Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2011, ọrụ Davis n'ihe nkiri dị ka onye na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ na "The Help" mere ka ọ bụrụ onye a họpụtara na Oscar maka Best Actress, n'etiti ndị ọzọ. Egwuregwu ya na ihe nkiri ụlọ akwụkwọ "Won't Back Down" (2012), ihe nkiri "Prisoners" (2013), na ihe nkiri "Get on Up" (2014), gbakwunyere nkwanye ugwu na ọrụ ya. Davis ghọrọ nwanyị ojii mbụ meriri Emmy Award maka Best Actress, maka ọrụ ya dị ka onye ọka iwu na-agbachitere mpụ Annalise Keating na usoro telivishọn "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014). N'afọ 2015, ọ gbara egwu ma rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye na-emepụta ihe na ihe nkiri na-akpali akpali "Lila & Eve", na ihe nkiri ụlọ ikpe "Custody" n'afọ na-eso ya, ihe nkiri abụọ ahụ nwetara nnabata dị iche iche. Ọ pụtara dị ka onye na-emegide Amanda Waller na ihe nkiri superhero "Suicide Squad" (2016), nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma azụmahịa ya ruo taa. N'otu afọ ahụ, ya na Washington weghachiri ọrụ ha na ihe nkiri nke "Fences", nke Davis natara ihe nrite nke Best Supporting Actress na BAFTAs,
SAG Awards, Golden Globe Awards, na Academy Awards. Mgbe ọ meriri Oscar, ọ ghọrọ onye isi ojii mbụ meriri Triple Crown of Acting. Davis guzobere JuVee Productions na di ya Julius Tennon na 2012.