Viola Davis
Acting
Born August 11, 1965
From St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA
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 th...
Filmography
Children of Blood and Bone
Mama Agba
2027
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Narrator (voice)
20266.0
G20
President Danielle Sutton
20256.3
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
Narration
20251.0
Kung Fu Panda 4
The Chameleon (voice)
20247.0
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
20247.5
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Dr. Volumnia Gaul
20237.0
Air
Deloris Jordan
20237.3
Food 2050
Self - Narrator (voice)
202210.0
Black Adam
Amanda Waller (uncredited)
20226.8
The Woman King
Nanisca
20227.6
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
Self
20226.4
The Unforgivable
Liz Ingram
20217.4
The Suicide Squad
Amanda Waller
20217.5
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey
20206.6
Giving Voice
Self
20206.4
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Florida Evans
20196.1
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
20198.7
Operation Othello
Narrator
2019
A Touch of Sugar
Narrator
2019
Troop Zero
Miss Rayleen
20197.0
Widows
Veronica Rawlings
20186.5
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
20185.4
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Self (uncredited)
20177.5
Fences
Rose Maxson
20166.9
Suicide Squad
Amanda Waller
20165.9
Custody
Martha Schulman
20166.9
Lila & Eve
Lila Walcott
20156.1
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
2015
Blackhat
Carol Barrett
20155.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Professor Lillian Friedman
20146.6
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Professor Lillian Friedman
20146.7
Get On Up
Susie Brown
20146.8
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Professor Lillian Friedman
20146.2
Ender's Game
Major Gwen Anderson
20136.6
Prisoners
Nancy Birch
20138.1
Love, Marilyn
Self
20136.6
Beautiful Creatures
Amma Treadeau
20136.0
Won't Back Down
Nona Alberts
20126.1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Abby Black
20117.0
Dark Girls
Self
20116.8
The Help
Aibileen Clark
20118.2
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Dr. Eden Minerva
20106.9
Trust
Gail Friedman
20106.5
Eat Pray Love
Delia Shiraz
20106.2
Knight and Day
CIA Director Isabel George
20106.2
Beyond All Boundaries
Hortense Johnson
20096.8
Law Abiding Citizen
Mayor April Henry
20097.4
State of Play
Dr. Judith Franklin
20096.8
Doubt: Stage to Screen
Self
20096.5
Madea Goes to Jail
Ellen
20096.5
Doubt
Mrs. Miller
20087.2
Nights in Rodanthe
Jean
20086.3
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Molly Crane
20077.0
Disturbia
Detective Parker
20076.7
The Architect
Tonya Neely
20065.6
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Diane Barrino
20066.2
World Trade Center
Mother in Hospital
20066.1
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Molly Crane
20066.9
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Officer Molly Crane
20066.9
Syriana
CIA Chairwoman
20056.4
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Grandma
20056.8
Stone Cold
Molly Crane
20056.8
Antwone Fisher
Eva May
20026.9
Solaris
Gordon
20025.9
Far from Heaven
Sybil
20027.1
Kate & Leopold
Policewoman
20016.3
Ocean's Eleven
Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
20017.5
The Shrink Is In
Robin
20014.9
Amy & Isabelle
Dottie
20015.6
Traffic
Social Worker
20007.1
Grace & Glorie
Rosemary Allbright
19986.3
Out of Sight
Moselle
19986.7
The Pentagon Wars
Sgt. Fanning
19986.9
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Miss Apprehension and Squirt
Sharon Hughes
1998
The Substance of Fire
Nurse
19966.4
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Two Butterflies
N/A
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I Almost Forgot About You
Dr. Georgia Young
N/A
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Small Great Things
N/A
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The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Rachel Dupree
N/A
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Ally Clark
Ally Clark
N/A
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House of Games
N/A