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Viola Davis
Occupation:Actor • Producer • Voice Cast
Born:August 11, 1965
Birthplace:St. Matthews, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Spouse:Julius Tennon
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Viola Davis is a popular American film and TV actress and producer who is known to play small and supporting roles. The winner of several prestigious awards including Golden Globe, BAFTA Award and Critics Choice Award, is the first African-American woman in the history of Hollywood cinema to win five SAG Awards. The actress who started her career with The Substance of Fire in 1996 has appeared in several in several popular films like Antwone Fisher (2002), Knight and Day (2010), Prisoners (2013), Suicide Squad (2016), Fences (2016), Widows (2018), Giving Voice (2020) and Ma Rainey`s Black Bottom (2020). Her other notable works include The Suicide Squad (2021), The Unforgivable (2021), Black Adam (2022) and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2022).
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Kung Fu Panda 4
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Woman King
Black Adam
The Suicide Squad
Ma Rainey`s Black Bottom
Giving Voice
Widows
Fences
Suicide Squad

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  • After Gary Oldman and J.K. Simmons, Viola Davis is the third consecutive Academy Award winner to play the villain in a Kung Fu Panda movie franchise.