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Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Supporting Actress
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
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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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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.
2022 Winner Pioneer Award. The Woman King. This year's BFCC Pioneer Award is given to Viola Davis who, to quote BFCC Member K.A. GRANT (KAGrant.com), "The Woman King was truly a labor of love for her as a producer and as an actress.
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 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.
In 2015, Davis won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her work in ABC's How To Get Away With Murder, making her the first black woman in history to take home the award.
Feb 5, 2023 · Davis, 57, won the award for “Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording,” according to a tweet from the Recording Academy, which hosts the Grammys.
Celebrated actress Viola Davis portrays alluring, tough and morally compromised law professor Annalise Keating in the ABC legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder. The two-time Tony winner and two-time Oscar nominee is widely recognized for her work in such notable films as The Help and Doubt.