Viola Davis
Known for: Acting
Born: August 11, 1965
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 sta…
Known for
Operation Othello
2019
Two Butterflies
Won't Back Down
2012
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022
I Almost Forgot About You
Lila & Eve
2015
G20
2025
Miss Apprehension and Squirt
1998
Custody
2016
Small Great Things
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Widows
2018
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
A Touch of Sugar
2019
The Woman King
2022
Ally Clark
House of Games
Food 2050
2022
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
The Help
2011
The Architect
2006
Giving Voice
2020
Fences
2016
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
Troop Zero
2019
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
The Unforgivable
2021
Solaris
2002
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
2006
The Pentagon Wars
1998
Prisoners
2013
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009
Stone Cold
2005
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
Doubt
2008
Knight and Day
2010
Ender's Game
2013
Amy & Isabelle
2001
Beautiful Creatures
2013
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
Blackhat
2015
Get On Up
2014
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
Far from Heaven
2002
Trust
2010
The Shrink Is In
2001
Air
2023
Suicide Squad
2016
Antwone Fisher
2002
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
2025
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
Eat Pray Love
2010
The Suicide Squad
2021
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Grace & Glorie
1998
Dark Girls
2011
Disturbia
2007
The Substance of Fire
1996
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
Out of Sight
1998
State of Play
2009
Love, Marilyn
2013
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
Kate & Leopold
2001
Traffic
2000
Syriana
2005
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
On Broadway
2019
Black Adam
2022
Ocean's Eleven
2001
World Trade Center
2006
Third Watch
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Threshold
2005
The Division
2001
Providence
1999
Judging Amy
1999
Traveler
2007
Without a Trace
2002
NYPD Blue
1993
The Practice
1997
60 Minutes
1968
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Century City
2004
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
United States of Tara
2009
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
City of Angels
2000
The Andromeda Strain
2008
Live from E!
2002
The Oscars
1953
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
C ce soir, le débat
2021
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Peacemaker
2022
Dear...
2020
The View
1997
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Scandal
2012
Hot Ones
2015
Hack
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Celebrity IOU
2020
The First Lady
2022
The Graham Norton Show
2007
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Creature Commandos
2024
Sofia the First
2013
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Hot Ones Versus
2024
The Grammys
1959
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Guardian
2001
The Simpsons
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
Tony Awards
1956
Hollywood Black
2024