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Viola Davis

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Age
46
Birthday
Aug. 11th, 1965
Born in
Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Height
5' 5"

Viola Davis' Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Traveler TV Show
Traveler
The Andromeda Strain TV Show
The Andromeda Strain
Century City TV Show
Century City
City of Angels TV Show
City of Angels
 

Main Movie Roles

2010 - Eat, Pray, Love
2010 - Knight and Day
2009 - Madea Goes To Jail
2009 - State of Play
2009 - Law Abiding Citizen
2008 - Doubt
2008 - Nights in Rodanthe
2007 - Disturbia
2006 - The Architect
2006 - World Trade Center
2005 - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005 - Syriana
2002 - Solaris
2002 - Far from Heaven
2001 - Kate & Leopold
2000 - Traffic
1998 - Out of Sight

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:
  • Grew up in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to which she moved when she was two months old.
  • Graduated from Juilliard
  • Inducted into The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on June 30, 2009.
  • Won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 'August Wilson' (qv) play "King Hedley II" which featured 'Brian Stokes Mitchell' (qv), 'Leslie Uggams' (qv), and theatre veteran 'Charles Brown (II)' (qv).
  • 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.
  • Won the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for "Intimate Apparel" in 2004.
  • Won Broadway's 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for 'August Wilson' (qv)'s "King Hedley II." She had previously been nominated in the same category in 1996 for another Wilson play, "Seven Guitars."

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