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Viola Davis speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Suicide Squad", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Davis at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con

Viola Davis is an American actress and producer who has appeared in film, television, and on stage.[1][2][3] She received her equity card with her stage debut in 1988 with August Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle play Joe Turner's Come and Gone production of Trinity Repertory Company.[4] After graduating from Juilliard School in 1993, Davis went on to perform several roles on stage in the 1990s,[5][6] earning Theater World Award for her role in Seven Guitars (1996).[7] In the same year, Davis guest-starred in the procedural drama series NYPD Blue,[8] and made her film debut with a brief one-day role alongside Timothy Hutton in The Substance of Fire.[9] In 1998, she appeared in Richard Benjamin's television movie The Pentagon Wars,[10] and Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight,[11] before returning to the stage with an Obie Award winning titular performance in Off-Broadway Everybody's Ruby (1999).[12][13]

Davis established herself as a leading actress of Broadway in the 2000s.[14] She starred in her first recurring role in the 2000 medical drama City of Angels,[8] before winning Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as a wife of ex-con in King Hedley II (2001), the ninth play of Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle.[15] She received further acclaim for her role as a black seamstress in Intimate Apparel (2004) that won her the Drama Desk Award.[16] Four years later, a supporting role in the period drama Doubt (2008) proved to be a breakthrough for Davis and she received Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominations for it.[17][18] Davis starred opposite Denzel Washington as a dutiful yet strong minded wife Rose Maxson,[19] in a revival of Wilson's play Fences (2010), that earned her Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.[20] The same year she played Julia Roberts' best friend in romantic-comedy Eat Pray Love.[21]

In 2011, Davis's role in an ensemble drama as a housemaid in The Help earned her Best Actress Oscar nomination, among other accolades.[22] Her performances in school drama Won't Back Down (2012),[23] thriller Prisoners (2013),[24] and biopic Get on Up (2014),[25] added further acclaim to her career. Davis became the first black woman to win Emmy Award for Best Actress,[26] for her role as criminal defense attorney Annalise Keating in television series How to Get Away with Murder (2014).[27] In 2015, she starred and served as an executive producer in vigilante thriller Lila & Eve,[28] and courtroom drama Custody the following year,[29] both films received a mixed reception overall.[30] She appeared as an antagonist Amanda Waller in superhero film Suicide Squad (2016),[31][32] her biggest commercial success till date.[33][34] In the same year, she and Washington reprised their role in the film-adaption of Fences,[35] for which Davis received Best Supporting Actress honors at the BAFTAs, SAG Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Academy Awards.[36] Following her Oscar win, she became the first black actor to win Triple Crown of Acting.[37][38] Davis co-founded the JuVee Productions with her husband Julius Tennon in 2012.[39][40]

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 The Substance of Fire Nurse [41]
1998 Out of Sight Moselle Miller [42]
Miss Apprehension and Squirt Sharon Hughes [43]
2000 Traffic Social Worker [44]
2001 The Shrink Is In Robin [45]
Ocean's Eleven Parole board interrogator Uncredited [44]
Kate & Leopold Policewoman [46]
2002 Far from Heaven Sybil [47]
Antwone Fisher Eva May Fisher [48]
Solaris Dr. Gordon [49]
2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' Grandma [50]
Syriana CIA Chairwoman Uncredited [51]
2006 The Architect Tonya Neely [47]
World Trade Center Mother in Hospital [47]
2007 Disturbia Detective Parker
2008 Nights in Rodanthe Jean [52]
Doubt Mrs. Miller [53]
2009 Madea Goes to Jail Ellen St. Matthews [54]
State of Play Dr. Judith Franklin [55]
Law Abiding Citizen Mayor April Henry [56]
Beyond All Boundaries Hortense Johnson / Arsenal Worker Voice; Short film
2010 Knight and Day Director Isabel George [57]
Eat Pray Love Delia Shiraz [58]
It's Kind of a Funny Story Dr. Minerva [59]
Trust Gail Friedman [60]
The Unforgiving Minute Narrator Short film
2011 The Help Aibileen Clark [61]
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Abby Black [62]
2012 Won't Back Down Nona Alberts [63]
2013 Beautiful Creatures Amarie "Amma" Treadeau [64]
Ender's Game Major Anderson [65]
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Professor Lillian Friedman [66]
Prisoners Nancy Birch [67]
2014 Get On Up Susie Brown [68]
2015 Blackhat FBI Agent Carol Barrett [69]
Lila & Eve Lila Walcott Also executive producer [70]
2016 Custody Judge Martha Sherman Also executive producer [71]
Suicide Squad Amanda Waller [72]
Fences Rose Maxson [73]
2018 Widows Veronica Rawlings [74]
2019 Troop Zero Rayleen [75]
2020 Giving Voice Herself Documentary; also executive producer [76]
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ma Rainey [77]
2021 The Suicide Squad Amanda Waller [78]
The Unforgivable Liz Ingram [79]
2022 The Woman King Nanisca Also producer [80]
Black Adam Amanda Waller Uncredited [81]
2023 Air Deloris Jordan [82]
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Dr. Volumnia Gaul [83]
2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 The Chameleon Voice [84]
2025 G20 President Danielle Sutton Also producer [85]
2027 Children of Blood and Bone † Mama Agba Filming [86]
Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 NYPD Blue Woman Episode: "Moby Greg" [8]
New York Undercover Rebecca Stapleton Episode: "Smack is Back" [87]
1998 The Pentagon Wars Sgt. First Class Fanning Television film [88]
Grace and Glorie Rosemary Allbright Television film [89]
2000 Judging Amy Celeste Episode: "Blast from the Past" [90]
City of Angels Nurse Lynnette Peeler 24 episodes [91]
2001 Amy & Isabelle Dottie Television film [92]
Providence Dr. Eleanor Weiss Episode: "You Can Count On Me" [93]
The Guardian Attorney Suzanna Clemons Episode: "The Men from the Boys" [94]
Third Watch Margo Rodriguez Episode: "Act Brave" [95]
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Terry Randolph Episode: "Badge" [96]
The Division Dr. Georgia Davis Episode: "Remembrance" [97]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Attorney Campbell Episode: "The Execution of Catherine Willows" [98]
Father Lefty — Unaired Pilot [99]
2003 Hack Stevie Morgan Episode: "Third Strike" [100]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Donna Emmett Episode: "Mercy" [101]
The Practice Aisha Crenshaw Episode: "We the People" [102]
2004 Century City Hannah Crane 9 episodes [103]
2005 Jesse Stone: Stone Cold Molly Crane Television film [104]
Threshold Victoria Rossi Episode: "Shock" [105]
2006 Jesse Stone: Night Passage Molly Crane Television film [106]
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Molly Crane Television film [107]
Without a Trace Audrey Williams Episode: "White Balance" [108]
Life Is Not a Fairytale Diane Barrino Television film [109]
2007 Jesse Stone: Sea Change Molly Crane Television film [110]
Traveler Agent Jan Marlow 8 episodes [111]
Fort Pit — Television film [111]
2008 Brothers & Sisters Ellen Snyder Episode: "Double Negative" [112]
The Andromeda Strain Dr. Charlene Barton 3 episodes [113]
2003–2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Donna Emmett 7 episodes [114]
2009 United States of Tara Lynda P. Frazier 6 episodes [115]
2013 Sofia the First Helen Hanshaw Voice; Episode: "The Buttercups" [116]
2014–2020 How to Get Away with Murder Annalise Keating 90 episodes; Lead role, also producer (60 episodes) [117]
2018 Scandal Annalise Keating Episode: "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself" [118]
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience Florida Evans Episode: "All in the Family and Good Times" [119]
2020 Celebrity IOU Herself Episode: "Viola Davis Delivers a Dream Home" [120]
2022 Peacemaker Amanda Waller 2 episodes (uncredited) [121]
The First Lady Michelle Obama 10 episodes; also executive producer [122]
2024–present Creature Commandos Amanda Waller Voice; 3 episodes [123]
Key
† Denotes series that have not yet been released

Theatre

Year Production Role Theater Ref.
1988 Joe Turner's Come and Gone Mattie Trinity Repertory Company [124]
1992 As You Like It Denise Delacorte Theater [125]
1996 Seven Guitars Vera Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway 		[126]
[127]
1997 God's Heart Eleanor Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater [128]
1998 Pericles 2nd Fisherman / Lychorida / Bawd Joseph Papp Public Theater, Martinson Hall [129]
1999 A Raisin in the Sun Ruth Younger Williamstown Theatre Festival [130]
Everybody's Ruby Ruby McCollum Joseph Papp Public Theater / Anspacher Theater [131]
The Vagina Monologues Performer (Replacement) Westside Theatre (Downstairs) [132]
2001 King Hedley II Tonya Virginia Theatre, Broadway [133]
2004 Intimate Apparel Esther Roundabout Theatre [134]
2010 Fences Rose Maxson Cort Theatre, Broadway [135]

Producer

Year Production Notes Ref.
2014 Camp Logan Theater play [136]
2015 The Brink Short [137]
2017 The Night Shift Short [138]
Emerging Artist Series TV series [139]
American Koko 12 episodes, also narrator [140]
EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live Television special [141]
2018 The Last Defense TV series documentary [142]
Two Sides Four part documentary series [143]
2023 Silver Dollar Road Documentary film [144]

See also

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