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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.
**"The Night Stalker: Shadows of Evil"** chronicles the harrowing true story of Richard Ramirez, a seemingly ordinary man who terrorized Los Angeles in the mid-1980s. Driven by an insidious urge, Ramirez embarked on a spree of brutal home invasions, leaving a trail of terror, bloodshed, and unanswered questions. As his reign of horror unfolded, the community lived in constant fear, with each new attack heightening the urgency for justice. The film delves into the relentless pursuit of justice led by Detectives Gil Carrillo and Frank Salerno, whose dogged determination and investigative brilliance ultimately cornered Ramirez. Amidst the chaos, the story also explores the personal toll on the victims' families and the community's struggle to reclaim their sense of safety. The narrative is punctuated by the chilling portrayal of Ramirez’s life, his manipulation, and the eerie calm he maintained despite his escalating violence. "The Night Stalker: Shadows of Evil" is a gripping tale of fear, resilience, and the relentless fight against a monster who seemed unstoppable, capturing the essence of a dark chapter in American crime history.
