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08-11-2017, 07:41 PM
https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/08/11/august-11-happy-birthday-viola-davis-and-sophie-okonedo/
Viola Davis is turning 52 today. She studied theater at Rhode Island College and then did further study at Juilliard. She made her film debut in 1996 in a brief appearance in The Substance of Fire, and then had small parts in Steven Soderbergh’s Out of Sight and Traffic, and a more substantial role in the director’s Solaris in 2002. These days, many people will recognize Davis for her roles in some big budget films, such as Knight and Day, Blackhat, and especially Suicide Squad.
However, her stature as an actress is tied most of all to the three roles for which she has been an Oscar nominee. Her first nomination came for the role of Mrs. Miller in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, and her second, her only Best Actress nomination, was as Aibileen Clark in The Help. Earlier this year, she won her first Oscar, Best Supporting Actress, for the role of Rose Maxson in Fences.
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In addition to her film career, Davis has had significant success on stage and television. She has won two Tony Awards, for two different plays in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh cycle—Best Featured Actress for the original 2001 production of King Hedley II, and Best Actress for the 2010 revival of Fences. David and Denzel Washington returned to their roles for the 2016 film, and Davis became only the tenth performer to win an Oscar and a Tony for the same role. Davis has also won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for How to Get Away with Murder, making her the first African-American to win the Triple Crown of Acting.
Viola Davis is turning 52 today. She studied theater at Rhode Island College and then did further study at Juilliard. She made her film debut in 1996 in a brief appearance in The Substance of Fire, and then had small parts in Steven Soderbergh’s Out of Sight and Traffic, and a more substantial role in the director’s Solaris in 2002. These days, many people will recognize Davis for her roles in some big budget films, such as Knight and Day, Blackhat, and especially Suicide Squad.
However, her stature as an actress is tied most of all to the three roles for which she has been an Oscar nominee. Her first nomination came for the role of Mrs. Miller in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, and her second, her only Best Actress nomination, was as Aibileen Clark in The Help. Earlier this year, she won her first Oscar, Best Supporting Actress, for the role of Rose Maxson in Fences.
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In addition to her film career, Davis has had significant success on stage and television. She has won two Tony Awards, for two different plays in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh cycle—Best Featured Actress for the original 2001 production of King Hedley II, and Best Actress for the 2010 revival of Fences. David and Denzel Washington returned to their roles for the 2016 film, and Davis became only the tenth performer to win an Oscar and a Tony for the same role. Davis has also won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for How to Get Away with Murder, making her the first African-American to win the Triple Crown of Acting.