Viola Davis
Biography
Movies 83
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
2023
Prisoners
as Nancy Birch
2013
Ocean's Eleven
as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
The Suicide Squad
as Amanda Waller
2021
Suicide Squad
as Amanda Waller
2016
Black Adam
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
2022
Kung Fu Panda 4
as The Chameleon (voice)
2024
The Help
as Aibileen Clark
2011
Law Abiding Citizen
as Mayor April Henry
2009
Knight and Day
as CIA Director Isabel George
2010
Traffic
as Social Worker
2000
Blackhat
as Carol Barrett
2015
The Woman King
as Nanisca
2022
Ender's Game
as Major Gwen Anderson
2013
Air
as Deloris Jordan
2023
Disturbia
as Detective Parker
2007
The Unforgivable
as Liz Ingram
2021
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Grandma
2005
Widows
as Veronica Rawlings
2018
State of Play
as Dr. Judith Franklin
2009
Eat Pray Love
as Delia Shiraz
2010
Children of Blood and Bone
as Mama Agba
2027
World Trade Center
as Mother in Hospital
2006
Out of Sight
as Moselle
1998
Doubt
as Mrs. Miller
2008
Syriana
as CIA Chairwoman
2005
Solaris
as Gordon
2002
Beautiful Creatures
as Amma Treadeau
2013
Trust
as Gail Friedman
2010
G20
as President Danielle Sutton
2025
Fences
as Rose Maxson
2016
Kate & Leopold
as Policewoman
2001
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Abby Black
2011
It's Kind of a Funny Story
as Eden Minerva
2010
Get On Up
as Susie Brown
2014
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry
as Self
2026
Far from Heaven
as Sybil
2002
Madea Goes to Jail
as Ellen
2009
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
as Ma Rainey
2020
The Pentagon Wars
as Sgt. Fanning
1998
Antwone Fisher
as Eva May
2002
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2014
Nights in Rodanthe
as Jean
2008
Troop Zero
as Miss Rayleen
2019
Stone Cold
as Molly Crane
2005
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Molly Crane
2006
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
as Officer Molly Crane
2006
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2014
The Shrink Is In
as Robin
2001
Won't Back Down
as Nona Alberts
2012
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
as Professor Lillian Friedman
2014
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
as Molly Crane
2007
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Florida Evans
2019
Custody
as Martha Schulman
2016
Lila & Eve
as Lila Walcott
2015
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Substance of Fire
as Nurse
1996
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
as Diane Barrino
2006
The Architect
as Tonya Neely
2006
Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
Beyond All Boundaries
as Hortense Johnson
2009
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
2006
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Self
2024
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
as Narrator (voice)
2026
Grace & Glorie
as Rosemary Allbright
1998
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
2015
Doubt: Stage to Screen
as Self
2009
Ally Clark
as Ally Clark
The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
as Narration
2025
Amy & Isabelle
as Dottie
2001
Giving Voice
as Self
2020
Operation Othello
as Narrator
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
as Self
2022
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
as Rachel Dupree
Small Great Things
Two Butterflies
Miss Apprehension and Squirt
as Sharon Hughes
1998
Food 2050
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
A Touch of Sugar
as Narrator
2019
Dark Girls
as Self
2011
I Almost Forgot About You
as Dr. Georgia Young
House of Games
TV Shows 63
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Donna Emmett
1999
The Simpsons
as Narrator (voice)
1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Attorney Campbell
2000
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
The View
as Self
1997
The Guardian
as Suzanna Clemons' Attorney
2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Terry Randolph
2001
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
60 Minutes
as Self
1968
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
1992
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
NYPD Blue
as Woman
1993
Scandal
as Annalise Keating
2012
Without a Trace
as Audrey Williams
2002
How to Get Away with Murder
as Annalise Keating
2014
Third Watch
as Margo Rodriguez
1999
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Brothers and Sisters
as Ellen Snyder
2006
The Practice
as Aisha Crenshaw
1997
Peacemaker
as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
2022
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
C ce soir
as Self - Guest
2021
Judging Amy
as Celeste
1999
Sofia the First
as Helen Hanshaw (voice)
2013
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
The Division
as Dr. Georgia Davis
2001
Providence
as Dr. Eleanor Weiss
1999
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2024
Creature Commandos
as Amanda Waller (voice)
2024
Live from E!
as Self
2002
Access Hollywood
as Self
1996
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest
2025
Celebrity IOU
as Self
2020
Hack
as Stevie Morgan
2002
United States of Tara
2009
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
as Self
1995
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
The First Lady
as Michelle Obama
2022
Threshold
2005
Dear...
as Self
2020
City of Angels
as Lynnette Peeler
2000
The Andromeda Strain
as Dr. Charlene Barton
2008
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rosemary Allbright
1951
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Century City
as Hannah Crane
2004
Traveler
as Agent Jan Marlow
2007
The Grammys
as Self
1959
Ascent
as Catriona Vail