Viola Davis on screen and stage
Film

Viola Davis on screen and stage

Section Title: Film
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Title	Year	Role	Director(s)	Notes	Ref(s).

The Substance of Fire	1996	Nurse	Daniel J. Sullivan

Out of Sight	1998	Moselle Miller	Steven Soderbergh

Miss Apprehension and Squirt	1998	Sharon Hughes	Daniel Nemet-Nejat

Traffic	2000	Social Worker	Steven Soderbergh

The Shrink Is In	2001	Robin	Richard Benjamin

Ocean's Eleven	2001	Parole board interrogator	Steven Soderbergh	Uncredited

Kate & Leopold	2001	Policewoman	James Mangold

Far from Heaven	2002	Sybil	Todd Haynes

Antwone Fisher	2002	Eva May Fisher	Denzel Washington

Solaris	2002	Dr. Gordon	Steven Soderbergh

Get Rich or Die Tryin'	2005	Grandma	Jim Sheridan

Syriana	2005	CIA Chairwoman	Stephen Gaghan	Uncredited

The Architect	2006	Tonya Neely	Matt Tauber

World Trade Center	2006	Mother in Hospital	Oliver Stone

Disturbia	2007	Detective Parker	D. J. Caruso

Nights in Rodanthe	2008	Jean	George C. Wolfe

Doubt	2008	Mrs. Miller	John Patrick Shanley

Madea Goes to Jail	2009	Ellen St. Matthews	Tyler Perry

State of Play	2009	Dr. Judith Franklin	Kevin Macdonald

Law Abiding Citizen	2009	Mayor April Henry	F. Gary Gray

Beyond All Boundaries	2009	Hortense Johnson - Arsenal Worker (voice)	David Briggs	Short film

Knight and Day	2010	Director Isabel George	James Mangold

Eat Pray Love	2010	Delia Shiraz	Ryan Murphy

It's Kind of a Funny Story	2010	Dr. Minerva	Anna Boden Ryan Fleck

Trust	2010	Gail Friedman	David Schwimmer

The Unforgiving Minute	2010	Narrator	Octavia Spencer	Short film

The Help	2011	Aibileen Clark	Tate Taylor

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	2011	Abby Black	Stephen Daldry

Won't Back Down	2012	Nona Alberts	Daniel Barnz

Beautiful Creatures	2013	Amarie "Amma" Treadeau	Richard LaGravenese

Ender's Game	2013	Major Anderson	Gavin Hood

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby	2013	Professor Lillian Friedman	Ned Benson

Prisoners	2013	Nancy Birch	Denis Villeneuve

Get On Up	2014	Susie Brown	Tate Taylor

Blackhat	2015	FBI Agent Carol Barrett	Michael Mann

Lila & Eve	2015	Lila Walcott	Charles Stone III	Also executive producer

Custody	2016	Judge Martha Sherman	James Lapine	Also executive producer

Suicide Squad	2016	Amanda Waller	David Ayer

Fences	2016	Rose Maxson	Denzel Washington

Widows	2018	Veronica Rawlings	Steve McQueen

Troop Zero	2019	Rayleen	Bert & Bertie

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