Viola Davis
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday11 August 1965 (61 years old)
Place of birthSt. Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Known credits152
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…
Children of Blood and Bone
2027 · Mama Agba
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry
2026 · Self
The Color of Cola
2026 · Executive Producer
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026 · Narrator (voice)
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025 · Executive Producer
G20
2025 · President Danielle Sutton
G20
2025 · Producer
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Executive Producer
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Self - Guest
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
2025 · Narration
Creature Commandos
2024 · Amanda Waller (voice)
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · The Chameleon (voice)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024 · Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · Self
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023 · Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Silver Dollar Road
2023 · Executive Producer
Air
2023 · Deloris Jordan
Food 2050
2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Black Adam
2022 · Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Woman King
2022 · Nanisca
The Woman King
2022 · Producer
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022 · Self
The First Lady
2022 · Michelle Obama
The First Lady
2022 · Executive Producer
Peacemaker
2022 · Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Unforgivable
2021 · Liz Ingram
The Suicide Squad
2021 · Amanda Waller
C ce soir
2021 · Self - Guest
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 · Ma Rainey
Dear...
2020 · Self
Celebrity IOU
2020 · Self
Giving Voice
2020 · Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019 · Florida Evans
On Broadway
2019 · Self (archive footage)
In a Man's World
2019 · Executive Producer
In a Man's World
2019 · Creator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Emanuel
2019 · Executive Producer
A Touch of Sugar
2019 · Narrator
Troop Zero
2019 · Miss Rayleen
Troop Zero
2019 · Producer
Widows
2018 · Veronica Rawlings
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Last Defense
2018 · Executive Producer
Night Shift
2017 · Executive Producer
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