Viola Davis is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the first African-American to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Davis began her career in tiny theatrical plays in Central Falls, Rhode Island, where she was born in St. Matthews, South Carolina.
She received an Obie Award in 1999 for her performance as Ruby McCollum in Everybody’s Ruby, after graduating from the Juilliard School in 1993.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she had minor roles in a number of films and television programs before winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Tonya in August Wilson’s King Hedley II on Broadway in 2001.
Her breakthrough came in the 2008 movie Doubt, in which she played a disturbed mother and got her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
In the 2010s, Davis had more success. For her role as Rose Maxson in the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s play Fences, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2010.
She earned a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as a 1960s housemaid in the comedy-drama The Help (2011).
All You Need To Know About Viola Davis Mother Mary Alice Davis
Viola Davis’ mother, Mary, worked as a maid, factory worker, and homemaker. The family was penniless and faced serious financial problems.
Davis was born on her grandmother’s farm, the Singleton Plantation. Alongside Viola, Mary Alice Davis has five children.
During the Civil Rights Movement, Viola’s mother was also an activist. When Davis was two years old, she was arrested at a civil rights march and sent to jail with her mother.
