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American actress and film producer

  • Date of Birth: 11 August 1965
  • Age: 61 years old
  • In the rating: #237 Actress

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Viola Davis is an American actress and film producer. Known for her work across screen and stage, her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and the EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.

A graduate of Juilliard, Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions, before expanding to screen with minor roles in film and television during the late 1990s and early 2000s. She won two Tony Awards—Best Featured Actress in a Play and Best Actress in a Play—for the respective roles of Tonya in the 2001 Broadway production of August Wilson's King Hedley II and Rose Maxson in the Broadway revival of Wilson's play Fences (2010).

The drama Doubt (2008) earned Davis her first Academy Award nomination. She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a 1960s housemaid in The Help (2011) and Ma Rainey in the biopic Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for reprising her role in the 2016 film adaptation of Fences. Her role as lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020) won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, making her the first black actress to do so. Davis is also recognized for appearing in big budget blockbusters, playing Amanda Waller in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Suicide Squad (2016), and leading the historical action film The Woman King (2022).

Davis and her husband are founders of the production company JuVee Productions, and she is also widely recognized for her advocacy and support for human rights and women of color. She became a L'Oréal Paris ambassador in 2019. The audiobook narration of her 2022 memoir Finding Me won her the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording.

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Redefining Beauty Viola Davis, the proud mother and acclaimed actress of ‘The Woman King’, recently shared a heartwarming snapshot on Instagram. The photo, taken on Saturday, July 6, features Davis and her daughter, Genesis, at their hom...

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Viola Davis Posts Rare Snap of Daughter Genesis

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Date of Birth 11 August 1965
Age 61 years old
Leo Zodiac sign Leo Lion is the king of the animals Leo is classified as an active sign. This is noticeable in the nature of the people born under it. All of them, in most cases, are extroverts, rotating in the center of the life of society and themselves setting it in…
Snake Chinese horoscope Snake Snake - wisdom and discernment People born in the years of the Snake are distinguished by innate wisdom, insight and insight. They are persistent, hardy and patient, demanding of themselves and others. Despite the fact that Snakes are stingy, selfis…
Lynx Slavic horoscope Lynx Born under the Lynx sign of the Slavic horoscope, people often combine mythic memory with practical steadiness — reading cycles early and standing firm for those they call their own.
Sekhmet Egyptian horoscope Sekhmet The Egyptian sign of Sekhmet reflects divine patronage and a particular season of character in the ancient calendar. People born under this deity often feel motives early and carry a recognizable moral gravity.
Hazel Druid horoscope Hazel Hazel is the tree of knowledge and inspiration. Born 5 August to 1 September, Hazel people see patterns and turn information into usable wisdom.
Karka Indian horoscope Karka The Vedic rashi Karka carries a sidereal rhythm of Jyotish — temperament, dharma leanings, and the ruling graha color how a person acts and chooses.
Sunflower Flower horoscope Sunflower The flower talisman Sunflower reflects character through nature’s calendar — sensitivity, aesthetic sense, and seasonal rhythm shape daily choices.
Leo — 2nd decan Decan horoscope Leo — 2nd decan Born in the Leo — 2nd decan period, people often show a sharper flavor of their sign: faster or slower, bolder or more reflective, yet always recognizable by birth date.

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