Viola Davis
Acting
Born: 1965-08-11 · St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA
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 sta
🎬 Movies (20)
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
Mama Agba
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
Narrator (voice)
G20
2025
President Danielle Sutton
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
2025
Narration
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
The Chameleon (voice)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024
Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Air
2023
Deloris Jordan
Food 2050
2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
Black Adam
2022
Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Woman King
2022
Nanisca
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022
Self
The Unforgivable
2021
Liz Ingram
The Suicide Squad
2021
Amanda Waller
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
Ma Rainey
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)
Operation Othello
2019
Narrator
A Touch of Sugar
2019
Narrator
📺 TV Shows (20)
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Self
Creature Commandos
2024
Amanda Waller (voice)
Hollywood Black
2024
Self (archive footage)
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self
The First Lady
2022
Michelle Obama
Peacemaker
2022
Amanda Waller (uncredited)
C ce soir, le débat
2021
Self - Guest
Dear...
2020
Self
Celebrity IOU
2020
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Self
Hot Ones
2015
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Self
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Annalise Keating
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest