Viola Davis
Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965 height 5' 5" (1,65 m)) 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:
- 86
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 2023-11-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Rachel Dupree | 2024 |
| 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 | Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event | Self | 2022-04-22 |
| Movie | Black Adam | Amanda Waller (uncredited) | 2022-10-19 |
| 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 | On Broadway | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-20 |
| Movie | Giving Voice | Self | 2020-01-26 |
| Movie | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen | Self | 2020-12-18 |
| Movie | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | 2020-11-25 |
| Movie | Troop Zero | Miss Rayleen | 2019-02-01 |
| Movie | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
| Movie | Widows | Veronica Rawlings | 2018-11-06 |
| Movie | DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | Herself | 2016-01-19 |
| Movie | Fences | Rose Maxson | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller | 2016-08-03 |
| Movie | Blackhat | Carol Barrett | 2015-01-13 |
| Movie | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | 2015-02-20 | |
| Movie | Lila & Eve | Lila Walcott | 2015-07-31 |
| Movie | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-10-10 |
| 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: Her | Professor Lillian Friedman | 2014-10-10 |
| Movie | Beautiful Creatures | Amma Treadeau | 2013-02-13 |
| Movie | Prisoners | Nancy Birch | 2013-09-18 |
| Movie | Ender's Game | Major Gwen Anderson | 2013-10-24 |
| Movie | Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013-05-30 |
| Movie | Won't Back Down | Nona Alberts | 2012-09-28 |
| Movie | Touch of Evil | The Vengeful Caretaker | 2011-12-06 |
| Movie | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Abby Black | 2011-12-25 |
| Movie | The Help | Aibileen Clark | 2011-08-09 |
| Movie | Knight and Day | CIA Director Isabel George | 2010-06-15 |
| Movie | Trust | Gail Friedman | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Eat Pray Love | Delia Shiraz | 2010-08-12 |
| Movie | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Dr. Eden Minerva | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Ellen | 2009-02-16 |
| Series | United States of Tara | Unknown | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | Beyond All Boundaries | Hortense Johnson | 2009-11-09 |
| Movie | State of Play | Dr. Judith Franklin | 2009-04-17 |
| Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Mayor April Henry | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | Doubt | Mrs. Miller | 2008-02-27 |
| Series | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charlene Barton | 2008-05-26 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Molly Crane | 2006-01-15 |
| Movie | World Trade Center | Mother in Hospital with Donna | 2006-08-09 |
| Series | Brothers and Sisters | Ellen Snyder | 2006-09-24 |
| Movie | The Architect | Tonya Neely | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story | Diane Barrino | 2006-08-19 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Molly Crane | 2005-02-20 |
| Series | Threshold | Unknown | 2005-09-16 |
| Movie | Syriana | CIA Chairwoman | 2005-11-23 |
| Movie | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Grandma | 2005-11-09 |
| Series | Century City | 2004-03-16 | |
| Series | E! Live from the Red Carpet | Herself | 2002-01-13 |
| Movie | Far from Heaven | Sybil | 2002-09-02 |
| Series | Without a Trace | Unknown | 2002-09-26 |
| Movie | Solaris | Gordon | 2002-11-27 |
| Movie | Antwone Fisher | Eva May | 2002-12-19 |
| Series | The Division | Unknown | 2001-01-07 |
| Movie | The Shrink Is In | Robin | 2001-08-01 |
| Movie | Amy & Isabelle | Dottie | 2001-03-04 |
| Movie | Ocean's Eleven | Parole Board Interrogator (uncredited) | 2001-12-07 |
| 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 | The Pentagon Wars | Platoon Sgt. Fanning | 1998-02-28 |
| Movie | Grace & Glorie | Rosemary Allbright | 1998-12-13 |
| Movie | Out of Sight | Moselle | 1998-06-26 |
| 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 |