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Viola Davis
Viola Davis
Cumpleaños: 1965-08-11
Lugar de Nacimiento: Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Biografía: Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of numerous accolades, Davis is one of the few performers to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT); additionally, she is the sole African-American to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting as well as the third person to achieve both statuses. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions. After graduating from the Juilliard School in 1993, she won an Obie Award in 1999 for her performance as Ruby McCollum in Everybody's Ruby. She played minor roles in film and television in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before earning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Tonya in the 2001 Broadway production of August Wilson's King Hedley II. Her film breakthrough came with her role as a troubled mother in the drama Doubt (2008), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Davis won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Rose Maxson in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences. For starring as a 1960s housemaid in the comedy-drama The Help (2011), Davis received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. From 2014 to 2020, she played lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC drama series How to Get Away with Murder, for which she became the first black actress to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. In 2016, Davis reprised the role of Maxson in the film adaptation of Fences, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She played Amanda Waller in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Suicide Squad (2016). In 2020, she portrayed Ma Rainey in the biopic Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, for which she received a fourth Academy Award nomination, becoming the most-Oscar-nominated black actress. Her performances in Widows (2018) and The Woman King (2022) earned her further nominations for the BAFTA Best Actress Award, making her the most-BAFTA-nominated black actress. Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, are founders of a production company, JuVee Productions. Davis is also widely recognized for her advocacy and support of human rights and equal rights for women and women of color. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017 and became a L'Oréal Paris ambassador in 2019. The audiobook narration of her 2022 memoir Finding Me earned Davis a Grammy Award in 2023.
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Out of Sight
6.7
Out of Sight, 1998
Romance
Comedia
Detective
Traffic
7.0
Traffic, 2000
Thriller
Drama
Detective
Ocean's Eleven
7.4
Ocean's Eleven, 2001
Thriller
Detective
Kate & Leopold
6.3
Kate & Leopold, 2001
Romance
Comedia
Fantasía
Far from Heaven
7.0
Far from Heaven, 2002
Drama
Romance
Antwone Fisher
6.9
Antwone Fisher, 2002
Drama
Histórico
Romance
Solaris
5.9
Solaris, 2002
Drama
Ciencia Ficción
Misterio
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
6.8
Get Rich or Die Tryin', 2005
Drama
Detective
Syriana
6.4
Syriana, 2005
Drama
Thriller
Disturbia
6.7
Disturbia, 2007
Thriller
Drama
Misterio
Doubt
7.2
Doubt, 2008
Drama
Nights in Rodanthe
6.2
Nights in Rodanthe, 2008
Drama
Romance
Law Abiding Citizen
7.4
Law Abiding Citizen, 2009
Drama
Detective
Thriller
State of Play
6.8
State of Play, 2009
Thriller
Knight and Day
6.2
Knight and Day, 2010
Acción
Comedia
Eat Pray Love
6.2
Eat Pray Love, 2010
Drama
Romance
Trust
6.6
Trust, 2010
Detective
Drama
Thriller
It's Kind of a Funny Story
7.0
It's Kind of a Funny Story, 2010
Comedia
Drama
The Help
8.2
The Help, 2011
Drama
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
7.0
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 2011
Drama
Prisoners
8.1
Prisoners, 2013
Drama
Thriller
Detective
Ender's Game
6.6
Ender's Game, 2013
Ciencia Ficción
Acción
Aventura
Beautiful Creatures
6.0
Beautiful Creatures, 2013
Fantasía
Drama
Romance
Get on Up
6.8
Get on Up, 2014
Drama
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
6.2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them, 2014
Drama
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
6.7
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him, 2014
Drama
Romance
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
6.7
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, 2014
Drama
Romance
Blackhat
5.5
Blackhat, 2015
Detective
Thriller
Acción
Lila & Eve
6.0
Lila & Eve, 2015
Thriller
Drama
Suicide Squad
5.9
Suicide Squad, 2016
Acción
Aventura
Fantasía
Fences
6.9
Fences, 2016
Drama
Widows
6.5
Widows, 2018
Detective
Thriller
Troop Zero
7.0
Troop Zero, 2019
Comedia
Drama
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6.7
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 2020
Drama
The Suicide Squad
7.5
The Suicide Squad, 2021
Acción
Comedia
Aventura
The Unforgivable
7.5
The Unforgivable, 2021
Drama
Detective
Black Adam
7.0
Black Adam, 2022
Acción
Aventura
Ciencia Ficción
The Woman King
7.7
The Woman King, 2022
Acción
Drama
Histórico
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
7.2
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, 2023
Drama
Ciencia Ficción
Acción
Air
7.4
Air, 2023
Drama