Age: 60
female
Viola Davis (/vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century (2020). Davis received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2025. A graduate of Juilliard, Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions. She made her Broadway debut in the August Wilson play Seven Guitars (1996) for which she earned her first Tony nomination. She would later win two Tony Awards, both for Wilson plays. Her first win was for Best Featured Actress in a Play playing the titular character Tonya, a woman grappling with trauma and loss in King Hedley II (2001), followed by her second win for Best Actress in a Play playing Rose Maxson, a working class mother in Fences (2010). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for reprising her role in the 2016 film adaptation of Fences. She was Oscar-nominated for playing a complex mother in Doubt (2008), a 1960s housemaid in The Help (2011) and Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). On television, she became the first black actress to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). Davis joined the DCEU playing Amanda Waller starting with Suicide Squad (2016). She has also starred in the crime drama Widows(2018), and historical action film The Woman King (2022). Davis and her husband are founders of the production company JuVee Productions, and she is also widely recognized for her advocacy and support for human rights and women of color. She became a L'Oréal Paris ambassador in 2019. The audiobook narration of her 2022 memoir Finding Me won her the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. Description above from the Wikipedia article Viola Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Viola Davis
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After a series of grisly murders rocks a quiet city, the similarities to a decades-old unsolved case are undeniable. Former journalist Jack Reynolds, haunted by his past failures and seeking redemption, becomes obsessed with the case. Despite his tarnished reputation, he teams up with Dr. Evelyn Carter, a psychologist renowned for her expertise in criminal behavior. Detective Marcus Hayes, initially wary of Jack, begins to see the value in his insights as they uncover clues that point to a complex web of secrets and lies. With the help of tech-savvy journalist Alex Turner, the team delves into a dark world of conspiracy and hidden truths. Victoria Drake, the widow from the original case, emerges as both an ally and a possible suspect, her motivations unclear. As they dig deeper, they encounter Emma Sinclair, whose erratic behavior and mysterious knowledge make her a person of interest. Retired detective Richard Harris, who investigated the original murders, provides valuable but fragmented information that hints at a larger cover-up. As the investigation unfolds, Jack and Evelyn must confront their own pasts and the psychological toll of their work. The tension mounts as they race against time to prevent further murders, leading to a chilling climax where the true killer is revealed in a twist that forces everyone to reassess what they thought they knew.
