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Birth Name: Viola Davis

Age: 58, born 11 August 1965

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 5"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Julius Tennon

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19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013 (95 items)
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Great supporting perfomances (49 items)
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Viola Davis - What Movie Made You Cry?

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Touch of Evil: Viola Davis

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Top 10 Unbelievable Viola Davis Performances

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Description: Trivia: Graduated from Juilliard Won Broadway's 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for August Wilson's "King Hedley II." She had previously been nominated in the same category in 1996 for another Wilson play, "Seven Guitars." Won the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for "Intimate Apparel" in 2004. She is the daughter of Mary and Dan Davis. Dan was a horse-groomer for the Narrangasett and Lincoln Downs racetracks in Rhode Island. Attended Rhode Island College and majored in theater. Grew up in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to which she moved when she wa ... (more)

Tags: Actress (50), American (3), 1965 (2), The Help (2), Amanda Waller (1), BAFTA Winner (1), Unexpected (1), Lead Actress (1), Born In 1965 (1), Oscar Winning Actress (1), Golden Globe Winner (1), Social Justice Warrior (1), The Suicide Squad (1), Hollywood Liberal (1), Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series (1), The Woman King (1), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1), Born 1965 (1), Hollywood Walk Of Fame (1)

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My Favorite Performances of 2008 (Female) (25 person items)

" Mrs. Miller - Doubt "You can't hold a child responsible for what God gave him to be." "

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My Favorite Performances of 2016 (Female) (25 person items)

" Rose Maxson - Fences "I took all my feelings, my wants and needs and dreams, and I buried them inside you. I planted a seed and watched and prayed over it. I planted myself inside you and waited to bloom! And it didn't take me no 18 years to realize the soil was hard and rocky, and it wasn't never gonna bloom!" "

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My Favorite Performances of 2018 (Female) (25 person items)

" Veronica - Widows "We have a lot of work to do, crying is not on the list." "

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My Favorite Performances of 2020 (Female) (25 person items)

" Ma Rainey - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom "The blues help you get out of bed in the morning. You get up knowing you ain't alone. There's something else in the world. Something's has been added by that song." "

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