Acting • AGE 60
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 inf...


Children of Blood and Bone
Mama Agba
2027

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Narrator (voice)
2026

G20
President Danielle Sutton
2025

Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025

The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
Narration
2025

Creature Commandos
Amanda Waller (voice)
2024

Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024

Kung Fu Panda 4
The Chameleon (voice)
2024

Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
2024

Hot Ones Versus
Self
2024

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Dr. Volumnia Gaul
2023

Silver Dollar Road
Executive Producer
2023

Air
Deloris Jordan
2023

Food 2050
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022

Black Adam
Amanda Waller (uncredited)
2022

The Woman King
Nanisca
2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022

Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
Self
2022

The First Lady
Michelle Obama
2022

Peacemaker
Amanda Waller (uncredited)
2022

The Unforgivable
Liz Ingram
2021

The Suicide Squad
Amanda Waller
2021

C ce soir, le débat
Self - Guest
2021

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey
2020

Dear...
Self
2020

Celebrity IOU
Self
2020

Giving Voice
Self
2020

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Florida Evans
2019

On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
2019

In a Man's World
Executive Producer
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019

Emanuel
Executive Producer
2019

Operation Othello
Narrator
2019

A Touch of Sugar
Narrator
2019

Troop Zero
Miss Rayleen
2019

Widows
Veronica Rawlings
2018

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
2018

The Last Defense
Executive Producer
2018

Night Shift
Executive Producer
2017

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Self (uncredited)
2017

Fences
Rose Maxson
2016

Suicide Squad
Amanda Waller
2016

Custody
Martha Schulman
2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015

Lila & Eve
Lila Walcott
2015

Hot Ones
Self
2015

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
2015

Blackhat
Carol Barrett
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Professor Lillian Friedman
2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Professor Lillian Friedman
2014

How to Get Away with Murder
Annalise Keating
2014

Get On Up
Susie Brown
2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Professor Lillian Friedman
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014

Ender's Game
Major Gwen Anderson
2013

Prisoners
Nancy Birch
2013

Love, Marilyn
Self
2013

Beautiful Creatures
Amma Treadeau
2013

Sofia the First
Helen Hanshaw (voice)
2013

Won't Back Down
Nona Alberts
2012

Scandal
Annalise Keating
2012

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Abby Black
2011

Dark Girls
Self
2011

The Help
Aibileen Clark
2011

It's Kind of a Funny Story
Dr. Eden Minerva
2010

Trust
Gail Friedman
2010

Eat Pray Love
Delia Shiraz
2010

Knight and Day
CIA Director Isabel George
2010

Beyond All Boundaries
Hortense Johnson
2009

Law Abiding Citizen
Mayor April Henry
2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009

State of Play
Dr. Judith Franklin
2009

Doubt: Stage to Screen
Self
2009

Madea Goes to Jail
Ellen
2009

United States of Tara
2009

Doubt
Mrs. Miller
2008

Nights in Rodanthe
Jean
2008

The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Charlene Barton
2008

Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Molly Crane
2007

Traveler
Agent Jan Marlow
2007

Disturbia
Detective Parker
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007

The Architect
Tonya Neely
2006

Brothers and Sisters
Ellen Snyder
2006

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Diane Barrino
2006

World Trade Center
Mother in Hospital
2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
2006

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Molly Crane
2006

Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Officer Molly Crane
2006

Syriana
CIA Chairwoman
2005

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Grandma
2005

Threshold
2005

Stone Cold
Molly Crane
2005

Century City
Hannah Crane
2004

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003

Antwone Fisher
Eva May
2002

Solaris
Gordon
2002

Far from Heaven
Sybil
2002

Hack
Stevie Morgan
2002

Without a Trace
Audrey Williams
2002

Live from E!
Self
2002

Kate & Leopold
Policewoman
2001

Ocean's Eleven
Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Terry Randolph
2001

The Guardian
Suzanna Clemons' Attorney
2001

The Shrink Is In
Robin
2001

Amy & Isabelle
Dottie
2001

The Division
Dr. Georgia Davis
2001

Traffic
Social Worker
2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Attorney Campbell
2000

City of Angels
Lynnette Peeler
2000

Third Watch
Margo Rodriguez
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Donna Emmett
1999

Judging Amy
Celeste
1999

Providence
Dr. Eleanor Weiss
1999

Grace & Glorie
Rosemary Allbright
1998

Out of Sight
Moselle
1998

The Pentagon Wars
Sgt. Fanning
1998

The View
Self - Guest
1997

The Practice
Aisha Crenshaw
1997

The Substance of Fire
Nurse
1996

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995

NYPD Blue
Woman
1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992

The Simpsons
Narrator (voice)
1989

CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979

60 Minutes
Self
1968

The Grammys
Self
1959

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956

The Oscars
Self
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rosemary Allbright
1951

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944

Mfinda
Executive Producer