | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Movie | The Substance of Fire | Nurse | 1996-09-11 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |