Viola Davis
Biography, Age, Net Worth, Parents, Children, Husband, Net Worth, House, Cars, Movies & TV Shows
Viola Davis Basic Information
| Stage Name: | Viola Davis |
| Real Name: | Viola Davis |
| Occupation: | Actress, Producer |
| Date Of Birth/Age: | August 11, 1965 (58) Years Old |
| Place of Birth: | St. Matthews, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Gender: | Female |
| Nationality: | American |
| Marital Status: | Married |
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| Height: | 1.65 m |
| Net Worth: | $25M |
Viola Davis Biography
Viola Davis is an American actress and producer who was born on August 11, 1965. Davis is one of the few artists who have received an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT); she is also the only African-American to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, as well as the third person to have done so.
JuVee Productions, which Davis founded with her husband Julius Tennon, is a producing firm. Davis is renowned for her advocacy and support of human rights, as well as for the equality of women and women of color. In 2017, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2019, she was named an L’Oréal Paris ambassador.
Family
Parents
Mae Alice Davis (formerly Logan) and Dan Davis welcomed Davis into the world in St. Matthews, South Carolina. She was conceived on the Singleton Plantation that her grandmother owned. Her mother worked as a housekeeper, while her father was a factory worker, and a horse trainer
Her parents left her other siblings with her grandparents and soon after she was born, they moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island, with Davis and two of her elder brothers. During the Civil Rights Movement, her mother was also an activist. When Davis was two years old, her mother was arrested during a civil rights march, and they were both briefly taken to jail.
Siblings
Viola Davis has three older sisters named Deloris Davis Grant, Dianne Davis-Wright, and Anita Davis, as well as a younger sister named Danielle Davis. Deloris, who was born on September 27, is an English and theater teacher at Central Falls High School.
She has a BA in English, a RIC Master of Arts in Teaching, and an Honorary Doctorate in Education. Dianne, the actress’s older sister, was born on July 17th and works for the United States Department of Agriculture as a business and program analyst.
Anita has kept a private life, thus nothing is known about her. Viola’s younger sister, Danielle, is also the family’s youngest member. Anita has kept a secluded life, thus nothing is known about her. Viola Davis, on the other hand, has rarely discussed her siblings in interviews or public appearances, thus their personal information has not been revealed.
Children
Genesis was adopted by Davis and her husband Julius Tennon in 2011, as People reported at the time. Davis is the only parent of a daughter named Genesis, while Julius is the father of two kids from a previous union. Genesis has occasionally appeared with her parents as she’s gotten older and occasionally appears on Davis’s Instagram, but right now, she’s quietly beginning a fledgling career of her own.
Husband
Julius Tennon is Viola Davis’s spouse. Tennon is a producer and actor who has acted in films and television shows such as “Dazed and Confused,” “Friday Night Lights,” and “The Closer.” He and Davis met while filming “Out of Sight” in 1998, and they married in 2003. They have a daughter, Genesis, whom they adopted in 2011. Davis has openly stated that Tennon has been a supportive and caring spouse, and the couple has collaborated on several projects, including the film “Lila & Eve,” which they co-produced.
Lifestyle
Net Worth
Viola Davis’ net worth is estimated to be approximately $25 million by Celebrity Net Worth. Davis’s lucrative performing career in movies, television, and theater is the main source of her riches. For her work on TV shows, Davis has also gotten hefty contracts, such as “How to Get Away with Murder,” for which she reportedly got $250,000 per episode.
Cars
Davis has a nice and expensive car collection, which include a Mercedes GL-450 4Matic, an Audi Q7, an Audi A8 L, and a Mercedes AMG G63.
House
Davis lives in a huge mansion and is rightfully the queen of the castle. The actress lives in a beautiful two-story European-style home in the center of Toluca Lake. Viola and her family live soft in their 7,500 square foot mansion, which she and her husband purchased in 2016 for a staggering $5.7 million.
Movies & TV Shows
Davis began her career in local theater performances in Central Falls, Rhode Island. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she had minor roles in film and television. Her breakthrough act as a troubled mother in the movie Doubt (2008) earned her her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Davis was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a 1960s housemaid in the comedy-drama The Help (2011).
She starred as lawyer Annalise Keating in the ABC drama series How to Get Away with Murder from 2014 to 2020, and she was the first black actress to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. In the 2016 adaption of Fences, Davis returned to the character of Maxson and took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Suicide Squad (2016), she portrayed Amanda Waller.
She played Ma Rainey in the biopic Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in 2020, for which she was nominated for a fourth Academy Award, making her the black actress with the most nominations. She received more BAFTA Best Actress Award nods for her roles in Widows (2018) and The Woman King (2022), making her the black actress with the most nominations overall.
