Viola Davis
Date of Birth: 11 Aug 1965
Country: USA
Biography: born on her grandmother's farm in South Carolina. When she was two months old her family moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island, where her father worked as a horse groomer and trainer. Davis was educated at Central Falls High School, where she developed a love of acting. She studied theater at Rhode Island College, and also attended the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City.
Total Credits at Criticker: 59 (Actor)
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- How to Get Away with Murder: Pilot (2014) - S1 E1
- It's All Her Fault (2014) - S1 E2
- Smile, or Go to Jail (2014) - S1 E3
- Let's Get to Scooping (2014) - S1 E4
- We're Not Friends (2014) - S1 E5
- Freakin' Whack-a-Mole (2014) - S1 E6
- He Deserved to Die (2014) - S1 E7
- He Has a Wife (2014) - S1 E8
- Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me (2014) - S1 E9
- Hello Raskolnikov (2015) - S1 E10
- Best Christmas Ever (2015) - S1 E11
- She's a Murderer (2015) - S1 E12
- Mama's Here Now (2015) - S1 E13
- The Night Lila Died (2015) - S1 E14
- It's All My Fault (2015) - S1 E15
- It's Time to Move On (2015) - S2 E1
- She's Dying (2015) - S2 E2
- It's Called the Octopus (2015) - S2 E3
- Skanks Get Shanked (2015) - S2 E4
- Meet Bonnie (2015) - S2 E5
- Two Birds, One Millstone (2015) - S2 E6
- I Want You to Die (2015) - S2 E7
- Hi, I'm Philip (2015) - S2 E8
- What Did We Do? (2015) - S2 E9
- What Happened to You, Annalise? (2016) - S2 E10
- She Hates Us (2016) - S2 E11
- It's a Trap (2016) - S2 E12
- Something Bad Happened (2016) - S2 E13
- There's My Baby (2016) - S2 E14
- Anna Mae (2016) - S2 E15
- Your Funeral (2018) - S5 E1
- Whose Blood Is That? (2018) - S5 E2
- The Baby Was Never Dead (2018) - S5 E3
- It's Her Kid (2018) - S5 E4
- It Was the Worst Day of My Life (2018) - S5 E5
- We Can Find Him (2018) - S5 E6
- I Got Played (2018) - S5 E7
- I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die (2018) - S5 E8
- He Betrayed Us Both (2019) - S5 E9
- Don't Go Dark on Me (2019) - S5 E10
- Be the Martyr (2019) - S5 E11
- We Know Everything (2019) - S5 E12
- Where Are Your Parents? (2019) - S5 E13
- Make Me the Enemy (2019) - S5 E14
- Please Say No One Else Is Dead (2019) - S5 E15
- Say Goodbye (2019) - S6 E1
- We're Good People Now (2016) - S3 E1
- There Are Worse Things Than Murder (2016) - S3 E2
- Always Bet Black (2016) - S3 E3
- Don't Tell Annalise (2016) - S3 E4
- It's About Frank (2016) - S3 E5
- Is Someone Really Dead? (2016) - S3 E6
- Call It Mother's Intuition (2016) - S3 E7
- Vivian's Here (2019) - S6 E2
- Do You Think I'm a Bad Man? (2019) - S6 E3
- I Hate the World (2019) - S6 E4
- We're All Gonna Die (2019) - S6 E5
- Family Sucks (2019) - S6 E6
- I'm the Murderer (2019) - S6 E7
- I Want to Be Free (2019) - S6 E8
- No More Blood (2016) - S3 E8
- Who's Dead? (2016) - S3 E9
- We're Bad People (2017) - S3 E10
- Not Everything's About Annalise (2017) - S3 E11
- Go Cry Somewhere Else (2017) - S3 E12
- It's War (2017) - S3 E13
- He Made a Terrible Mistake (2017) - S3 E14
- Wes (2017) - S3 E15
- I'm Going Away (2017) - S4 E1
- I'm Not Her (2017) - S4 E2
- It's for the Greater Good (2017) - S4 E3
- Was She Ever Good at Her Job? (2017) - S4 E4
- Are You the Mole? (2019) - S6 E9
- We're Not Getting Away with It (2020) - S6 E10
- The Reckoning (2020) - S6 E11
- Let's Hurt Him (2020) - S6 E12
- What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time? (2020) - S6 E13
- Annalise Keating Is Dead (2020) - S6 E14
- Stay (2020) - S6 E15
- I Love Her (2017) - S4 E5
- Stay Strong, Mama (2017) - S4 E6
- Nobody Roots for Goliath (2017) - S4 E7
- Live. Live. Live. (2017) - S4 E8
- He's Dead (2018) - S4 E9
- Everything We Did Was for Nothing (2018) - S4 E10
- He's a Bad Father (2018) - S4 E11
- Ask Him About Stella (2018) - S4 E12
- Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2018) - S4 E13
- The Day Before He Died (2018) - S4 E14
- Nobody Else Is Dying (2018) - S4 E15
The story of a man who digs inside himself to discover therein lies a king...A sailor with an explosive attitude, Fisher (Luke) is ordered to see a naval psychiatrist (Washington) about his volatile temper. Little did he know that his first step into the doctor's office would lead him on a journey home. (Fox Searchlight)
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In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
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The story of two strangers in New York City, separated by a hundred years. When they meet, a century's worth of differences come crashing together. (Miramax Films)
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Danny Ocean (Clooney) wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven member team, including Frank Catton (Mac), Rusty Ryan (Pitt) and Linus Caldwell (Damon). Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million. (imdb)
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A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in. (imdb)
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The inhabitants of a space station orbiting the planet Solaris send a message back to Earth, reporting mysterious difficulties and requesting that psychologist Chris Kelvin visit them at the station.
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This hard-hitting drama stars 50 Cent as an orphaned street kid who makes his mark in the drug trade but finally dares to leave the violence behind and become the rap artist he was meant to be.
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A political thriller that unfolds against the intrigues and corruption of the global oil industry. From the players brokering back-room deals in Washington to the men toiling in the oil fields of the Persian Gulf, the film's multiple storylines weave together to illuminate the human consequences of the fierce pursuit of wealth and power.
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September 11, 2001 was an unusually warm day in New York. Will Jimeno, an officer with the Port Authority Police Department, was tempted to take a personal day to enjoy his hobby of bow hunting, but ultimately decided that he would go to work. Sergeant John McLoughlin, a respected veteran of the PAPD, had been up for hours -- a requirement of his daily, 1½-hour trek to the city. They and their colleagues made their way to midtown Manhattan, just like they did any other day. Only this wasn't any other day. (Paramount)
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An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed. (IMDB)
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Two teens begin to suspect that one of their neighbors is a serial killer. Are their suspicions merely the product of cabin fever and vivid imagination? Or have they unwittingly stumbled across a crime that could cost them their lives? (Paramount Pictures)
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The Andromeda Strain (2008) - TV Mini-Series
A two part television movie/mini-series. When a satellite falls from space and is discovered by two local Utah teens, it is opened and a deadly virus is unleashed on the world. A group of doctors/scientists are recruited to try to figure out how to stop this "Andromeda" virus.
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A doctor (Gere) who is traveling to see his estranged son sparks with an unhappily married woman (Lane) at a North Carolina inn.
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Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.
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Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.
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Stone Cold (2005) - TV Movie
Jesse Stone (Selleck) is a New England police chief investigating a series of murders, in an adaptation of Robert B. Parker's novel. (imdb)
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Based on the BBC mini-series of the same title, a team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress.
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An everyday guy decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family's killers free. His target: The district attorney who orchestrated the deal. (imdb)
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Beyond All Boundaries (2009) - Short Film
A visual, 4-D experience of the battles of World War II featuring stories, archival footage and advanced special effects.
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The Pentagon Wars (1998) - TV Movie
The Pentagon Wars is a black-comedy film based off the book of the same name. It deals with the development of the M2 Bradley fighting vehicle.
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A wholesome, Midwestern woman accidentally gets involved with an international super spy and is forced to flee the country with him while he protects a dangerous new piece of technology.
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Julia Roberts stars in the adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir about coping with a traumatic divorce. After failing to conceive a child and deciding to reshape her life, Elizabeth (Roberts) travels the world in search of direction. She heads to Italy, India and Indonesia, seeking the perfect pasta, a route to self-enlightenment and the true meaning of faith. Along the way she meets a bevy of odd characters and, possibly, her true love.
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Being a teenager is too much for 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist), who shocks his parents (Lauren Graham and Jim Gaffigan) by checking himself into a mental health clinic for a little R & R. But when the youth ward is unexpectedly closed, he's forced to live among the adult patients.
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A look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship.
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A nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player, and pacifist searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks. (imdb)
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Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children. (imdb)
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Love, Marilyn is an intimate excursus into the never-before-seen letters, diaries and notebooks of Marilyn Monroe. Appearing on screen to perform Marilyn's words are renowned contemporary actresses, including Maria Tomei, Uma Thurman, and Glenn Close. (tiff.net)
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Ethan longs to escape his small Southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. (imdb)
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70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion. (imdb)
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When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
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Grace & Glorie (1998) - TV Movie
When a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker, the two initially couldn't seem to be less alike. However, as time passes, the two find much kinship including a lost child. Slowly the two build a bond and learn about life. (imdb)
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Fantasia Barrino overcomes sexual abuse, illiteracy, and other setbacks and becomes the winner of "American Idol" in 2004.
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Touch of Evil (2011) - Short Film
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine. (imdb)
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A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history. (imdb)
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One couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone. (imdb)
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A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. (imdb)
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Told from the male perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone. (imdb)
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Told from the female perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone. (imdb)
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Two distraught mothers, whose children were gunned down in a drive-by, team up to avenge their deaths after local authorities fail to take action. (imdb)
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How to Get Away with Murder (2014) - TV Series
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A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. (imdb)
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An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life. (imdb)
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The lives of three women are unexpectedly changed when they cross paths at a New York Family Court.
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Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
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In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a competition offers her a chance to be recorded on NASA's Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troop of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime. (imdb)
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The decline of a once-mighty publishing magnate, fostered by poor business decisions and revenge wrought by the man's three alienated children.
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This film follows the annual August Wilson Monologue competition and the thousands of high schoolers who enter the competition for the opportunity to perform on Broadway. (imdb)
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Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues". Based on Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play.
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Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
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Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."
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A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past. (imdb)
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The First Lady (2022) - TV Series
In the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.
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A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games (imdb.com).
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Follows the history of shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball: Michael Jordan.
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Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless play to the screen. (trakt.tv)
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Traveler (2007) - TV Series
Jay and Tyler find themselves hunted by the FBI after a bombing of a museum. Their only lead is their best friend, Will Traveler, who disappeared after the bombing and is not in any record - anywhere. They need to find him and figure out what part he played in a spiraling nightmare of violence, death and conspiracies. Who is really Will Traveler? (imdb)
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