 She won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing Rose Maxson in the revival of August Wilson's play "Fences".For starring as a 1960s housemaid in the comedy-drama "The Help" (2011), Davis received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a SAG Award.In 2014, Davis began playing lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC television drama series "How to Get Away with Murder", and in 2015, she became the first black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.