Viola Davis is an American actress and producer. Davis is one of the few performers to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT). She is the sole black actor to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting as well as the third person to achieve both statuses.
Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. In 2020,
The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Her film breakthrough came with her role in the drama
Doubt (2008), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.