Viola Davis
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 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 sta...
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Donna Emmett
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Attorney Campbell
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Filmography
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
as Mama Agba
G20
2025
as President Danielle Sutton
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
2025
as Narration
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
as The Chameleon (voice)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024
as Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
Creature Commandos
2024
as Amanda Waller (voice)
Hot Ones Versus
2024
as Self
Air
2023
as Deloris Jordan
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022
as Self
Black Adam
2022
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Woman King
2022
as Nanisca
Food 2050
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Peacemaker
2022
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
The First Lady
2022
as Michelle Obama
The Suicide Squad
2021
as Amanda Waller
The Unforgivable
2021
as Liz Ingram
C ce soir, le débat
2021
as Self - Guest
Giving Voice
2020
as Self
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
as Ma Rainey
Dear...
2020
as Self
Celebrity IOU
2020
as Self
On Broadway
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Troop Zero
2019
as Miss Rayleen
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
as Florida Evans
A Touch of Sugar
2019
as Narrator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Widows
2018
as Veronica Rawlings
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Suicide Squad
2016
as Amanda Waller
Custody
2016
as Martha Schulman
Fences
2016
as Rose Maxson
Blackhat
2015
as Carol Barrett
Lila & Eve
2015
as Lila Walcott
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Professor Lillian Friedman
Get On Up
2014
as Susie Brown
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
as Professor Lillian Friedman
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Professor Lillian Friedman
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Annalise Keating
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Ender's Game
2013
as Major Gwen Anderson
Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
Beautiful Creatures
2013
as Amma Treadeau
Prisoners
2013
as Nancy Birch
Sofia the First
2013
as Helen Hanshaw (voice)
Won't Back Down
2012
as Nona Alberts
Scandal
2012
as Annalise Keating
The Help
2011
as Aibileen Clark
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as Abby Black
Knight and Day
2010
as CIA Director Isabel George
Eat Pray Love
2010
as Delia Shiraz
Trust
2010
as Gail Friedman
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
as Dr. Eden Minerva
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009
as Self
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
as Mayor April Henry
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
as Ellen
State of Play
2009
as Dr. Judith Franklin
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Hortense Johnson
United States of Tara
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
as Jean
Doubt
2008
as Mrs. Miller
The Andromeda Strain
2008
as Dr. Charlene Barton
Disturbia
2007
as Detective Parker
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007
as Molly Crane
Traveler
2007
as Agent Jan Marlow
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
World Trade Center
2006
as Mother in Hospital
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
as Molly Crane
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
2006
as Officer Molly Crane
The Architect
2006
as Tonya Neely
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
as Diane Barrino
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Ellen Snyder
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
as Grandma
Stone Cold
2005
as Molly Crane
Syriana
2005
as CIA Chairwoman
Threshold
2005
Century City
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Solaris
2002
as Gordon
Far from Heaven
2002
as Sybil
Antwone Fisher
2002
as Eva May
Without a Trace
2002
as Audrey Williams
Live from E!
2002
as Self
Hack
2002
as Stevie Morgan
The Shrink Is In
2001
as Robin
Amy & Isabelle
2001
as Dottie
Ocean's Eleven
2001
as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
Kate & Leopold
2001
as Policewoman
The Division
2001
as Dr. Georgia Davis
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Terry Randolph
The Guardian
2001
as Suzanna Clemons' Attorney
Traffic
2000
as Social Worker
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Attorney Campbell
City of Angels
2000
as Lynnette Peeler
Third Watch
1999
as Margo Rodriguez
Providence
1999
as Dr. Eleanor Weiss
Judging Amy
1999
as Celeste
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Donna Emmett
The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Sgt. Fanning
Miss Apprehension and Squirt
1998
as Sharon Hughes
Out of Sight
1998
as Moselle
Grace & Glorie
1998
as Rosemary Allbright
The Practice
1997
as Aisha Crenshaw
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self
The Substance of Fire
1996
as Nurse
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self
NYPD Blue
1993
as Woman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989
as Narrator (voice)
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
The Grammys
1959
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Rosemary Allbright
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee