NAME : VIOLA DAVIS BIRTH DATE : AUGUST 11, 1965 BIRTH PLACE : ST. MATTHEWS, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES HAIR COLOR : DARK BROWN EYE COLOR : BROWN NATIONALITY : AMERICAN ETHNICITY : AFRICAN-AMERICAN OCCUPATION : ACTRESS AND PRODUCER KNOWN FOR : THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN TO BE NOMINATED FOR THREE ACADEMY AWARDS, WINNING ONE, AND IS ONLY BLACK ACTOR TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN OF ACTING. IN 2012 AND 2017, SHE WAS LISTED BY TIME MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. SHE PLAYED SUPPORTING AND MINOR ROLES IN SEVERAL FILMS AND TELEVISION SERIES IN THE LATE 1900S AND EARLY 2000S, INCLUDING THE FILMS KATE AND LEOPOLD(2001) AND FAR FROM HEAVEN (2002), AND TELEVISION SERIES LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. DAVIS' FILM BREAKTHROUGH CAME 2008 WHEN HER SUPPORTING ROLE IN THE DRAMA DOUBT EARNED HER SEVERAL NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING THE GOLDEN GLOBE, SAG, AND THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS. SHE WON THE 2010 TONY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY FOR HER ROLE AS ROSE MAXSON IN THE REVIVAL OF AUGUST WILSON'S PLAY FENCES. SINCE 2014, DAVIS HAS PLAYED LAWYER ANNALISE KEATING IN THE ABC TELEVISION DRAMA HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, AND IN 2015 SHE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WIN THE PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN DRAMA SERIES. IN 2016, DAVIS PLAYED AMANDA WALLER IN THE SUPERHERO ACTION FILM SUICIDE SQUAD. DAVIS AND HER HUSBAND, JULIUS TENNON, ARE THE FOUNDERS OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY JUVEE PRODUCTIONS. DAVIS HAS STARRED IN THEIR PRODUCTIONS LILA & EVE (2015) AND CUSTODY (2016). GIF AMOUNT : GOOD
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