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Viola Davis

Birth at 11 August 1965
Actor 133 1996 - 2026 #113
Guest 69 1987 - 2020 #575
Producer 12 2002 - 2026 #12798
Entire filmography 178 1996 - 2026 #612
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Viola Davis (Viola Davis), American actress, was born on August 11, 1965 in St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA. Viola Davis is primarily known as a theater actress, and then as a star of big cinema. When Viola was still a child, her parents went on a trip to Roy Island, where Viola felt how ruthless racism was. In 2002, Viola Davis graduated from Rhode Island College and received an honorary doctorate. Not stopping there, intelligent and inquisitive Viola Davis continues her studies at Julliard School. more
Viola Davis (Viola Davis), American actress, was born on August 11, 1965 in St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA.

Viola Davis is primarily known as a theater actress, and then as a star of big cinema.

When Viola was still a child, her parents went on a trip to Roy Island, where Viola felt how ruthless racism was.

In 2002, Viola Davis graduated from Rhode Island College and received an honorary doctorate.

Not stopping there, intelligent and inquisitive Viola Davis continues her studies at Julliard School. Davis repeatedly recalled in her interviews that the years spent in this institution were the happiest years of her life. The knowledge acquired at this school was very useful to her in acting.
A lot was given by Davis in terms of personal development of the student social support service, in which she took an active part. In addition, a rare production of the local student theater did not involve Viola Davis.

The list of roles played by Viola Davis is very extensive. There are three films directed by Steven Soderbergh. Solaris "Out of sight" and "Movement" - roles in which Viola brought stunning fame.

In 2001, for her participation in the film “King Hedley P”, Viola was awarded the award for best actor.

For a role in In 2008, Viola Davis was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
Viola Davis has also been involved in several television projects. Throughout her acting life, Viola Davis has never stood aside from addressing issues of racial discrimination and has been actively involved in resolving them. Viola, in her appearances on television, has always said that she tried to live the simple life that her people live, not standing out chic, helping the disadvantaged, doing charity. /

Film festival nominations and awards (30)

Golden Globes 2025

Award for contribution to cinema

Saturn 2024

Best actress
The Woman King

Golden Globes 2023

Best actress (drama)
The Woman King

British Film Academy 2023

Best actress
The Woman King
ALL NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2023

Best actress
The Woman King

Saturn 2022

Best supporting actress
The Suicide Squad

Oscar 2021

Best actress
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Golden Globes 2021

Best actress (drama)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2021

Best actress
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Emmy 2019

Best actress in a drama series
How to Get Away with Murder

British Film Academy 2019

Best actress
Widows

Emmy 2018

Best guest actress in a drama series
Scandal

Emmy 2017

Best actress in a drama series
How to Get Away with Murder

British Film Academy 2017

Best supporting actress
Fences

Golden Globes 2017

Best supporting actress
Fences

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017

Best supporting actress
Fences

Oscar 2017

Best supporting actress
Fences

Golden Globes 2016

Best actress on tv (drama)
How to Get Away with Murder

Emmy 2016

Best actress in a drama series
How to Get Away with Murder

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2016

Best actress in a drama series
How to Get Away with Murder

Golden Globes 2015

Best actress on tv (drama)
How to Get Away with Murder

Emmy 2015

Best actress in a drama series
How to Get Away with Murder

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015

Best actress in a drama series
How to Get Away with Murder

British Film Academy 2012

Best actress
The Help

Oscar 2012

Best actress
The Help

Golden Globes 2012

Best actress (drama)
The Help

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012

Best actress
The Help

Golden Globes 2009

Best supporting actress
Doubt

Oscar 2009

Best supporting actress
Doubt

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009

Best supporting actress
Doubt
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Filmography (178)

Traffic, 2000
Traffic,  2000
7.18 96443
average of
19166 rates
IMDb7.5 
Countries:  USA Germany
Genres:  Thriller Drama Crime
Director:  Steven Soderbergh
Cast :  Michael Douglas Benicio Del Toro Catherine Zeta-Jones Don Cheadle Dennis Quaid Erika Christensen Jacob Vargas Miguel Ferrer Steven Bauer Clifton Jr. Collins
Far from Heaven, 2002
Far from Heaven,  2002
6.82 21566
average of
4192 rates
IMDb7.3 
Countries:  USA France
Genres:  Drama Romance
Director:  Todd Haynes
Cast :  Viola Davis Julianne Moore Dennis Quaid Dennis Haysbert Patricia Clarkson James Rebhorn Bette Henritze Michael Gaston Ryan Ward Lindsay Andretta
The Help, 2011
The Help,  2011
8.44 414824
average of
164260 rates
IMDb8.1 
Countries:  USA India
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Tate Taylor
Cast :  Viola Davis Emma Stone Bryce Dallas Howard Octavia Spencer Jessica Chastain Ahna O'Reilly Allison Janney Sissy Spacek Cicely Tyson Mary Steenburgen
NYPD Blue, 1993
NYPD Blue,  1993 (series)
6.31 6163
average of
344 rates
IMDb7.8 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Thriller Drama Crime Detective
Directors:  Mark Tinker Michael M. Robin Robert J. Doherty Steven DePaul David H. Rosenbloom Felix Enriquez Alcala Jorge Montesi Gregory Hoblit Kathy Bates Dick Lowry
Cast :  Dennis Franz Gordon Clapp McDaniel James Bill Brochtrup Nicholas Turturro Kim Delaney Henry Simmons Sharon Lawrence Jimmy Smits Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Ocean`s Eleven, 2001
Ocean's Eleven,  2001
8.15 478586
average of
212785 rates
IMDb7.7 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Crime Thriller
Director:  Steven Soderbergh
Cast :  George Clooney Brad Pitt Matt Damon Julia Roberts Andy Garcia Casey Affleck Scott Caan Elliott Gould Bernie Mac Don Cheadle
Fences, 2016
Fences,  2016
7.13 56225
average of
13286 rates
IMDb7.2 
Countries:  USA Canada
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Denzel Washington
Cast :  Viola Davis Denzel Washington Stephen Henderson Jovan Adepo Russell Hornsby Mykelti Williamson Saniyya Sidney Christopher Mele Lesley Boone Jason Silvis
Prisoners, 2013
Prisoners,  2013
8.03 488089
average of
152914 rates
IMDb8.2 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Thriller Drama Crime Detective
Director:  Denis Villeneuve
Cast :  Viola Davis Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal Maria Bello Terrence Dashon Howard Melissa Leo Paul Dano Dylan Minnette Zoë Soul Erin Gerasimovich
Out of Sight, 1998
Out of Sight,  1998
6.92 42930
average of
7893 rates
IMDb7.0 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Thriller Drama Romance Comedy Crime
Director:  Steven Soderbergh
Cast :  George Clooney Jennifer Lopez Ving Rhames Don Cheadle Steve Zahn Dennis Farina Luis Guzman Catherine Keener Albert Brooks Isaiah Washington
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,  1999 (series)
7.7 48796
average of
2263 rates
IMDb8.1 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Thriller Drama Crime Detective
Directors:  David S. Platt Jean de Segonzac Peter Leto Alex Chapple David Hugh Jones Felix Enriquez Alcala Michael Pressman Aaron Lipstadt Tom DiCillo Medak Peter
Cast :  Mariska Hargitay Ice-T Dann Florek Richard Belzer Christopher Meloni B.D. Wong Tamara Tunie Kelli Giddish Peter Scanavino Raúl Esparza
The Practice, 1997
The Practice,  1997 (series)
7.5 4545
average of
842 rates
IMDb7.7 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Thriller Drama Romance Crime Detective
Directors:  Dennis Smith Jeannot Szwarc Christina Musrey Arvin Brown Daniel Attias David Hugh Jones Michael Pressman Mick Jackson Steve Miner Robert Mandel
Cast :  Steve Harris Camryn Manheim Michael Badalucco Dylan McDermott Lisa Gay Hamilton Kelli Williams Lara Flynn Boyle Marla Sokoloff Jessica Capshaw Ray Abruzzo
The Woman King, 2022
The Woman King,  2022
5.19 29847
average of
2583 rates
IMDb6.9 
Countries:  USA South Africa Ireland
Genres:  Drama History Action
Director:  Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cast :  Viola Davis Thuso Mbedu Lashana Lynch Sheila Atim John Boyega Jordan Bolger Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Jimmy Odukoya Masali Baduza Adrienne Warren
Syriana, 2005
Syriana,  2005
6.43 51226
average of
5187 rates
IMDb6.9 
Countries:  USA UAE
Genres:  Thriller Drama
Director:  Stephen Gaghan
Cast :  George Clooney Matt Damon Jeffrey Wright Chris Cooper William Hurt Mazhar Munir Tim Blake Nelson Amanda Peet Christopher Plummer Alexander Siddig
Ma Rainey`s Black Bottom, 2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,  2020
6.33 22525
average of
2845 rates
IMDb6.9 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Biography Music Drama
Director:  George C. Wolfe
Cast :  Viola Davis Chadwick Boseman Colman Domingo Glynn Turman Michael Potts Jeremy Shamos Jonathan Coyne Taylour Paige Dusan Brown Joshua Harto
Doubt, 2008
Doubt,  2008
7.48 66936
average of
18259 rates
IMDb7.5 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Drama Detective
Director:  John Patrick Shanley
Cast :  Viola Davis Meryl Streep Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams Alice Drummond Audrie J. Neenan Susan Blommaert Carrie Preston John Costelloe Lloyd Clay Brown
Solaris, 2002
Solaris,  2002
6.17 52370
average of
23538 rates
IMDb6.2 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Sci-Fi Drama Romance Detective
Director:  Steven Soderbergh
Cast :  Viola Davis George Clooney Natascha McElhone Jeremy Davies Ulrich Tukur John Cho Morgan Rusler Shane Skelton Donna Kimball Michael Ensign
How to Get Away with Murder, 2014
How to Get Away with Murder,  2014 (series)
8.18 132960
average of
56689 rates
IMDb8.1 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Crime Detective Thriller Drama Mystery
Directors:  Bill D'Elia Stephen Cragg Laura Innes Jet Wilkinson Michael Llewellyn Smith Eric Stoltz John Terlesky Eric Laneuville Kevin Rodney Sullivan Kevin Bray
Cast :  Viola Davis Billy Brown Jack Falahee Aja Naomi King Matt McGorry Charlie Weber Liza Weil Conrad Ricamora Karla Souza Alfred Enoch
CSI: Crime Scene Investigat ion, 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,  2000 (series)
7.46 43390
average of
11947 rates
IMDb7.7 
Countries:  USA Canada
Genres:  Thriller Drama Crime Detective
Directors:  Kenneth Fink Richard J. Lewis Alec Smight Danny Cannon Felix Enriquez Alcala William Friedkin Quentin Tarantino Martha Coolidge Deran Sarafian John Patterson
Cast :  William L. Petersen Marg Helgenberger George Eads Paul Guilfoyle Jorja Fox Eric Szmanda Robert David Hall Ted Danson Elisabeth Shue Laurence Fishburne
The Suicide Squad, 2021
The Suicide Squad,  2021
7.07 362886
average of
133106 rates
IMDb7.2 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Action Sci-Fi Adventure Fantasy Comedy
Director:  James Gunn
Cast :  Viola Davis Idris Elba Margot Robbie John Cena Joel Kinnaman Daniela Melchior Peter Capaldi David Dastmalchian Sylvester Stallone Alice Braga
Widows, 2018
Widows,  2018
6.61 61941
average of
23074 rates
IMDb6.8 
Countries:  UK USA
Genres:  Thriller Drama Crime
Director:  Steve McQueen
Cast :  Viola Davis Michelle Rodriguez Elizabeth Debicki Cynthia Erivo Colin Farrell Brian Tyree Henry Daniel Kaluuya Liam Neeson Carrie Coon Robert Duvall
Scandal, 2012
Scandal,  2012 (series)
7.59 34574
average of
6149 rates
IMDb7.7 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Thriller Drama
Directors:  Tom Verica Oliver Bokelberg Allison Liddi Ron Underwood John Terlesky Joe Morton Tony Goldwyn Daryn Okada Regina King Paul McGuigan
Cast :  Kerry Washington Darby Stanchfield Katie Lowes Guillermo Diaz Jeff Perry Joshua Malina Bellamy Young Tony Goldwyn Scott Foley Joe Morton
United States of Tara, 2009
United States of Tara,  2009 (series)
7.14 10607
average of
1903 rates
IMDb8.0 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Drama Romance Comedy
Directors:  Craig Zisk Craig Gillespie Jamie Babbit Tricia Brock John Dahl Brian Dannelly Mark Mylod Penny Marshall Adam Davidson Tommy O'Haver
Cast :  Toni Collette John Corbett Rosemarie DeWitt Keir Gilchrist Brie Larson Patton Oswalt Michael J. Willett Michael Hitchcock Fritz Gordon Nate Corddry
Kate & Leopold, 2001
Kate & Leopold,  2001
7.8 141623
average of
92374 rates
IMDb6.4 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Fantasy Romance Comedy
Director:  James Mangold
Cast :  Meg Ryan Hugh Jackman Liev Schreiber Breckin Meyer Natasha Lyonne Bradley Whitford Paxton Whitehead Spalding Gray Josh Stamberg Matthew Sussman
Brothers & Sisters, 2006
Brothers & Sisters,  2006 (series)
7.47 9575
average of
636 rates
IMDb7.5 
Country:  USA
Genre:  Drama
Directors:  Ken Olin Michael Morris Michael Schultz Bethany Rooney David Paymer Robert Lieberman Tom Amandes Michael Mayers Chad Lowe Matthew Rhys
Cast :  Dave Annable Calista Flockhart Rachel Griffiths Ron Rifkin Patricia Wettig Sally Field Matthew Rhys Balthazar Getty Kerris Dorsey Luke Macfarlane
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,  2011
7.68 84501
average of
41752 rates
IMDb6.9 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Drama Detective Adventure
Director:  Stephen Daldry
Cast :  Viola Davis Thomas Horn Max Von Sydow Tom Hanks Sandra Bullock Jeffrey Wright John Goodman Zoe Caldwell Dennis Hearn Paul Klementowicz
Suicide Squad, 2016
Suicide Squad,  2016
6.95 587335
average of
248956 rates
IMDb5.9 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Sci-Fi Action Fantasy Adventure
Director:  David Ayer
Cast :  Viola Davis Margot Robbie Will Smith Jared Leto Jai Courtney Cara Delevingne Jay Hernandez Joel Kinnaman Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Scott Eastwood
Air, 2023
Air,  2023
7.33 85805
average of
18592 rates
IMDb7.4 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Drama Biography
Director:  Ben Affleck
Cast :  Viola Davis Matt Damon Jason Bateman Ben Affleck Chris Messina Julius Tennon Damian Young Chris Tucker Matthew Maher Gustaf Skarsgard
Peacemaker, 2022
Peacemaker,  2022 (series)
7.92 125642
average of
34887 rates
IMDb8.3 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Action Sci-Fi Fantasy Adventure Crime Comedy
Directors:  James Gunn Alethea Jones Greg Mottola Jody Hill Brad Anderson Rosemary Rodriguez
Cast :  John Cena Danielle Brooks Freddie Stroma Chukwudi Iwuji Jennifer Holland Steve Agee Robert Patrick Lochlyn Munro Elizabeth Faith Ludlow Rizwan Manji
Law Abiding Citizen, 2009
Law Abiding Citizen,  2009
8.49 513895
average of
305387 rates
IMDb7.4 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Action Thriller Drama Crime
Director:  F. Gary Gray
Cast :  Jamie Foxx Gerard Butler Colm Meaney Bruce McGill Leslie Bibb Michael Irby Gregory Itzin Regina Hall Emerald Young Christian Stolte
Without a Trace, 2002
Without a Trace,  2002 (series)
7.53 9390
average of
1493 rates
IMDb7.0 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Thriller Drama Crime Detective
Directors:  John Showalter Paul Holahan Martha Mitchell Jeannot Szwarc John McNaughton Rachel Talalay Deran Sarafian Tim Matheson Eriq La Salle Tony Goldwyn
Cast :  Anthony LaPaglia Poppy Montgomery Marianne Jean-Baptiste Enrique Murciano Jr. Eric Close Roselyn Sanchez Adriana DeMeo Joshua Gomez Adam Kaufman Vanessa Marano
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, 2023
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,  2023
7.06 96065
average of
24381 rates
IMDb6.7 
Countries:  USA Canada
Genres:  Sci-Fi Action Thriller Drama Adventure War
Director:  Francis Lawrence
Cast :  Viola Davis Tom Blyth Rachel Zegler Peter Dinklage Hunter Schafer Josh Andrés Rivera Jason Schwartzman Fionnula Flanagan Burn Gorman Ashley Liao
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