Viola Davis

Personal Info

Birthday

August 11, 1965

(59 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA

Also Known As

바이올라 데이비스

ვიოლა დევისი

Вайола Дейвіс

وایولا دیویس

Viola Davis

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Sofia the First

NYPD Blue

How to Get Away with Murder

Kung Fu Panda 4

Without a Trace

Filmography

2027
Children of Blood and Bone
as Mama Agba
2025
G20
as President Danielle Sutton
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
as Narration
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
as The Chameleon (voice)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
2023
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Air
as Deloris Jordan
2022
Black Adam
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Woman King
as Nanisca
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
as Self
2021
The Unforgivable
as Liz Ingram
The Suicide Squad
as Amanda Waller
2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
as Ma Rainey
Giving Voice
as Self
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Florida Evans
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
A Touch of Sugar
as Narrator
Troop Zero
as Miss Rayleen
2018
Widows
as Veronica Rawlings
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Fences
as Rose Maxson
Suicide Squad
as Amanda Waller
Custody
as Martha Schulman
2015
Lila & Eve
as Lila Walcott
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
Blackhat
as Carol Barrett
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as Professor Lillian Friedman
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
as Professor Lillian Friedman
Get on Up
as Susie Brown
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2013
Ender's Game
as Major Gwen Anderson
Prisoners
as Nancy Birch
Love, Marilyn
as Self
Beautiful Creatures
as Amma Treadeau
2012
Won't Back Down
as Nona Alberts
2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Abby Black
Touch of Evil
as The Vengeful Caretaker
The Help
as Aibileen Clark
2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story
as Dr. Eden Minerva
Trust
as Gail Friedman
Eat Pray Love
as Delia Shiraz
Knight and Day
as CIA Director Isabel George
2009
Beyond All Boundaries
as Hortense Johnson
Law Abiding Citizen
as Mayor April Henry
State of Play
as Dr. Judith Franklin
Doubt: Stage to Screen
as Self
Madea Goes to Jail
as Ellen
2008
Doubt
as Mrs. Miller
Nights in Rodanthe
as Jean
2007
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
as Molly Crane
Disturbia
as Detective Parker
2006
The Architect
as Tonya Neely
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as Diane Barrino
World Trade Center
as Mother in Hospital
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Molly Crane
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
as Officer Molly Crane
2005
Syriana
as CIA Chairwoman
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Grandma
Stone Cold
as Molly Crane
2002
Antwone Fisher
as Eva May
Solaris
as Gordon
Far from Heaven
as Sybil
2001
Kate & Leopold
as Policewoman
Ocean's Eleven
as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
The Shrink Is In
as Robin
Amy & Isabelle
as Dottie
2000
Traffic
as Social Worker
1998
Grace & Glorie
as Rosemary Allbright
Out of Sight
as Moselle
The Pentagon Wars
as Sgt. Fanning
Miss Apprehension and Squirt
as Sharon Hughes
1996
The Substance of Fire
as Nurse