Viola Davis – 57 years old | The Oscar-acclaimed actress’s 10 best roles

Viola Davis is one of the best actresses in the entertainment industry and has found success not only in film but also on television.

Charged with immortalizing some of the most memorable roles of the past decades, Davis has enjoyed huge success in works such as “Crossed Stories” and “Doubt.” In 2016, the actress starred in the critically acclaimed drama ‘The Edge Between Us’, which won her Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars, while two years earlier she won Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama. Series for her portrayal of Annalize Keating in the detective series “How to Get Away with Murder”.

Today, August 11, Davis has a birthday – and we couldn’t pass up the celebrations.

With that in mind and celebrating her 57th birthday, we’ve put together a simple post listing her top ten roles.

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Denzel Washington’s film debut may not have gone down well with both audiences and critics, but there’s no denying that Viola Davis, playing Eva May, a mother who was arrested and ended up by leaving her only child in the care of an orphanage, refused. claim his custody after his release. Despite being a supporting player and not having as much stage time as her colleagues, the actress delivers a simple and strong performance, careful to place her character in an arc of guilt and redemption that extracts the best from him and fixes his versatility for the big screen.

In another of her supporting actress collaborations, Davis plays Detective Parker, responsible for security and advice to Kale (Shia LaBeouf) and Julie (Carry-Ann Moss) on the family regimen their son must go through. after having a stroke. .of fury in the middle of the school. The main story is loosely based on Rear Window, a 1954 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and the actress seems to have delved deeply into the detective archetype typical of that era, adopting an expressionless and extremely rational face, distancing herself from his previous roles and adding an extra layer to his already solid career.

It may not be one of her best-known roles either, but Davis’ presence in United States of Tara, an Emmy-winning series starring Toni Collette, is downright comedic and engaging to several levels. In the series, she plays Lynda P. Frazier, mentor to Brie Larson’s character and one of Tara’s best friends, who lends her name to the title. Her irreverence and utter lack of social insight on stage made her a comedy icon in the late 2000s, earning her an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

7. WIDOWS (2018)

“Widows” is without a doubt one of the most underrated movies of the past decade and one worth revisiting, even soon after its release. In the plot, Davis plays Veronica, the wife of a known criminal (Liam Neeson) who is killed by the police and leaves behind unfinished business. After being threatened with death, Veronica finds Harry’s notebook which predicts in detail what his next move would be. Veronica then decides to carry out the robbery, with the help of the other widows of the frustrated dead in the robbery. It’s no surprise that in this incredible feature film, Davis received acclaim for his impressive portrayal.

6. DOUBT (2008)

Doubt is perhaps proof that it doesn’t take much to rectify an actor’s power and artistic ability. In John Patrick Shanley’s film, Viola Davis does not appear for more than ten minutes in the scene, and yet she is targeted by the Academy of Dramatic Arts, which awards her her first Oscar nomination. Adept at subtexts and allegorical constructions, Mrs. Miller – the character played by Davis – brings a characterization much more restrained and sometimes submissive to higher presences (such as sister Aloysius Beauvier, played by Meryl Streep), building in her very short period seemingly enviable and certainly justifiable contours as to his best support. Actress nomination.

5. CROSS STORIES (2012)

It’s amazing how Viola Davis becomes a chameleon in action and still manages to surprise even the most skeptical. As that wasn’t enough in her previous performances, playing Aibileen Clark in the film adaptation of History Crusades provided another layer to her unrivaled versatility and malleability. In the story, set in the 1960s amid racial segregation in the United States, Aibileen is the first interviewee of aspiring writer Skeeter (Emma Stone), and sees the opportunity to bond with his friends and to turn against the oppression they all suffer. of their life. Her incredible stage charisma earned her her second Oscar nomination, now in the Best Actress category, but she lost the statuette to Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady).

One of ABC’s most famous series may have its romance flaws, but if there’s one thing Shonda Rhimes knows how to do, it’s create lovable characters and select the best ones to join her cast. And it would be no different with Viola Davis, who brings protagonist Annalize Keating to life. Her dynamic and scrutinized interpretation of nuance is engaging and breathtaking, it’s no wonder that in three years of performing she has received a Best Actress Emmy nomination three times, winning one of the statuettes and becoming the first black woman to win such an award.

In Get on Up, Davis was handpicked by director Tate Taylor to play Susie Brown, the mother of the jazz icon who gave her name to the film, played here by Chadwick Boseman. In addition to working again with his companion Octavia Spencer, his truth on stage and his clear nuances of personality have earned him prestige both with critics and the public, building sequences that are mostly dynamic and specific to the aforementioned musical style.

2. A BOUNDARY BETWEEN US (2016)

“A Boundary Between Us” is one of the great moments of Viola Davis’ career. Obviously, her filmography is far from over, but it’s extremely important to mention that her reprise as housewife Rose Maxson in the adaptation of August Wilson’s play ‘Fences’ is superb. From the first minutes he enters the scene, we feel a superhuman restraint on the part of the character who, after going through lies and obstacles at the pitchers, culminates in a sentimental explosion – without falling into melodramatic clichés – worthy of appreciation even by the most skeptical. . Her performance earned her the first Oscar statuette, marking her third nomination and once again putting the actress in the spotlight by making her the first black woman to be honored with an Oscar, an Emmy and of a Tony Award. ).

Davis puts on her own show as Ma Rainey and as one of the most versatile actresses of her generation. After ‘Doubt’, ‘How To Get Away with Murder’ and the aforementioned ‘A Limit Between Us’, it was hard to imagine the actress would surpass herself without stumbling over certain obstacles – but she proves us wrong: her spectacular success is due to a passionate and intrinsic link that he creates with what is given to him. The protagonist is a brash black woman who is despised by the white men who have been with her throughout her life, for the simple reason of demanding respect and demanding that she be treated as she deserves. After all, the blues, like jazz and rap (decades later, of course), belongs to the Afro-descendant community and serves as a means of finding a voice in a divided and racist society. From her first moment on stage, Ma Rainey claims the limelight for herself – and no one else.

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