Photo FeaturesCelebrate Tony, Academy, and Emmy Award Winner Viola Davis With a Look at Her Theatre HighlightsThe stage and screen actor celebrates her birthday August 11.
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Playbill Staff
August 11, 2021
Viola Davis
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Acclaimed stage and screen star Viola Davis celebrates her birthday August 11.
Davis made her Broadway debut as Vera in August Wilson’s Seven Guitar in 1996. The actor would return to Wilson’s work several more times throughout her career, winning Tony Awards for her performances as Tonya in the 2001 production of King Hedley II and Rose in 2010 production of Fences. She also took home the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role in Fences, reprising her performance in the film adaptation of the August Wilson play. She recently earned an Oscar nomination for her performance inthe film adaptation of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Davis is the first black woman to win Academy, Emmy, and Tony awards for acting.
In celebration of Davis, look back at the theatre highlights from her career.
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Celebrate Tony, Academy, and Emmy Award Winner Viola Davis With a Look at Her Theatre Highlights
Celebrate Tony, Academy, and Emmy Award Winner Viola Davis With a Look at Her Theatre Highlights
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Viola Davis and Keith David in Seven Guitars
Michele Shay and Viola Davis in Seven Guitars
Viola Davis and Ruben Santiago-Hudson in Seven Guitars
Viola Davis in King Hedley II
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Viola Davis in King Hedley II
Stephen McKinley Henderson and Viola Davis in King Hedley II
Viola Davis in Intimate Apparel
Viola Davis and Lauren Vélez in the play Intimate Apparel in 2004
Joan Marcus
Viola Davis at the Kennedy Center Honors
Viola Davis and Denzel Washington in Fences.
Joan Marcus
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences
Joan Marcus
Viola Davis in Fences
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis at the 2010 Tony Awards
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the Fences film
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Viola Davis at the 2017 Academy Awards
Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Viola Davis, Michael Potts, and Glynn Turman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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