Acting
Viola Davis
Born 1965-08-11
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.
Acting
Children of Blood and Bone
2027 · Mama Agba
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026 · Narrator (voice)
G20
2025 · President Danielle Sutton
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
2025 · Narration
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · The Chameleon (voice)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024 · Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023 · Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Air
2023 · Deloris Jordan
Food 2050
2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Black Adam
2022 · Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Woman King
2022 · Nanisca
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022 · Self
The Unforgivable
2021 · Liz Ingram
The Suicide Squad
2021 · Amanda Waller
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 · Ma Rainey
Giving Voice
2020 · Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019 · Florida Evans
On Broadway
2019 · Self (archive footage)
A Touch of Sugar
2019 · Narrator
Troop Zero
2019 · Miss Rayleen
Widows
2018 · Veronica Rawlings
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017 · Self (uncredited)
Fences
2016 · Rose Maxson
Suicide Squad
2016 · Amanda Waller
Custody
2016 · Martha Schulman
Lila & Eve
2015 · Lila Walcott
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015 · Self
Blackhat
2015 · Carol Barrett
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · Professor Lillian Friedman
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014 · Professor Lillian Friedman
Get On Up
2014 · Susie Brown
