Viola Davis

1965 (61) • Acting

Born: 8/11/1965 (61) in St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA

Known for: Acting

Viola Davis

Viola Davis (/vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century (2020). Davis received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2025.

Known For

Suicide Squad

59%

Amanda Waller

2016

Prisoners

81%

Nancy Birch

2013

The Simpsons

80%

Narrator (voice)

1989

The Suicide Squad

74%

Amanda Waller

2021

The Help

82%

Aibileen Clark

2011

Ender's Game

66%

Major Gwen Anderson

2013

Knight and Day

62%

CIA Director Isabel George

2010

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

80%

Donna Emmett

1999

Children of Blood and Bone

Mama Agba

2027

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

60%

Narrator (voice)

2026

ASALI: Power of the Pollinators

80%

Executive Producer

2025

G20

63%

President Danielle Sutton

2025

G20

63%

Producer

2025

Number One on the Call Sheet

39%

Self

2025

Number One on the Call Sheet

39%

Executive Producer

2025

The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality

10%

Narration

2025

Creature Commandos

78%

Amanda Waller (voice)

2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

70%

The Chameleon (voice)

2024

Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

75%

Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)

2024

Hot Ones Versus

88%

Self

2024

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

70%

Dr. Volumnia Gaul

2023

Silver Dollar Road

72%

Executive Producer

2023

Air

73%

Deloris Jordan

2023

Food 2050

100%

Self - Narrator (voice)

2022

Black Adam

68%

Amanda Waller (uncredited)

2022

The Woman King

76%

Nanisca

2022

The Woman King

76%

Producer

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

56%

Self

2022

Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event

64%

Self

2022

The First Lady

57%

Michelle Obama

2022

The First Lady

57%

Executive Producer

2022

Peacemaker

82%

Amanda Waller (uncredited)

2022

The Unforgivable

74%

Liz Ingram

2021

The Suicide Squad

74%

Amanda Waller

2021

C ce soir

20%

Self - Guest

2021

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

66%

Ma Rainey

2020