Viola Davis — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

💥Viola Davis. Born in 1965 in St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA. She grew up in a family with four older sisters, an older brother, and a younger sister. Her father worked as a horse trainer, and her mother was a maid. She studied at Rhode Island College and the Juilliard School. She works as an actress and producer. Since 2003, she has been married to actor Julius Tennon, and the couple has a daughter, Genesis.

🏆Main awards🏆: Oscar (2017) [Fences], BAFTA (2017) [Fences], Golden Globe (2017) [Fences]

🎬Main projects🎬: "The Help" (2011), "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014), "Fences" (2016), "Suicide Squad" (2016), "The Woman King" (2022), "Non-Stop" (2014)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Viola grew up in extreme poverty and lived in a house without hot water as a child

Filmography

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2021 The Suicide Squad Amanda Waller

2016 Suicide Squad Amanda Waller

Awards & recognition

1 nominations · 1 Award ceremony

Saturn Awards 1 nominations

Best supporting actress The Suicide Squad 2022

Interesting facts

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Graduated from the Juilliard School (one of the largest higher education institutions in the United States in the field of art and music, located in Lincoln Center in New York).
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The first African American woman to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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Davis is a Christian and regularly attends services at the Oasis Church in Los Angeles.
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Viola Davis has an adopted daughter from her marriage to Julius Tennon - Genesis Tennon (born 2011).
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She was born on her grandmother's farm in St. Matthews, South Carolina, and was the fifth of six children. Her father, Dan Davis, was a horse trainer. Her mother, Mary Alice, was a homemaker and maid. A few months after Viola was born, the family moved to Rhode Island.
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In 1988, the future actress graduated from Rhode Island College, and in 2002 she received an honorary doctorate in fine arts.