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Viola Davis

Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

4 / Aug / 1965 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA

Also Known As

  • 바이올라 데이비스
  • ヴィオラ・デイヴィス
  • ვიოლა დევისი
  • 薇拉·戴維絲
  • Вайола Дейвіс
  • وایولا دیویس

Viola Davis

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...

Known For

9.0
City of Angels

City of Angels

1 / Jan / 2000
8.7
On Broadway

On Broadway

7 / Oct / 2019
8.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

2 / Dec / 1951
8.3
Peacemaker

Peacemaker

5 / Jan / 2022
8.2
The Help

The Help

3 / Aug / 2011
8.1
Prisoners

Prisoners

5 / Sep / 2013
8.0
Creature Commandos

Creature Commandos

5 / Dec / 2024
7.9
Third Watch

Third Watch

5 / Sep / 1999
7.9
Hack

Hack

6 / Sep / 2002
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

2 / Sep / 1999

Credits

Acting

-
Operation Othello
as Narrator
-
Two Butterflies
-
I Almost Forgot About You
as Dr. Georgia Young
-
Small Great Things
-
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
as Rachel Dupree
-
Waller
(1 episode) as Amanda Waller
-
Father Lefty
(1 episode)
2027
Children of Blood and Bone
as Mama Agba
2025
G20
as Danielle Sutton
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
as The Chameleon (voice)
2024
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
2024
Creature Commandos
(4 episodes) as Amanda Waller (voice)
2023
Air
as Deloris Jordan
2023
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
2022
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
as Self
2022
Black Adam
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
2022
The Woman King
as Nanisca
2022
Peacemaker
(2 episodes) as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(2 episodes) as Self
2022
The First Lady
(10 episodes) as Michelle Obama
2021
The Suicide Squad
as Amanda Waller
2021
The Unforgivable
as Liz Ingram
2021
C ce soir, le débat
(1 episode) as Self - Guest
2021
The Problem with Jon Stewart
(1 episode) as Self (archive footage)
2020
Giving Voice
as Self
2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
as Ma Rainey
2020
Dear...
(1 episode) as Self
2020
Celebrity IOU
(1 episode) as Self
2019
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Troop Zero
as Miss Rayleen
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Florida Evans
2019
A Touch of Sugar
as Narrator
2018
Widows
as Veronica Rawlings
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Suicide Squad
as Amanda Waller
2016
Custody
as Martha Schulman
2016
Fences
as Rose Maxson
2015
Blackhat
as Carol Barrett
2015
Lila & Eve
as Lila Walcott
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode) as Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode) as Self - Guest
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(1 episode) as Self
2015
Hot Ones
(1 episode) as Self
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2014
Get on Up
as Susie Brown
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2014
How to Get Away with Murder
(90 episodes) as Annalise Keating
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode) as Self
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(4 episodes) as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(2 episodes) as Self - Guest
2013
Ender's Game
as Major Gwen Anderson
2013
Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
Beautiful Creatures
as Amma Treadeau
2013
Prisoners
as Nancy Birch
2013
Sofia the First
(1 episode) as Helen Hanshaw (voice)
2012
Won't Back Down
as Nona Alberts
2012
Honest Trailers
(1 episode) as Dr. Volumnia Gaul (archive footage)
2012
Scandal
(1 episode) as Annalise Keating
2011
The Help
as Aibileen Clark
2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Abby Black
2011
Touch of Evil
as The Vengeful Caretaker
2010
Knight and Day
as CIA Director Isabel George
2010
Eat Pray Love
as Delia Shiraz
2010
Trust
as Gail Friedman
2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story
as Dr. Eden Minerva
2009
Doubt: Stage to Screen
as Self
2009
Law Abiding Citizen
as Mayor April Henry
2009
Madea Goes to Jail
as Ellen
2009
State of Play
as Dr. Judith Franklin
2009
Beyond All Boundaries
as Hortense Johnson
2009
United States of Tara
(1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(1 episode) as Self - Guest
2008
Nights in Rodanthe
as Jean
2008
Doubt
as Mrs. Miller
2008
The Andromeda Strain
(2 episodes) as Dr. Charlene Barton
2007
Disturbia
as Detective Parker
2007
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
as Molly Crane
2007
Traveler
(8 episodes) as Agent Jan Marlow
2007
The Graham Norton Show
(1 episode) as Self
2006
World Trade Center
as Mother in Hospital with Donna
2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Molly Crane
2006
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
as Officer Molly Crane
2006
The Architect
as Tonya Neely
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
2006
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as Diane Barrino
2006
Brothers and Sisters
(1 episode) as Ellen Snyder
2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Grandma
2005
Stone Cold
as Molly Crane
2005
Syriana
as CIA Chairwoman
2005
Threshold
(1 episode)
2004
Century City
(9 episodes)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode) as Self
2002
Solaris
as Gordon
2002
Far from Heaven
as Sybil
2002
Antwone Fisher
as Eva May
2002
Without a Trace
(1 episode) as Audrey Williams
2002
E! Live from the Red Carpet
(1 episode) as Self
2002
Hack
(1 episode) as Stevie Morgan
2001
The Shrink Is In
as Robin
2001
Amy & Isabelle
as Dottie
2001
Ocean's Eleven
as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
Kate & Leopold
as Policewoman
2001
The Division
(1 episode)
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(1 episode) as Sergeant Terry Randolph
2000
Traffic
as Social Worker
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2 episodes) as Attorney Campbell
2000
City of Angels
(25 episodes) as Lynnette Peeler
1999
Third Watch
(1 episode) as Margo Rodriguez
1999
Providence
(1 episode) as Dr. Eleanor Weiss
1999
Judging Amy
(1 episode) as Celeste
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(7 episodes) as Donna Emmett
1998
The Pentagon Wars
as Sgt. Fanning
1998
Miss Apprehension and Squirt
as Sharon Hughes
1998
Out of Sight
as Moselle
1998
Grace & Glorie
as Rosemary Allbright
1997
The Practice
(1 episode) as Aisha Crenshaw
1997
The View
(2 episodes) as Self - Guest
1997
The View
(1 episode) as Self
1996
The Substance of Fire
as Nurse
1993
NYPD Blue
(1 episode) as Woman
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
(1 episode) as Self
1968
60 Minutes
(1 episode) as Self
1956
Tony Awards
(1 episode) as Self - Presenter
1953
The Oscars
(1 episode) as Self
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1 episode) as Rosemary Allbright

Production

-
Operation Othello
Executive Producer
-
Waller
(1 episode) Executive Producer
-
Rise of the Empress
(0 episode) Executive Producer
2025
G20
Producer
2023
Silver Dollar Road
Executive Producer
2022
The Woman King
Producer
2022
The First Lady
(10 episodes) Executive Producer
2019
Troop Zero
Producer
2019
Emanuel
Executive Producer
2019
In a Man's World
(4 episodes) Executive Producer
2018
The Last Defense
(7 episodes) Executive Producer
2017
Night Shift
Executive Producer
2014
How to Get Away with Murder
(15 episodes) Producer