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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 she earned her first Tony nomination. She would later win two Tony Awards, both for Wilson plays. Her first win was for Best Featured Actress in a Play playing the titular character Tonya, a woman grappling with trauma and loss in King Hedley II (2001), followed by her second win for Best Actress in a Play playing Rose Maxson, a working class mother in Fences (2010). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for reprising her role in the 2016 film adaptation of Fences. She was Oscar-nominated for playing a complex mother in Doubt (2008), a 1960s housemaid in The Help (2011) and Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). On television, she became the first black actress to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). Davis joined the DCEU playing Amanda Waller starting with Suicide Squad (2016). She has also starred in the crime drama Widows(2018), and 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Viola Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Nacimiento: 1965-08-11, St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 4,0 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • Escuadrón suicida (2016) — Amanda Waller
  • Prisioneros (2013) — Nancy Birch
  • Criadas y Señoras (2011) — Aibileen Clark
  • El Escuadrón Suicida (2021) — Amanda Waller
  • El juego de Ender (2013) — Major Gwen Anderson
  • Noche y día (2010) — CIA Director Isabel George
  • Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales (1999) — Donna Emmett
  • Viudas (2018) — Veronica Rawlings

Filmografía

  • Hijos de Sangre y Hueso (2027) — Mama Agba
  • Two Butterflies
  • I Almost Forgot About You — Dr. Georgia Young
  • Small Great Things
  • The Personal History of Rachel DuPree — Rachel Dupree
  • Ally Clark — Ally Clark
  • House of Games
  • Ascent — Catriona Vail
  • G20 (2025) — President Danielle Sutton
  • Comando Monster (2024) — Amanda Waller (voz)
  • Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) — The Chameleon (voz)
  • Los Juegos del Hambre: Balada de pájaros cantores y serpientes (2023) — Dr. Volumnia Gaul
  • Air (2023) — Deloris Jordan
  • Black Adam (2022) — Amanda Waller (sin acreditar)
  • La mujer rey (2022) — Nanisca
  • The First Lady (2022) — Michelle Obama
  • El Pacificador (2022) — Amanda Waller (sin acreditar)
  • Imperdonable (2021) — Liz Ingram
  • El Escuadrón Suicida (2021) — Amanda Waller
  • La madre del blues (2020) — Ma Rainey
  • Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" (2019) — Florida Evans
  • Troop Zero (2019) — Miss Rayleen
  • Viudas (2018) — Veronica Rawlings
  • Fences (2016) — Rose Maxson
  • Escuadrón suicida (2016) — Amanda Waller
  • Custodia (2016) — Martha Schulman
  • Ángel de venganza (2015) — Lila Walcott
  • Blackhat: Amenaza en la red (2015) — Carol Barrett
  • La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby: Ella (2014) — Professor Lillian Friedman
  • La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby: Él (2014) — Professor Lillian Friedman
  • Cómo defender a un asesino (2014) — Annalise Keating
  • I Feel Good: La historia de James Brown (2014) — Susie Brown
  • La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby (2014) — Professor Lillian Friedman
  • El juego de Ender (2013) — Major Gwen Anderson
  • Prisioneros (2013) — Nancy Birch
  • Hermosas criaturas (2013) — Amma Treadeau
  • La princesa Sofía (2013) — Helen Hanshaw (voz)
  • No nos moverán (2012) — Nona Alberts
  • Scandal (2012) — Annalise Keating
  • Tan fuerte, tan cerca (2011) — Abby Black
  • Criadas y Señoras (2011) — Aibileen Clark
  • Una historia casi divertida (2010) — Eden Minerva
  • Puedes confiar en mí (2010) — Gail Friedman
  • Come, reza, ama (2010) — Delia Shiraz
  • Noche y día (2010) — CIA Director Isabel George
  • Un ciudadano ejemplar (2009) — Mayor April Henry
  • La sombra del poder (2009) — Dr. Judith Franklin
  • Madea Goes to Jail (2009) — Ellen
  • United States of Tara (2009)
  • La Duda (2008) — Mrs. Miller
  • Noches de tormenta (2008) — Jean
  • La amenaza de Andrómeda (2008) — Dr. Charlene Barton
  • Campo de regatas (2007) — Molly Crane
  • Traveler (2007) — Agent Jan Marlow
  • Disturbia (2007) — Detective Parker
  • The Architect (2006) — Tonya Neely
  • Cinco hermanos (2006) — Ellen Snyder
  • Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006) — Diane Barrino
  • World Trade Center (2006) — Mother in Hospital
  • Destino Paraiso (2006) — Molly Crane
  • Desenmascarados (2006) — Officer Molly Crane
  • Syriana (2005) — CIA Chairwoman
  • Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) — Grandma
  • Operación Threshold (2005)
  • Jesse Stone: Crímenes en Paraíso (2005) — Molly Crane
  • Century City (2004) — Hannah Crane
  • Antwone Fisher (2002) — Eva May
  • Solaris (2002) — Gordon
  • Lejos del cielo (2002) — Sybil
  • Hack (2002) — Stevie Morgan
  • Sin rastro (2002) — Audrey Williams
  • Kate & Leopold (2001) — Policewoman
  • Ocean's Eleven. Hagan juego (2001) — Parole Board Interrogator (voz) (sin acreditar)
  • Ley y orden: Acción criminal (2001) — Terry Randolph
  • El guardián (2001) — Suzanna Clemons' Attorney
  • Un amor loco de atar (2001) — Robin
  • Amy e Isabelle (2001) — Dottie
  • The Division (2001) — Dr. Georgia Davis
  • Traffic (2000) — Social Worker
  • CSI: Las Vegas (2000) — Attorney Campbell
  • City of Angels (2000) — Lynnette Peeler
  • Turno de guardia (1999) — Margo Rodriguez
  • Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales (1999) — Donna Emmett
  • La juez Amy (1999) — Celeste
  • Providence (1999) — Dr. Eleanor Weiss
  • Grace & Glorie (1998) — Rosemary Allbright
  • Un romance muy peligroso (1998) — Moselle
  • Juguetes de Guerra (1998) — Sgt. Fanning
  • Miss Apprehension and Squirt (1998) — Sharon Hughes
  • El abogado (1997) — Aisha Crenshaw
  • La esencia del fuego (1996) — Nurse
  • Policías de Nueva York (1993) — Woman
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Rosemary Allbright