Viola Davis American Actress Born 1965 in St. Matthews

Viola Davis, born 11 August 1965 in St. Matthews, is an American actress. She is recognised as Aibileen Clark in The Help (2011).

Early life

Viola Davis was educated at Circle in the Square Theatre School, Rhode Island College and Juilliard School.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Viola Davis is Out of Sight (1998). During the 2000s, she worked on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) and Traffic (2000). Work from the 2010s includes Knight and Day (2010, as CIA Director Isabel George) and Suicide Squad (2016, as Amanda Waller). The Suicide Squad (2021, as Amanda Waller) and Black Adam (2022, as Amanda Waller) are among her 2020s credits.

Her filmography here covers 44 films and 6 TV series from 1998 to 2025. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (18), followed by action (9) and adventure (6). The most recent title listed is G20 (2025). Of her eight titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Suicide Squad (2016) has the highest, at $747 million.

George Clooney appears in four of her listed titles, including Syriana (2005) and Solaris (2002). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Ben Affleck (three titles) and Jessica Chastain (three titles). Steven Soderbergh directed two of her titles on record. Tate Taylor is credited as director on two of them, including Get on Up (2014).

Recognition

In 2017, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Fences. She has also won two Tony Awards (2001 and 2010) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2015) for How to Get Away with Murder. Viola Davis also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2009 for Doubt. Awards come to 16 wins and 7 nominations in total.

Personal life

She has been married to Julius Tennon since 2003. She has one child on record.