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For her work in film, she has won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, tied with Renée Zellweger for the most film wins for an actress, and with six overall wins, she is the most awarded African-American at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. [1] .
Mark Rylance presents Viola Davis with the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Fences" at the 89th Oscars® in 2017. ...more.
Viola Davis is an Oscar-winning actress who has been nominated for four Academy Awards. She has also won numerous other awards, including Golden Globes, Emmys, BAFTAs, and Image Awards.
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for reprising her role in the 2016 film adaptation of Fences. Her role as lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020) won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, making her the first black actress to do so.
Audiences across the United States and internationally have admired her for her work- including her celebrated, Oscar-nominated performances in The Help (2011), Doubt (2008), and her Oscar winning performance in Fences (2016).
Nov 19, 2022 · Oscar, Emmy and two-time Tony winner Viola Davis, 57, constantly breaks ground, whether getting uncharacteristically physical as a warrior leader in “The Woman King” or making awards history.
Feb 26, 2017 · Third time’s the charm for Viola Davis. The actress, who had been nominated twice before, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for “Fences,” the film adaptation of August Wilson’s ...
