What is Viola Davis?
{{Infobox person | name = Viola Davis | image = Viola Davis by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Davis at the 2016 [[San Diego Comic-Con]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|8|11}} | birth_place = [[St. Matthews, South Carolina]], U.S. | alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Rhode Island College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[Juilliard School]] ([[Graduate diploma|GrDip]])}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|producer}} | years_active = 1988–present | spouse = {{marriage|Julius Tennon|2003}} | children = 1 | relations = [[Mike Colter]] (second cousin) }} '''Viola Davis''' (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress. She has starred in many movies, including ''Traffic'' and ''Antwone Fisher'' and ''[[Suicide Squad (movie)|Suicide Squad]]''. She has also done many [[television program]]s. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] in 2017 for her role in ''[[Fences (movie)|Fences]]'' (2016). In 2023, Davis became one of the eighteen people who have won [[List of EGOT winners|an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2023/02/viola-davis-now-egot-after-grammy-win-1235250010/ | title = Viola Davis Now An ‘EGOT’ After Grammy Win | first = Bruce | last =Haring | date = February 5, 2023 | accessdate = February 5, 2023 | work = [[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{EGOT winners}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Viola}} [[Category:American Academy Award winning actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Actors from South Carolina]] [[Category:Satellite Award winners]] [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Tony Award winning actors]] [[Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors]] [[Category:Emmy Award winning actors]] [[Category:Screen Actors Guild Award winners]] [[Category