Viola Davis
- Known For: Acting
- Birthday: 11-08-1965
- Gender: Female
- Place of Birth: Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
- Also Known As:
비올라 데이비스
Виола Дэвис
- Popularity: 7.12
- Homepage: N/A
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Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress. Known primarily as a stage actress, Davis won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for her role in King Hedley II (2001). She won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her role in Fences. She won a second Drama Desk Award for Intimate Apparel (2004). Her films include Traffic (2000), Antwone Fisher (2002), and Solaris (2002). Her performance in Doubt (2008) was nominated for several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Viola Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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| Year | Movie | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Lila & Eve | as Lila |
| 2012 | Won't Back Down | as Nona Alberts |
| 1970 | The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | as Rachel Dupree |
| 2018 | Widows | as Veronica |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | as Ma Rainey |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | as Molly Crane |
| 2011 | The Help | as Aibileen Clark |
| 2016 | Custody | as Martha Schulman |
| 2006 | The Architect | as Tonya Neely |
| 2016 | Fences | as Rose Maxson |
| 1970 | Small Great Things | |
| 2019 | Troop Zero | as Miss Rayleen |
| 2006 | Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story | as Diane Barrino |
| 2019 | A Touch of Sugar | as Narrator |
| 1970 | The Woman King | as Nanisca |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen | as Self |
| 2002 | Solaris | as Gordon |
| 2005 | Jesse Stone: Stone Cold | as Molly Crane |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Night Passage | as Molly Crane |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | as Platoon Sgt. Fanning |
| 2010 | It's Kind of a Funny Story | as Dr. Eden Minerva |
| 2015 | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | |
| 1970 | Unforgiven | |
| 2020 | Giving Voice | as Self |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | as Jean |
| 2008 | Doubt | as Mrs. Miller |
| 2010 | Knight and Day | as CIA Director Isabel George |
| 2013 | Ender's Game | as Major Gwen Anderson |
| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures | as Amma Treadeau |
| 2014 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | as Professor Lillian Friedman |
| 2014 | Get on Up | as Susie Brown |
| 2014 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | as Professor Lillian Friedman |
| 2015 | Blackhat | as Carol Barrett |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | as Sybil |
| 2010 | Trust | as Gail Friedman |
| 2001 | Amy & Isabelle | as Dottie |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | as Amanda Waller |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | as Amanda Waller |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | as Grandma |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | as Delia Shiraz |
| 2001 | The Shrink Is In | as Robin |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | as Abby Black |
| 2013 | Prisoners | as Nancy Birch |
| 2007 | Disturbia | as Detective Parker |
| 2011 | Touch of Evil | as The Vengeful Caretaker |
| 2014 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | as Professor Lillian Friedman |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | as Hortense Johnson |
| 1998 | Grace & Glorie | as Rosemary Allbright |
| 2009 | Madea Goes to Jail | as Ellen |
| 1996 | The Substance of Fire | as Nurse |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | as Florida Evans |
| 2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | as Molly Crane |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher | as Eva May |
| 2012 | Love, Marilyn | as Herself |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | as Mayor April Henry |
| 2009 | State of Play | as Dr. Judith Franklin |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | as Mother in Hospital with Donna |
| 2001 | Kate & Leopold | as Policewoman |
| 1998 | Out of Sight | as Moselle |
| 2018 | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | as Herself (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Syriana | as CIA Chairwoman |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II") |
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | as Parole Board Interrogator (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Traffic | as Social Worker |
| 2017 | Night Shift | |
| 2019 | Troop Zero | |
| 2019 | Emanuel | |
| 1970 | The Woman King | |
| 2018 | The Last Defense |