Claim: Viola Davis has played supporting and minor roles in films and television series.
Evidence: She played supporting and minor roles in several films and television series in the late 1990s and early 2000s , including the films Kate & Leopold -LRB- 2001 -RRB- and Far from Heaven -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , and the television series Law & Order : Special Victims Unit.