Viola Davis

ActorProducer Aug 11 (age 60) St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA 1968–2027 (59 year career)

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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 sta…

Known For

Film

Prisoners

Nancy Birch

Film

The Help

Aibileen Clark

Film

Ocean's Eleven

Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Suicide Squad

Amanda Waller

Film

Law Abiding Citizen

Mayor April Henry

Film

Black Adam

Amanda Waller (uncredited)

Film

Suicide Squad

Amanda Waller

Film

The Woman King

Nanisca

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (80)

Children of Blood and Bone

2027 Upcoming

as Mama Agba

Jan 14

The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality

2025

as Narration

G20

2025

as President Danielle Sutton

6.4

Kung Fu Panda 4

2024

as The Chameleon (voice)

7.0

Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

2024

as Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)

7.5

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

as Dr. Volumnia Gaul

Air

as Deloris Jordan

Black Adam

as Amanda Waller (uncredited)

6.8

The Woman King

2022

as Nanisca

7.6

Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event

2022

as Self

7.1

Food 2050

2022

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Suicide Squad

as Amanda Waller

The Unforgivable

as Liz Ingram

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

as Ma Rainey

Giving Voice

as Self

Troop Zero

as Miss Rayleen

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

2019

as Florida Evans

6.1

On Broadway

2019

as Self (archive footage)

8.7

A Touch of Sugar

2019

as Narrator

Widows

2018

as Veronica Rawlings

6.5

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Suicide Squad

as Amanda Waller

Fences

as Rose Maxson

Custody

as Martha Schulman

Blackhat

as Carol Barrett

Lila & Eve

as Lila Walcott

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

as Self

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

2014

as Professor Lillian Friedman

6.2

Get On Up

2014

as Susie Brown

6.8

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

2014

as Professor Lillian Friedman

6.7

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

2014

as Professor Lillian Friedman

Prisoners

as Nancy Birch

Ender's Game

as Major Gwen Anderson

Beautiful Creatures

as Amma Treadeau

Love, Marilyn

as Self

Won't Back Down

as Nona Alberts

The Help

as Aibileen Clark

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011

as Abby Black

7.0

Knight and Day

2010

as CIA Director Isabel George

Eat Pray Love

as Delia Shiraz

Trust

as Gail Friedman

It's Kind of a Funny Story

as Dr. Eden Minerva

Law Abiding Citizen

as Mayor April Henry

State of Play

as Dr. Judith Franklin

6.8

Madea Goes to Jail

2009

as Ellen

6.5

Beyond All Boundaries

2009

as Hortense Johnson

6.8

Doubt: Stage to Screen

as Self

Doubt

as Mrs. Miller

Nights in Rodanthe

as Jean

Disturbia

as Detective Parker

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

2007

as Molly Crane

7.0

World Trade Center

2006

as Mother in Hospital

6.1

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006

as Molly Crane

6.9

Jesse Stone: Night Passage

2006

as Officer Molly Crane

6.9

The Architect

2006

as Tonya Neely

5.5

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

2006

as Diane Barrino

6.2

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

as Grandma

Syriana

as CIA Chairwoman

Stone Cold

as Molly Crane

Solaris

as Gordon

Far from Heaven

as Sybil

Antwone Fisher

as Eva May

Ocean's Eleven

as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)

Kate & Leopold

as Policewoman

Amy & Isabelle

as Dottie

The Shrink Is In

as Robin

Traffic

as Social Worker

Out of Sight

as Moselle

Grace & Glorie

as Rosemary Allbright

6.3

The Pentagon Wars

1998

as Sgt. Fanning

6.9

Miss Apprehension and Squirt

1998

as Sharon Hughes

The Substance of Fire

1996

as Nurse

7.1

Operation Othello

as Narrator

Ally Clark

as Ally Clark

Small Great Things

The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

as Rachel Dupree

Two Butterflies

House of Games

I Almost Forgot About You

as Dr. Georgia Young

Television (55)

Number One on the Call Sheet

as Self

Hot Ones Versus

as Self

Creature Commandos

as Amanda Waller (voice)

7.8

Peacemaker

2022

as Amanda Waller (uncredited)

8.2

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

The First Lady

as Michelle Obama

C ce soir, le débat

as Self - Guest

Celebrity IOU

as Self

Dear...

as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Hot Ones

as Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

as Self

6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self - Guest

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

as Annalise Keating

7.8

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

as Self

4.5

Sofia the First

2013

as Helen Hanshaw (voice)

7.2

Scandal

2012

as Annalise Keating

7.2

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

United States of Tara

2009

7.1

The Andromeda Strain

2008

as Dr. Charlene Barton

6.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Traveler

as Agent Jan Marlow

Brothers and Sisters

as Ellen Snyder

Threshold

Century City

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Without a Trace

as Audrey Williams

Live from E!

as Self

Hack

as Stevie Morgan

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Terry Randolph

7.6

The Guardian

2001

as Suzanna Clemons' Attorney

7.0

The Division

2001

as Dr. Georgia Davis

7.1

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Attorney Campbell

City of Angels

as Lynnette Peeler

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Donna Emmett

Third Watch

as Margo Rodriguez

Judging Amy

as Celeste

Providence

as Dr. Eleanor Weiss

The View

as Self

The Practice

as Aisha Crenshaw

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

as Self

NYPD Blue

as Woman

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self - Guest

The Simpsons

as Narrator (voice)

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

60 Minutes

as Self

The Grammys

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Rosemary Allbright

8.6

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Nominee

7.2

Waller

as Amanda Waller

Crew (19)

Movies (12)

G20

2025

Producer

6.4

ASALI: Power of the Pollinators

Executive Producer

Silver Dollar Road

Executive Producer

The Woman King

Producer

Troop Zero

Producer

Emanuel

Executive Producer

Night Shift

Executive Producer

Operation Othello

Executive Producer

Black Boys Don't Sew

Executive Producer

Mfinda

Executive Producer

Ally Clark

Producer

House of Games

Producer

Television (7)

Number One on the Call Sheet

Executive Producer

The First Lady

Executive Producer

In a Man's World

Executive Producer

The Last Defense

2018

Executive Producer

5.5

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

Producer

7.8

Waller

Executive Producer

Rise of the Empress

Executive Producer