Viola Davis
Born 1965
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…
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Children of Blood and Bone(2027)
as Mama Agba
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause(2026)
as Narrator (voice)
G20(2025)
as President Danielle Sutton
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality(2025)
as Narration
Kung Fu Panda 4(2024)
as The Chameleon (voice)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes(2024)
as Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes(2023)
as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Air(2023)
as Deloris Jordan
Food 2050(2022)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Black Adam(2022)
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Woman King(2022)
as Nanisca
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event(2022)
as Self
The Unforgivable(2021)
as Liz Ingram
The Suicide Squad(2021)
as Amanda Waller
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom(2020)
as Ma Rainey
Giving Voice(2020)
as Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"(2019)
as Florida Evans
On Broadway(2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Othello(2019)
as Narrator
A Touch of Sugar(2019)
as Narrator
Troop Zero(2019)
as Miss Rayleen
Widows(2018)
as Veronica Rawlings
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal(2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Fences(2016)
as Rose Maxson
Suicide Squad(2016)
as Amanda Waller
Custody(2016)
as Martha Schulman
Lila & Eve(2015)
as Lila Walcott
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand(2015)
as Self
Blackhat(2015)
as Carol Barrett
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her(2014)
as Professor Lillian Friedman
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him(2014)
as Professor Lillian Friedman
Get On Up(2014)
as Susie Brown
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them(2014)
as Professor Lillian Friedman
Ender's Game(2013)
as Major Gwen Anderson
Prisoners(2013)
as Nancy Birch
Love, Marilyn(2013)
as Self
Beautiful Creatures(2013)
as Amma Treadeau
Won't Back Down(2012)
as Nona Alberts
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close(2011)
as Abby Black
The Help(2011)
as Aibileen Clark
It's Kind of a Funny Story(2010)
as Dr. Eden Minerva
Trust(2010)
as Gail Friedman
Eat Pray Love(2010)
as Delia Shiraz
Knight and Day(2010)
as CIA Director Isabel George
Beyond All Boundaries(2009)
as Hortense Johnson
Law Abiding Citizen(2009)
as Mayor April Henry
State of Play(2009)
as Dr. Judith Franklin
Doubt: Stage to Screen(2009)
as Self
Madea Goes to Jail(2009)
as Ellen
Doubt(2008)
as Mrs. Miller
Nights in Rodanthe(2008)
as Jean
Jesse Stone: Sea Change(2007)
as Molly Crane
Disturbia(2007)
as Detective Parker
The Architect(2006)
as Tonya Neely
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story(2006)
as Diane Barrino
World Trade Center(2006)
as Mother in Hospital
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays(2006)
as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise(2006)
as Molly Crane
Jesse Stone: Night Passage(2006)
as Officer Molly Crane
Syriana(2005)
as CIA Chairwoman
Get Rich or Die Tryin'(2005)
as Grandma
Stone Cold(2005)
as Molly Crane
Antwone Fisher(2002)
as Eva May
Solaris(2002)
as Gordon
Far from Heaven(2002)
as Sybil
Kate & Leopold(2001)
as Policewoman
Ocean's Eleven(2001)
as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
The Shrink Is In(2001)
as Robin
Amy & Isabelle(2001)
as Dottie
Traffic(2000)
as Social Worker
Grace & Glorie(1998)
as Rosemary Allbright
Out of Sight(1998)
as Moselle
The Pentagon Wars(1998)
as Sgt. Fanning
- Film
Miss Apprehension and Squirt(1998)
as Sharon Hughes
The Substance of Fire(1996)
as Nurse
- Film
Small Great Things
- Film
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
as Rachel Dupree
- Film
Ally Clark
as Ally Clark
- Film
House of Games
- Film
I Almost Forgot About You
as Dr. Georgia Young
- Film
Two Butterflies
