Viola Davis

Viola Davis is an American actress. Davis is known primarily as a stage actress, and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for her role in King Hedley II (2001). She won a second Drama Desk Award for Intimate Apparel (2004).

Her films include Traffic (2000), Antwone Fisher (2002) and Solaris (2002). Her performance in Doubt (2008) brought widespread recognition and she was nominated for several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

In 2001, she was awarded the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Tonya in King Hedley II, a “35-year-old mother fighting eloquently for the right to abort a pregnancy.” She has also received two Drama Desk Awards, for her work in King Hedley II and, in 2004, for her work in an off-Broadway production of Intimate Apparel.Davis has also had roles in numerous films, including four films by Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight, Solaris and Traffic). Viola is also the uncredited voice of the parole board interrogator who questions Danny Ocean (George Clooney) in the first scene in Ocean’s Eleven. She also gave brief performances in the films Kate & Leopold and Antwone Fisher. Her television work includes a recurring role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; a starring role in the short-lived Traveler; and a special guest appearance in “Badge”, a Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode.

In 2008, Davis played Mrs. Miller in the film adaption to the Broadway play, Doubt with Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. She was nominated for several awards for this performance, including a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Davis has been married to actor Julius Tennon since 2003. They have two children.

Other Information

• Born: August 11, 1965
• Birth place: St. Matthews, South Carolina, United States
• Awards won: Tony Awards: Best Featured Actress in a Play – 2001 King Hedley II; Other awards: NBR Award for Breakthrough Female Performance – 2008 Doubt

Links

• Viola Davis at the Internet Broadway Database
• Viola Davis at the Internet Movie Database

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