Viola Davis
American actress and producer
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| 2025 | Starred in G20, an action thriller where she plays the U.S. president. |
| 2025 | Received the Cecil B. DeMille Award. |
| 2025 | Viola Davis is in post-production for her role as President Danielle Sutton, also serving as a producer |
| 2024 | Announced as the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. |
| 2024 | Begins voicing Amanda Waller in Creature Commandos animated series, appearing in 2 episodes |
| December 2024 | Received the inaugural Faith and Spirituality in Entertainment Honor from the Coalition for Faith and Media, along with her husband Julius Tennon, for their work with JuVee Productions. |
| March 2024 | Had her likeness turned into a Barbie doll for International Women's Day and voiced the Chameleon in Kung Fu Panda 4. |
| 2023 | Viola Davis appeared in the documentary film 'Silver Dollar Road' |
| 2023 | Continued her diverse acting career with roles in 'Air' and 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes'. |
| February 2023 | Won the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording for narrating her autobiography Finding Me, achieving EGOT status as the 18th person to do so. |
| 2022 | Wins Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording for the audiobook of her memoir Finding Me. Stars in the historical action film The Woman King. |
| 2022 | Starred in The Woman King, portraying Nanisca, the general of an all-female military unit in the Kingdom of Dahomey. |
| 2022 | Plays Amanda Waller in two uncredited episodes of Peacemaker |
| 2022 | Stars as Michelle Obama and serves as executive producer in The First Lady, appearing in 10 episodes |
| 2021 | Reprised her role as Amanda Waller in The Suicide Squad and appeared in The Unforgivable alongside Sandra Bullock. |
| 2020 | Starred in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom alongside Chadwick Boseman, winning a Screen Actors Guild Award and receiving her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. |
| 2020 | Executive produced and appeared in the documentary film Giving Voice, which follows students in the August Wilson monologue competition. |
| 2020 | Ranked ninth on The New York Times' list of the greatest actors of the 21st century. |
| 2020 | Featured in Celebrity IOU episode, playing herself and helping deliver a dream home |
| January 20 2020 | Awarded an honorary doctoral degree in fine arts from Indiana University. |
| 2019 | Became a L'Oréal Paris ambassador. |
| 2019 | Appears as Florida Evans in Live in Front of a Studio Audience special episode of 'All in the Family and Good Times' |
| 2018 | Starred in the heist thriller Widows, receiving critical acclaim and a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role. |
| 2018 | Davis donated funds to her alma mater, Central Falls High School, specifically for its theater program. |
| 2018 | Davis was a speaker at the Women's March event in Los Angeles. |
| 2018 | Viola Davis participated in documentary projects including 'The Last Defense' TV series and 'Two Sides', a four-part documentary series |
| 2017 | Received her 2,597th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, presented by Meryl Streep. Davis was also listed among Time magazine's '100 Most Influential People' for the second time. |
| 2017 | Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine for the second time. |
| 2017 | Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. |
| 2017 | Viola Davis was involved in multiple projects including the short film 'The Night Shift', TV series 'Emerging Artist Series' and 'American Koko' (narrating and acting in 12 episodes), and the television special 'EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live' |
| September 2017 | Davis launched the $30K in 30 Days Project with Hunger Is, awarding a $1,000 grant to the Rhode Island Community food bank. |
| March 2017 | Awarded the Artist of the Year Award at Harvard University. |
| 2016 | Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film adaptation of Fences. Also joined the DCEU, playing Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad. |
| 2016 | Joined the DCEU by playing Amanda Waller in 'Suicide Squad'. |
| October 2016 | As part of her partnership with Vaseline Healing Project, Davis attended the groundbreaking of a free community health center in Central Falls, Rhode Island, which provides dermatological care to people affected by poverty. |
| 2015 | Viola Davis appeared in the short film 'The Brink' |
| 2014 | Davis began collaborating with the Hunger Is campaign to help eradicate childhood hunger across America, sharing her personal experiences of growing up in poverty. |
| 2014 | Viola Davis performed in the theater play 'Camp Logan' |
| 2014 | Became the first black woman to win Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in How to Get Away with Murder. |
| 2013 | Viola Davis voices Helen Hanshaw in an episode of animated series Sofia the First |
| 2012 | Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. |
| 2012 | Co-founded JuVee Productions with her husband Julius Tennon. |
| June 12 2012 | Received the Women in Film's Crystal Award, recognizing her significant contributions to the film industry. |
| 2011 | Received an Oscar nomination for her role in The Help. |
| 2011 | Viola Davis donated funds to her hometown public library in Central Falls, Rhode Island to prevent its closure due to lack of city funding. |
| 2011 | Davis and her husband Julius Tennon adopted an infant daughter named Genesis, expanding their family. |
| 2010 | Won her second Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Rose Maxson in Fences. |
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