Viola Davis

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American actor actress film actress human stage actress television actress

Viola Davis is an acclaimed American actress known for her powerful performances across film, television, and theater, and for breaking barriers as one of the most awarded Black actresses in Hollywood history.

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Label	Occurrences
Viola Davis canonical	61
Viola Davis won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Rose Maxson	1

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instanceOf	American actor ⓘ actress ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1990s ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ BAFTA awards ⓘ surface form: BAFTA Award Golden Globe Award ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ⓘ Screen Actors Guild Award ⓘ Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play ⓘ surface form: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
birthName	Viola Davis self-link ⓘ
characterPortrayed	Aibileen Clark ⓘ Amanda Waller ⓘ Annalise Keating ⓘ Ma Rainey ⓘ Rose Maxson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1965-08-11 ⓘ
educatedAt	Juilliard School ⓘ Rhode Island College ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Davis ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ
givenName	Viola ⓘ
hasChild	Genesis Tennon ⓘ
hasResidence	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
marriageStart	2003 ⓘ
name	Viola Davis self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	EGOT winner ⓘ first Black woman to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting ⓘ first Black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ⓘ one of the most awarded Black actresses in Hollywood history ⓘ
notableWork	Doubt ⓘ surface form: Doubt (film) Fences (2016 film) ⓘ surface form: Fences (film) Fences (2016 film) ⓘ surface form: Fences (play, Broadway revival) How to Get Away with Murder ⓘ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ⓘ surface form: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (film) Suicide Squad (2016 film) ⓘ The Help ⓘ surface form: The Help (film) The Suicide Squad ⓘ surface form: The Suicide Squad (2021 film) The Woman King ⓘ Widows (2018 film) ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ author ⓘ film producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	St. Matthews, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
spouse	Julius Tennon ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series → notableMultipleWinner → Viola Davis ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress → notableRecipient → Viola Davis ⓘ

Juilliard School → hasAlumni → Viola Davis ⓘ

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role → notableRecipient → Viola Davis ⓘ

The Suicide Squad → stars → Viola Davis ⓘ

Air → starring → Viola Davis ⓘ

subject surface form: Air (2023 film)

Troop Zero → hasCastMember → Viola Davis ⓘ

Get on Up → starredActor → Viola Davis ⓘ

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom → castMember → Viola Davis ⓘ

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom → leadActor → Viola Davis ⓘ

Doubt → starring → Viola Davis ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play → hasAwarded → Viola Davis ⓘ

Fences (2016 film) → starring → Viola Davis ⓘ

Fences (2016 film) → awardReceivedBy → Viola Davis ⓘ

Widows (2018 film) → starring → Viola Davis ⓘ

Widows (2018 film) → nominatedPerson → Viola Davis ⓘ

Viola Davis → name → Viola Davis self-link ⓘ

Viola Davis → birthName → Viola Davis self-link ⓘ

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role → notableRecipient → Viola Davis ⓘ

Coming Home → castMember → Viola Davis ⓘ

The Help → stars → Viola Davis ⓘ

Prisoners → castMember → Viola Davis ⓘ

Tate Taylor → collaboratedWith → Viola Davis ⓘ

Rhode Island College → hasNotableAlumni → Viola Davis ⓘ

Far from Heaven → starring → Viola Davis ⓘ

89th Academy Awards → bestSupportingActressWinner → Viola Davis ⓘ

Women in Film Crystal Award → notableRecipient → Viola Davis ⓘ

Suicide Squad (2016 film) → stars → Viola Davis ⓘ

State of Play → castMember → Viola Davis ⓘ

subject surface form: State of Play (2009 film)

Viola Davis as Susie Brown → portrayedBy → Viola Davis ⓘ

Lennie James as Joe Brown → castMember → Viola Davis ⓘ

subject surface form: Get on Up

Ma Rainey → portrayedBy → Viola Davis ⓘ

Antwone Fisher → starring → Viola Davis ⓘ

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress → notableRecipient → Viola Davis ⓘ

Amanda Waller → portrayedBy → Viola Davis ⓘ

Blackhat → starredActor → Viola Davis ⓘ

Cam Gigandet → hasWorkedWith → Viola Davis ⓘ

Ender's Game → starring → Viola Davis ⓘ

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close → castMember → Viola Davis ⓘ

Triple Crown of Acting → hasNotableRecipient → Viola Davis ⓘ

Jovan Adepo → workedWith → Viola Davis ⓘ

Veronica Rawlings → portrayedBy → Viola Davis ⓘ

Charles Stone III → hasWorkedWith → Viola Davis ⓘ

Law Abiding Citizen → starring → Viola Davis ⓘ

Rose Maxson → portrayedBy → Viola Davis ⓘ

Rose Maxson → awardConnection → Viola Davis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viola Davis won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Rose Maxson

Viola → hasNotableBearer → Viola Davis ⓘ

St. Matthews, South Carolina, United States → birthplaceOf → Viola Davis ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Matthews, South Carolina

How to Get Away with Murder → portrayedBy → Viola Davis ⓘ

How to Get Away with Murder → starredActor → Viola Davis ⓘ