Actor

Viola Davis

August 11, 1965 · St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA

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 she earned her first Tony nomination. She would later win two Tony Awards, both for Wilson plays.

Notable work

5.9
Suicide Squad (2016)
as Amanda Waller
8.1
Prisoners (2013)
as Nancy Birch
7.5
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
8
The Simpsons (1989)
as Narrator (voice)
7.5
The Suicide Squad (2021)
as Amanda Waller
8.2
The Help (2011)
as Aibileen Clark
6.8
Black Adam (2022)
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
6.6
Ender's Game (2013)
as Major Gwen Anderson
7.4
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
as Mayor April Henry
6.2
Knight and Day (2010)
as CIA Director Isabel George
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Donna Emmett
6.7
Disturbia (2007)
as Detective Parker

Film and television data provided by TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.