Viola Davis
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Children of Blood and Bone
2027
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
G20
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
2025
Creature Commandos
2024
Hollywood Black
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024
Hot Ones Versus
2024
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
Air
2023
Food 2050
2022
Black Adam
2022
The Woman King
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022
The First Lady
2022
Peacemaker
2022
The Unforgivable
2021
The Suicide Squad
2021
C ce soir, le débat
2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
Dear...
2020
Celebrity IOU
2020
Giving Voice
2020
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
On Broadway
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Operation Othello
2019
A Touch of Sugar
2019
Troop Zero
2019
Widows
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
Fences
2016
Suicide Squad
2016
Custody
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Lila & Eve
2015
Hot Ones
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
Blackhat
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Get On Up
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Ender's Game
2013
Prisoners
2013
Love, Marilyn
2013
Beautiful Creatures
2013
Sofia the First
2013
Won't Back Down
2012
Scandal
2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
The Help
2011
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
Trust
2010
Eat Pray Love
2010
Knight and Day
2010
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
State of Play
2009
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
United States of Tara
2009
Doubt
2008
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
The Andromeda Strain
2008
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007
Traveler
2007
Disturbia
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Architect
2006
Brothers and Sisters
2006