Viola Davis
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Viola Davis is an American actress and producer born in 1965 who has become one of the most prominent figures in entertainment. She matters because she has achieved major success in film, television, and theater, breaking barriers as a Black woman in Hollywood.
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Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965)[1] is an American actress and producer. Having won an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the first African-American actor to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting".[2][3] Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017.[3][2] In 2017 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4] In 2020, The New York Times ranked Davis ninth on its list of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Cent
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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. Her first win was for Best Featured Actress in a Play playing the character Tonya, a woman grappling with trauma and loss in King Hedley II (2001), followed by her second win for Best Actress in a Play playing Rose Maxson, a working class mother in Fences (2010).
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