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Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Total Box Office:
 $1167.9M
Highest Rated:
93% Out of Sight (1998)
Lowest Rated:
11% The Architect (2006)
Birthday:
Aug 11
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
A graduate of the Juilliard School, Viola Davis built an exceptional background in theater productions and has continued to perform on-stage throughout her television and film career. Making her feature-film debut in 1996 as a nurse in The Substance of Fire, she followed that up with several TV…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Get On Up
  • Susie Brown
-- 2015
46% Beautiful Creatures
  • Amma
$19.4M 2013
Ender's Game
  • Major Anderson
-- 2013
80% Prisoners
  • Nancy Birch
$47.9M 2013
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers
  • Actor
-- 2013
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His
  • Actor
-- 2013
Dark Girls
  • Actor
-- 2012
33% Won't Back Down
  • Nona
$5.3M 2012
47% Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
  • Abby Black
$31.8M 2012
56% Love, Marilyn
  • Actor
$7.0k 2012
76% The Help
  • Aibileen
$169.7M 2011
78% Trust
  • Gail Friedman
$0.1M 2010
52% Knight & Day
  • Director George
$76.4M 2010
59% It's Kind of a Funny Story
  • Dr. Minerva
$6.4M 2010
37% Eat Pray Love
  • Deila Shiraz
$80.6M 2010
25% Law Abiding Citizen
  • Mayor April Henry
$73.3M 2009
29% Madea Goes to Jail
  • Ellen
$90.5M 2009
84% State of Play
  • Dr. Judith Franklin
$37.0M 2009
30% Nights in Rodanthe
  • Jean
$41.8M 2008
78% Doubt
  • Mrs. Miller
$33.4M 2008
The Andromeda Strain
  • Actor
-- 2008
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
  • Actor
-- 2007
68% Disturbia
  • Detective Parker
$80.1M 2007
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
  • Actor
-- 2006
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
  • Molly Crane
-- 2006
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
  • Diane Barrino
-- 2006
68% World Trade Center
  • Actor
$70.2M 2006
11% The Architect
  • Tonya Neely
-- 2006
Stone Cold
  • Molly Crane
-- 2005
16% Get Rich or Die Tryin'
  • Grandma
$30.9M 2005
72% Syriana
  • Marilyn Richards
$50.8M 2005
79% Antwone Fisher
  • Eva
$20.8M 2002
89% Far From Heaven
  • Sybil
$15.8M 2002
66% Solaris
  • Dr. Helen Gordon
$14.8M 2002
Amy & Isabelle
  • Dottie
-- 2001
50% Kate & Leopold
  • Policewoman
$47.1M 2001
The Shrink is In
  • Robin
-- 2001
92% Traffic
  • Actor
$123.8M 2000
93% Out of Sight
  • Actor
-- 1998
Grace and Glorie
  • Rosemary Albrights
-- 1998
The Pentagon Wars
  • Actor
-- 1998
60% The Substance of Fire
  • Actor
-- 1996

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  • Terry Randolph
2001-2011
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Donna Emmett
  • Attorney Donna Emmet
1999-2013
United States of Tara
  • Lynda
2009-2011
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Marla Campbell
2000-2014

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Quotes from Viola Davis's Characters

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    1. Minny Jackson: Forgive me, Lord, but I have to kill that woman, Aibileen. Now, she's gone puttin' pencil marks on my toilet paper.
    2. Aibileen Clark: Did she?
    3. Minny Jackson: But I carry the paper in from my own house. That fool don't know.
    4. Aibileen Clark: Miss Leefolt got so much hairspray on her head and she's gonna blow us all up if she lights a cigarette.
    5. Minny Jackson: And you know that she will.
    From The Help. Submitted by Alyssa B (47 days ago)
    1. Aibileen: God says we need to love our enemies. It's hard to do, but it can start by tellin' the truth.
    From The Help. Submitted by Alyssa B (47 days ago)

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Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer Join Get on Up Opens in new window
September 30

Viola Davis Talks The Help Opens in new window
August 10, 2011

Viola Davis Wants to Eat, Pray, Love Opens in new window
July 20, 2009

Oprah Sought Viola Davis' Role in Doubt Opens in new window
January 14, 2009

Broadcast Film Critics Name Critics' Choice Winners Opens in new window
January 8, 2009

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