Viola Davis on screen and stage

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 Post-production [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 N/a 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 N/a 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; 4 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]
2025 Number One on the Call Sheet Two part documentary series ; executive producer [145]

See also

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