Biography
Viola Davis is an American actress and producer. She was born on 11 August 1965 in St Matthews, South Carolina, and trained at the Juilliard School.
Davis began her career in theatre, making her Broadway debut in the August Wilson play Seven Guitars (1996). She won Tony Awards for her performances in Wilson plays King Hedley II (2001) and Fences (2010). Her film roles include Out of Sight (1998), Solaris (2002), Doubt (2008), The Help (2011), Fences (2016), Air (2023) and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023). She voiced The Chameleon in Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).
On television, Davis starred as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). She is one of few performers to achieve the EGOT.
