Viola Davis

Viola Davis is an American actress, voice actress, and producer. She is best known for her Tony and -winning stage roles in Tonya in , Esther in , and Rose Mason in . She is also known and for her roles in the films , , , , and The Help. She won an for her role in the film adaptation of Fences, in which she reprised it from the Broadway play and was nominated for an for her roles in Doubt, The Help, and , making Davis the most nominated Black actress in the Academy history, with four acting nominations and the first Black actress to have been nominated for an more than once. In addition, Davis is the first Black performer (and the first African-American performer overall) to achieve the "", winning an Academy Award, a , and two Tony Awards.
For Disney, she voiced Helen Hanshaw in the first season of the Disney Jr. original series Sofia the First. She also played Professor Annalise Keating in the ABC TV show .
==Role==
Helen shaw.jpg|Helen Hanshaw(Sofia the First; season 1)
==Gallery==
Viola Davis The Help premiere.jpg|Viola Davis at the premiere of The Help in August 2011.
Viola Davis 2015 Screen Guild.jpg|Viola Davis attending the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2015.
Viola Davis SDCC.jpg|Viola Davis speaks at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con.
Viola Davis Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|Viola Davis at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in January 2017.
Viola Davis 89th Oscars.jpg|Viola Davis arrives at the 89th annual Academy Awards in February 2017.
Viola Davis visits Jimmy Fallon.jpg|Viola Davis visiting in November 2018.
Viola Davis visits JKL.jpg|Viola Davis visiting in September 2019.
Viola Davis 71st Emmys.jpg|Viola Davis speaks onstage at the 71st annual Emmy Awards in September 2019.
==External links==
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Category:1960s births
Category:Actresses
Category:African American people
Category:Sofia the First
Category:Females
Category:People from South Carolina
Category:Touchstone Pictures
Category:Voice actresses
Category:Disney Jr. Actors and Actresses
Category:American people
Category:Producers
Category:ABC