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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Supporting Actress
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Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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Academy Award
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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Nominated
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress and producer Viola Davis. For her work on television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. For her work in the theatre, she has won two Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards.
Viola Davis. Jump to. 121 wins & 245 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2021 Nominee Oscar. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. 2017 Winner Oscar. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. Fences. 2012 Nominee Oscar. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. The Help. 2009 Nominee Oscar.
Acting credits and accolades. For her stage work, Davis has won two Tony Awards, three Drama Desk Awards, an Obie Award, and a Theater World Award. She holds the distinction of becoming the first actress of color to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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Apr 2, 2014 · She has won Tony Awards for her performances in King Hedley II (2001) and a revival of August Wilson 's Fences (2010), which co-starred Denzel Washington. Her film work includes Doubt (2008), for...
Feb 7, 2023 · Although she was denied a fifth Academy Award nomination, an even more distinguished honor was right around the corner: The Grammy Award she won on Sunday made Davis only the 18th person in...
Audiences across the United States and internationally have admired her for her work- including her celebrated, Oscar-nominated performances in The Help (2011), Doubt (2008), and her Oscar winning performance in Fences (2016). In 2015, Davis won the Emmy Award for...