Viola Davis
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1965-08-11 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Also known As
바이올라 데이비스
ვიოლა დევისი
Вайола Дейвіс
وایولا دیویس
Viola Davis
Biography
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 which she earned her first Tony nomination. She would l...
Acting
2009
as Self
2002
as Gordon
-
as Narrator
2005
as Grandma
2006
as Mother in Hospital
2002
as Sybil
2006
as Molly Crane
2009
as Mayor April Henry
2005
as Molly Crane
2006
as Officer Molly Crane
2007
as Detective Parker
1998
as Sgt. Fanning
2008
as Jean
2008
as Mrs. Miller
2009
as Ellen
2010
as CIA Director Isabel George
2010
as Delia Shiraz
2010
as Gail Friedman
2009
as Dr. Judith Franklin
2001
as Robin
2013
as Major Gwen Anderson
2011
as Aibileen Clark
2012
as Nona Alberts
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2013
as Self
2001
as Dottie
2013
as Amma Treadeau
2013
as Nancy Birch
2022
2014
as Professor Lillian Friedman
-
as Dr. Georgia Young
2015
as Carol Barrett
1996
as Nurse
2014
as Susie Brown
2023
as Deloris Jordan
2014
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2011
as Abby Black
2014
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2022
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
2023
as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
2024
as The Chameleon (voice)
2016
as Amanda Waller
2015
as Lila Walcott
2025
as President Danielle Sutton
2006
as Tonya Neely
2024
as Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
2010
as Dr. Eden Minerva
1998
as Sharon Hughes
2001
as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
2020
as Self
2011
as The Vengeful Caretaker
2007
as Molly Crane
2016
as Martha Schulman
2016
as Rose Maxson
2001
as Policewoman
2015
1998
as Moselle
2002
as Eva May
2000
as Social Worker
-
as Rachel Dupree
2005
as CIA Chairwoman
2018
as Veronica Rawlings
2019
as Miss Rayleen
2009
as Hortense Johnson
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
2021
as Amanda Waller
2006
as Diane Barrino
2020
as Ma Rainey
2021
as Liz Ingram
2019
2019
as Narrator
2022
as Nanisca
1998
as Rosemary Allbright
2027
as Mama Agba
2025
-
as Ally Clark
Production
2023
as Executive Producer
2025
as Producer
-
as Executive Producer
2017
as Executive Producer
2019
as Producer
2019
as Executive Producer
2022
as Producer
-
as Producer
-
as Producer
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