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Viola Davis
Highest Rated: 100% Giving Voice (2020)
Lowest Rated: 11% The Architect (2006)
Birthday: Aug 11, 1965
Birthplace: Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Viola Davis' powerful and emotional performances in such plays as "Intimate Apparel" and "King Hedley II" made her a formidable presence on the American theater scene in the late 1990s and 2000s. Her profile in film and on television was somewhat lower at the time, though she worked steadily in supporting parts for directors ranging from Steven Soderbergh with "Out of Sight" (1998) and "Solaris" (2002) and Oliver Stone with "World Trade Center (2006), as well as in countless television series. Her turn as the morally ambiguous mother of a sexually abused student in "Doubt" (2008) gained near-universal acclaim from critics, as did her turn as a strong-willed Civil Rights-era maid in the smash hit "The Help" (2011). Her mainstream breakthrough came as Dr. Annalise Keating in the Shonda Rhimes-produced hit series "How To Get Away With Murder" (ABC 2014- ), for which she became the first African-American actress to win the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy. She then went on to major box office success as one of the stars of the DC Comics anti-hero spectacular "Suicide Squad" (2016), and won the Academy award for Best actress for her starring role in Denzel Washington's August Wilson adaptation "Fences" (2016). With each new role Davis demonstrated an impressive range that assured her considerable talent would be given the opportunity to shine for years to come.
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Viola Davis
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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71% |
|
Kung Fu Panda 4 | Chameleon (Voice) | $193.5M | 2024 |
64% |
|
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Dr. Volumnia Gaul (Character) | $166.3M | 2023 |
82% |
|
Silver Dollar Road | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
93% |
|
Air | Deloris Jordan (Character) | $52.4M | 2023 |
39% |
|
Black Adam | Amanda Waller (Character) | $168.1M | 2022 |
94% |
|
The Woman King |
Nanisca (Character), Producer |
$67.1M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event | Self | - | 2022 |
39% |
|
The Unforgivable | Liz Ingram (Character) | - | 2021 |
90% |
|
The Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller (Character) | $55.8M | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meryl Streep: The Winner Takes it All | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
100% |
|
Giving Voice |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2020 |
97% |
|
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey (Character) | - | 2020 |
76% |
|
On Broadway | Self | $82.3K | 2019 |
69% |
|
Troop Zero |
Miss Rayleen (Character), Producer |
- | 2019 |
80% | No Score Yet | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' | Florida Evans (Character) | - | 2019 |
100% |
|
Emanuel | Producer | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Touch of Sugar | Narrator | - | 2019 |
91% |
|
Widows | Veronica (Character) | $42.4M | 2018 |
60% |
|
Custody |
Martha Schulman (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2016 |
92% |
|
Fences | Rose Maxson (Character) | $57.6M | 2016 |
26% |
|
Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller (Character) | - | 2016 |
40% |
|
Lila & Eve |
Lila Walcott (Character), Executive Producer |
$37.9K | 2015 |
33% |
|
Blackhat | Carol Barrett (Character) | $7.8M | 2015 |
81% |
|
Get On Up | Susie Brown (Character) | $30.5M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | Professor Lillian Friedman (Character) | $585.6K | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Professor Lillian Friedman (Character) | - | 2013 |
65% |
|
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby | Professor Lillian Friedman (Character) | $511.7K | 2013 |
63% |
|
Ender's Game | Maj. Gwen Anderson (Character) | $61.7M | 2013 |
81% |
|
Prisoners | Nancy Birch (Character) | $61.0M | 2013 |
48% |
|
Beautiful Creatures | Amma (Character) | $19.4M | 2013 |
35% |
|
Won't Back Down | Nona Alberts (Character) | $5.2M | 2012 |
45% |
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Abby Black (Character) | $31.8M | 2011 |
76% |
|
The Help | Aibileen (Character) | $169.7M | 2011 |
79% |
|
Trust | Gail Friedman (Character) | $58.2K | 2010 |
58% |
|
It's Kind of a Funny Story | Dr. Eden Minerva (Character) | $6.4M | 2010 |
35% |
|
Eat Pray Love | Delia Shiraz (Character) | $80.6M | 2010 |
52% |
|
Knight and Day | Director George (Character) | $76.4M | 2010 |
26% |
|
Law Abiding Citizen | Mayor (Character) | $73.3M | 2009 |
84% |
|
State of Play | Dr. Judith Franklin (Character) | $37.0M | 2009 |
29% |
|
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail | Ellen (Character) | $90.5M | 2009 |
79% |
|
Doubt | Mrs. Miller (Character) | $33.4M | 2008 |
30% |
|
Nights in Rodanthe | Jean (Character) | $41.8M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Molly Crane (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life Is Not a Fairy Tale | Diane Barrino (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Molly Crane (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesse Stone: Night Passage | Molly Crane (Character) | - | 2006 |
11% |
|
The Architect | Tonya Neeley (Character) | $12.6K | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Stone Cold | Molly Crane (Character) | - | 2005 |
17% |
|
Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Grandma (Character) | $31.0M | 2005 |
78% |
|
Antwone Fisher | Eva (Character) | $21.1M | 2002 |
66% |
|
Solaris | Gordon (Character) | $15.0M | 2002 |
87% |
|
Far From Heaven | Sybil (Character) | $15.9M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Amy and Isabelle | Dottie (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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The Shrink Is In | Robin (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Pentagon Wars | Sgt. Fanning (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grace & Glorie | Rosemary Allbright (Character) | - | 1998 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2016 2018 2021-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2014-2020 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2015 2017 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Ones | Guest | 2022 |
41% | 56% | The First Lady |
Michelle Obama (Character), Executive Producer |
2022 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2014-2015 2017-2018 2020 2022 |
100% | 85% | Dear... | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 60 Minutes |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 20/20 | Executive Producer | 2020 |
88% | 85% | How to Get Away With Murder | Professor Annalise Keating (Character) | 2014-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity IOU | Self | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In a Man's World | Executive Producer | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 75% | The Last Defense | Executive Producer | 2018 |
93% | 72% | Scandal | Annalise Keating (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2012-2013 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 96% | Sofia the First | Helen Hanshaw (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2011 |
85% | 86% | United States of Tara | Lynda P. Frazier (Guest Star) | 2010 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Donna Emmett (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 2008 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Ellen Snyder (Guest Star) | 2008 |
44% | No Score Yet | Traveler | Agent Jan Marlow (Character) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
44% | No Score Yet | Threshold | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Century City | Hannah Crane (Character) | 2004-2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Attorney Campbell (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 83% | The Guardian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
20% | No Score Yet | City of Angels | Nurse Lynette Peeler (Character) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Shorts: Poof! and a Voice to Be Reckoned With | Unknown (Character) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Woman (Guest Star) | 1996 |