Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Viola Davis 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. Davis received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe awards 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 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 character Tonya, a woman grappling with trauma and loss in King Hedley II, followed by her second win for Best Actress in a Play playing Rose Maxson, a working class mother in Fences.

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• Entity:  Actress, Producer

• Born:  August 11, 1965, St. Matthews, South Carolina, U.s.
• Age:  61 Years
• Education:  Rhode Island College (Ba), Juilliard School (Bfa)
• Occupation:  Actress, Producer
• Years active:  1988–Present
• Spouse(s):  Julius Tennon
• Children:  1
• Relatives:  Mike Colter (Second Cousin)
• Born:  11 August 1965
• Wikidata description:  American Actress And Producer (Born 1965)
• Wikidata label:  Viola Davis
• Wikidata aliases:  Viola Davis

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