ممثلة أمريكية من مواليد 11 أغسطس 1965 في سانت ماثيوز، ساوث كارولينا.

ولدت فيولا في مزرعة جدتها لوالدتها وحينما أصبحت بعمر شهرين انتقلت أسرتها إلى (رود ايلاند) حيث عمل والدها مدرباً للخيول.

وفي أثناء دراستها الثانوية تنامى لديها حب التمثيل فقررت دراسة علوم المسرح في كلية (رود ايلاند).

ظهرت في (فيلم Suicide Squad[2016] فيلم Law Abiding Citizen[2009] فيلم Disturbia[2007] فيلم Knight and Day[2010] فيلم The Help[2011]).

Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of numerous accolades, Davis is one of the few performers to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT); additionally, she is the sole African-American to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting as well as the third person to achieve both statuses. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.

Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions. After graduating from the Juilliard School in 1993, she won an Obie Award in 1999 for her performance as Ruby McCollum in Everybody's Ruby. She played minor roles in film and television in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before earning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Tonya in the 2001 Broadway production of August Wilson's King Hedley II. Her film breakthrough came with her role as a troubled mother in the drama Doubt (2008), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Davis won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Rose Maxson in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences.

For starring as a 1960s housemaid in the comedy-drama The Help (2011), Davis received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. From 2014 to 2020, she played lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC drama series How to Get Away with Murder, for which she became the first black actress to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. In 2016, Davis reprised the role of Maxson in the film adaptation of Fences, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She played Amanda Waller in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Suicide Squad (2016). In 2020, she portrayed Ma Rainey in the biopic Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, for which she received a fourth Academy Award nomination, becoming the most-Oscar-nominated black actress. Her performances in Widows (2018) and The Woman King (2022) earned her further nominations for the BAFTA Best Actress Award, making her the most-BAFTA-nominated black actress.

Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, are founders of a production company, JuVee Productions. Davis is also widely recognized for her advocacy and support of human rights and equal rights for women and women of color. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017 and became a L'Oréal Paris ambassador in 2019. The audiobook narration of her 2022 memoir Finding Me earned Davis a Grammy Award in 2023.

Viola Davis (* 11. August 1965 in Saint Matthews, South Carolina) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. 2015 gewann sie für ihre Leistung in der Krimiserie "How to Get Away with Murder" als erste afroamerikanische Schauspielerin den Emmy in der Kategorie Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Dramaserie. Bei der Oscarverleihung 2017 erhielt sie den Oscar als Beste Nebendarstellerin für ihre Rolle in "Fences".

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Viola Davis (St. Matthews, 11 de agosto de 1965) é uma premiada atriz norte-americana, considerada uma das melhores de sua geração. Vencedora de dois Tony Award e um Emmy do Primetime, a atriz foi indicada ao Oscar de melhor atriz coadjuvante em 2009 por sua atuação no filme Doubt; no mesmo ano, atuou no filme Law Abiding Citizen. Em 2011, atuou como Aibileen Clark na adaptação cinematográfica do livro de Kathryn Stockett The Help pelo qual foi indicada ao Globo de Ouro de Melhor Atriz em filme dramático e ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz.

Виола Дэвис

Наиболее известная благодаря выступлениям в театре, Дэвис выиграла свои первые премии «Тони» и «Драма Деск» в 2001 году за роль второго плана в пьесе «Король Хедли II». В 2004 году она выиграла свою вторую награду «Драма Деск» за роль в пьесе «Нижнее бельё». В 2010 году она вновь была удостоена премии «Тони» за главную роль в пьесе «Ограды».

На экране, Дэвис достигла первой известности благодаря ролям в телесериалах «Закон и порядок: Специальный корпус» и «Такая разная Тара», а в 2008 году получила номинации на премии «Оскар» и «Золотой глобус» в категории «Лучшая женская роль второго плана» за своё 11-минутное появление в фильме «Сомнение». В 2011 году за свою роль в фильме «Прислуга» она получила номинации на «Оскар», «Золотой глобус» и BAFTA в категории «Лучшая женская роль». В 2012 году журнал Time внёс Дэвис в список самых влиятельных людей мира[3]. С 2014 года Дэвис исполняет ведущую роль в сериале Шонды Раймс «Как избежать наказания за убийство», за который она получила премию «Эмми» за лучшую женскую роль в драматическом сериале (став тем самым первой темнокожей актрисой, выигравшей награду в данной категории) и «Премию Гильдии киноактёров США», а также номинацию на «Золотой глобус». В 2017 году стала обладательницей множества наград, в том числе и «Оскара», за роль Роуз Максон в фильме «Ограды».