Personal Info
Viola Davis
Acting
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. DeMille Award 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 (1996) for which…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Children of Blood and Bone
as Mama Agba
G20
as President Danielle Sutton
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
as Narration
Kung Fu Panda 4
as The Chameleon (voice)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Air
as Deloris Jordan
Black Adam
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Woman King
as Nanisca
Food 2050
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Shows
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self · 1 ep.
Hot Ones Versus
as Self · 1 ep.
Creature Commandos
as Amanda Waller (voice) · 4 ep.
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage) · 4 ep.
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self · 3 ep.
Peacemaker
as Amanda Waller (uncredited) · 2 ep.
The First Lady
as Michelle Obama · 10 ep.
C ce soir, le débat
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
Celebrity IOU
as Self · 1 ep.
Dear...
as Self · 1 ep.
