Daily BirthdaysViola Davis
Her stage credits also include the title role in Everybody's Ruby (at New York's Public Theatre, for which she received an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination); New York Shakespeare Festival productions of Pericles, and As You Like It; God's Heart (at New York's Lincoln Center); and August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
Davis has performed with, among other theater companies: American Conservatory Theatre, Sundance Theatre Institute, and Trinity Repertory Company. She has performed around the country at, among other theaters: The Goodman, The Guthrie, and The Huntington.
Her screen credits include three films directed by Far from Heaven executive producer Steven Soderbergh: the Academy Award-winning TRAFFIC, OUT OF SIGHT, and the upcoming SOLARIS; James Mangold's KATE & LEOPOLD; Richard Benjamin's THE SHRINK IS IN; Daniel Sullivan's THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE; and the soon-to-be-released ANTWONE FISHER, directed by Denzel Washington.
Davis' television work includes a regular role on the Steven Bochco-produced series CITY OF ANGELS; the Oprah Winfrey Presents telefilm AMY & ISABELLE (directed by Lloyd Kramer); the Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm GRACE AND GLORIE (directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman); Richard
Benjamin's telefilm THE PENTAGON WARS; and guest appearances on THE GUARDIAN, JUDGING AMY, THIRD WATCH, PROVIDENCE, NYPD BLUE, and LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT.
She is a graduate of The Juilliard School and recently received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree from her alma mater, Rhode Island College.
Viola Davis Facts
| Occupation | Actress |
| Birthday | August 11, 1965 (43) |
| Sign | Leo |
| Birthplace | Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA |
Selected Filmography
| Jesse Stone | ||
| Stone Cold | ||
| Disturbia | ||
| Out of Sight | ||
| Syriana | ||
| The Andromeda Strain Miniseries | ||
| The Pentagon Wars | ||
| Far From Heaven | ||
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