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== Kehidupan awal ==
Davis lahir pada [[11 Agustus]] [[1965]] di St. Matthews, South Carolina. Putri dari Mary Alice (née Logan) dan Dan Davis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/viola-davis-talks-growing-up-hungry-poor-ashamed/|title=Viola Davis Talks Growing Up Hungry, Poor and Ashamed|date=2015-08-04|website=Black Enterprise|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227102012/http://www.projo.com/movies/content/daviscf_02-22-09_P6DBF8B_v28.1a40ed9.html|title=Viola Davis’ path from poverty in Central Falls to Hollywood glamour {{!}} Movies {{!}} projo.com {{!}} The Providence Journal|date=2009-02-27|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Ia dilahirkan di pertanian milik neneknya di Singleton Plantation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/08/04/viola-davis-childhood-home-former-plantation/|title=Viola Davis recalls her grandmother's home on a former plantation with a 'horrific' past|website=EW.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Ayahnya adalah seorang pelatih kuda, dan ibunya adalah seorang pelayan, pekerja pabrik dan ibu rumah tangga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109004431/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123507540420025655.html?mod=googlenews_wsj|title=Veteran Actors, First Time Nominees - WSJ.com|date=2012-11-09|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215160558/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/84927.html|title=Playbill Features: STAGE TO SCREENS: Chats with Intimate Apparel's Viola Davis and New York Newcomer, King Lear's Geraint Wyn Davies|date=2008-12-15|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004133252/http://style.lifegoesstrong.com/viola-davis-help-and-daring-yourself-dream-big|title=Viola Davis on "The Help" and Healing the Past {{!}} Style Goes Strong|date=2011-10-04|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Dia adalah anak kelima dari enam bersaudara, memiliki empat saudara perempuan dan satu saudara laki-laki.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/viola-davis/bio/178437|title=Viola Davis {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Viola Davis: 'I stifled who I was to be seen as pretty. I lost years'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/20/viola-davis-stifled-who-was-lost-years-the-help|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2018-10-20|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0261-3077|language=en-GB|first=Benjamin|last=Lee}}</ref> Dua bulan setelah dia lahir, keluarganya pindah ke Central Falls, Rhode Island, bersama Davis dan dua saudara perempuannya, meninggalkan kakak perempuan dan saudara lelakinya bersama kakek-neneknya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wpri.com/hidden-history/viola-davis-inspires-students-in-her-hometown-of-central-falls-rhode-island/|title=Viola Davis inspires students in her hometown of Central Falls, Rhode Island|date=2019-03-04|website=WPRI.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20200120/actress-viola-davis-donates-10000-to-central-falls-high-school-her-alma-mater|title=Actress Viola Davis donates $10,000 to Central Falls High School, her alma mater|website=providencejournal.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/entertainment/iyw-viola-davis-healing-project/index.html|title=Viola Davis takes on poverty in hometown|last=CNN|first=Lauren Lee|website=CNN|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
Ibunya juga seorang aktivis untuk hak-hak sipil. Pada usia dua tahun, Davis dijebloskan ke penjara bersama ibunya setelah dia ditangkap selama protes hak-hak sipil. Dia menggambarkan dirinya telah "hidup dalam kemiskinan" selama masa kecilnya,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98088645|title=Viola Davis Tackles Fear, Shines In 'Doubt'|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=From abject poverty to Oscar winner: how Fences star Viola Davis took on Hollywood, and won - in pictures|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/viola-davis-life-career-movies-pictures/madea-goes-jail/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2017-02-02|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0307-1235|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Viola-Davis|title=Viola Davis {{!}} Biography, Movies, Plays, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> mengingat tinggal di apartemen "penuh tikus".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a20997/viola-davis-reacts-to-oscar-win/|title=Viola Davis' Reaction to Winning an Oscar Is So Emotional|last=Gonzales|first=Erica|date=2017-02-27|website=Harper's BAZAAR|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Davis adalah sepupu dari aktor Mike Colter, yang dikenal karena memerankan karakter [[Marvel Comics]] Luke Cage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727203259/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/65794/20151206/luke-cage-5-cool-things-you-didnt-know-about-marvel-netflix-star-mike-colter.htm|title='Luke Cage': 5 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Marvel/Netflix Star Mike Colter : Entertainment : Design & Trend|date=2016-07-27|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
Davis bersekolah di Central Falls High School, almamater yang ia beri penghargaan atas kecintaannya pada akting panggung dan keterlibatannya dalam seni.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110085458/http://www.avclub.com/articles/viola-davis%2C23955/|title=Viola Davis {{!}} Film {{!}} Interview {{!}} The A.V. Club|date=2010-01-10|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Sebagai remaja, ia terlibat dalam program TRIO Upward Bound dan TRIO Student Services Services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123165350/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/viola-davis/bio/178437|title=Viola Davis Biography|date=2010-11-23|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diverseeducation.com/article/126429/|title=Famous Actress and Family Reflect on the Impact of Upward Bound|date=2018-09-16|website=Diverse|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnm.edu/depts/trio/famous-trio-participants|title=Famous TRIO Participants|website=CNM|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meoc.maine.edu/2017/01/09/trio-alumna-viola-davis/|title=TRIO Alumna Viola Davis {{!}} Maine Educational Opportunity Center|website=meoc.maine.edu|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.coenet.org/public_091918_01.shtml|title=Council for Opportunity in Education — Public|website=www.coenet.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Ketika ia belajar di Young People's School for the Performing Arts di West Warwick, Rhode Island, Bernard Masterson, direktur program terebut mulai melihat bakatnya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourhairstyle.com/viola-davis-biography/|title=Viola Davis Biography|date=2020-03-29|website=Our Hairstyle|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2016-02-29/davis|title=With tough personal stories, Davis seeks to inspire students|website=Brown University|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Setelah lulus dari sekolah menengah, Davis belajar di [[Rhode Island College]], mengambil jurusan teater dan berpartisipasi dalam Pertukaran Pelajar Nasional sebelum lulus pada 1988. Selanjutnya, ia menghadiri Sekolah [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] selama empat tahun, dan merupakan anggota Divisi Drama sekolah tersebut. "Grup 22" (1989-93).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111123146/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2011-2012/1110/index.php|title=October 2011 - The Juilliard School|date=2011-11-11|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/viola-davis-call-to-adventure|title=Viola Davis’s Call to Adventure|last=Lahr|first=John|website=The New Yorker|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/women-of-the-year-2018-viola-davis|title=Viola Davis Knows What It Takes to Go From 'Close to Nothing' to Beloved Icon|last=Wallace|first=Carvell|website=Glamour|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/959292/how-viola-davis-overcame-poverty-and-became-a-hollywood-powerhouse|title=How Viola Davis Overcame Poverty and Became a Hollywood Powerhouse|date=Sat Aug 11 08:06:00 PDT 2018|website=E! Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
== Karier ==
=== 1996-2007 ===
Davis menerima kartu [[Screen Actors Guild]] pada 1996 karena melakukan satu hari kerja, memerankan seorang perawat yang memberikan botol darah kepada Timothy Hutton dalam film ''The Substance of Fire''. Dia dibayar $ 528.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Substance of Fire|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117773/|accessdate=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=From abject poverty to Oscar winner: how Fences star Viola Davis took on Hollywood, and won - in pictures|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/viola-davis-life-career-movies-pictures/substance-fire/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2017-02-02|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0307-1235|language=en-GB}}</ref> Pada 2001, ia memenangkan Tony Award,<ref>{{Cite news|title=From abject poverty to Oscar winner: how Fences star Viola Davis took on Hollywood, and won - in pictures|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/viola-davis-life-career-movies-pictures/king-hedley-ii/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2017-02-02|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0307-1235|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/2001-tony-award-featured-actress-in-a-play-viola-davis-king-hedley-ii-com-97040|title=2001 TONY AWARD: Featured Actress in a Play, VIOLA DAVIS, King Hedley II|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=Sun Jun 03 02:00:00 EDT 2001|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> dan [[Drama Desk Award]] untuk perannya sebagai Tonya di ''King Hedley II'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/viola-davis-vault-0000052928|title=Viola Davis|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=THEATER; Acting 'King Hedley II': 'It Just Makes You Soar'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/03/theater/theater-acting-king-hedley-ii-it-just-makes-you-soar.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2001-06-03|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0362-4331|language=en-US|first=David|last=Finkle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/world/KingHedley.html|title=Talkin' Broadway Review: King Hedley II|website=www.talkinbroadway.com|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> "seorang ibu yang berumur 35 tahun yang berjuang dengan fasih untuk hak membatalkan kehamilan."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828200525/http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/Sep04/davis.cfm|title=Theatre Communications Group - American Theatre Archives - September 2004|date=2008-08-28|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Ia juga memenangkan Drama Desk Penghargaan untuk karyanya dalam produksi off-Broadway berjudul ''Intimate Apparel'' pada 2004 oleh Lynn Nottage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-viola-davis-set-to-star-in-intimate-apparel-off-broadway-com-117231|title=Tony Winner Viola Davis Set to Star in Intimate Apparel Off-Broadway|last=Hernandez|first=Ernio|date=Thu Jan 08 01:00:00 EST 2004|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/intimate-apparel_4599.html|title=Intimate Apparel {{!}} TheaterMania|website=www.theatermania.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/legit/markets-festivals/intimate-apparel-2-1200531824/|title=Intimate Apparel|last=Gallo|first=Phil|last2=Gallo|first2=Phil|date=2004-08-06|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=As the World Turned for Women in 1905|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/nyregion/03theatnj.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2010-10-01|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0362-4331|language=en-US|first=Anita|last=Gates}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/viola-davis-corsets-metaphor-16545/|title=Viola Davis: Corsets as Metaphor|date=2004-04-27|website=www.backstage.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
Davis muncul dalam banyak film, termasuk tiga film yang disutradarai oleh Steven Soderbergh, Out of Sight,<ref>{{Cite news|title=From abject poverty to Oscar winner: how Fences star Viola Davis took on Hollywood, and won - in pictures|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/viola-davis-life-career-movies-pictures/out-of-sight/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2017-02-02|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0307-1235|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_7e0d7b6c-cd9c-11e9-bd78-3b0fb3827672.html|title=Stream this: Soderbergh trusted his gut and started a winning streak with 'Out of Sight'|last=writer|first=MATTHEW SIGUR {{!}} Contributing|website=The Advocate|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Solaris,<ref>{{Cite
=== 2008-2014 ===
Pada tahun 2008, Davis memerankan Ny. Mueller dalam film yang diadaptasi ke drama Broadway berjudul [[Doubt (film 2008)|Doubt]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=From abject poverty to Oscar winner: how Fences star Viola Davis took on Hollywood, and won - in pictures|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/viola-davis-life-career-movies-pictures/doubt/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2017-02-02|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0307-1235|language=en-GB}}</ref> Ia bermain bersama [[Meryl Streep]] dan [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=TIME's Oscar Guide - TIME|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879802_1879826_1879823,00.html|newspaper=Time|date=2009-02-16|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0040-781X|language=en-US}}</ref> Meskipun Davis hanya memiliki satu adegan dalam film,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018092823/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_popmachine/2009/02/viola-davis-the-pop-machine-interview.html|title=Pop Machine: Viola Davis: The Pop Machine interview|date=2015-10-18|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> ia dinominasikan untuk beberapa penghargaan untuk penampilannya, termasuk Golden Globe dan Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Oscar nominations 2009: Amy Adams and Viola Davis discuss their roles in Doubt|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/4315738/Oscar-nominations-2009-Amy-Adams-and-Viola-Davis-discuss-their-roles-in-Doubt.html|date=2009-01-22|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0307-1235|language=en-GB}}</ref> Pada 30 Juni 2009, Davis dilantik menjadi anggota [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/press/latest-academy-news|title=Latest Academy News|date=2014-09-10|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
Pada 13 Juni 2010, Davis memenangkan [[Penghargaan Tony|Tony Award]] keduanya untuk perannya sebagai Rose Maxson dalam drama berjudul Fence oleh [[August Wilson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/152732/fences-stars-viola-davis-denzel-washington-win-2010-tony-awards/|title=Fences Stars Viola Davis & Denzel Washington Win 2010 Tony Awards|website=Broadway.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Dia adalah wanita Afrika-Amerika kedua yang memenangkan Tony untuk Best Performance oleh Leading Actress in a Play, setelah Phylicia Rashad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/everybodys-ruby-w-phylicia-rashad-viola-davis-begins-at-public-feb-23-march-28-com-80208|title=Everybody's Ruby, w/ Phylicia Rashad & Viola Davis, Begins at Public Feb. 23-March 28|last=Simonson|first=Robert|date=Tue Feb 23 01:00:00 EST 1999|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/celebrity/what-k-michelle-sees-viola-davis-and-phylicia-rashad/|title=What K. Michelle Sees In Viola Davis and Phylicia Rashad|website=Essence|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Kemudian, Davis berperan sebagai Dr. Minerva dalam [[This Kind of a Funny Story (film)|This Kind of a Funny Story]] (2010), sebuah film yang ditulis dan disutradarai oleh [[Anna Boden]] bersama [[Ryan Fleck]], diadaptasi dari novel 2006 oleh Ned Vizzini.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5qQBRv9ri?url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/30/ryan-flecks-its-kind-of-a-funny-story-begins-production|title=WebCite query result|website=www.webcitation.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
Pada Agustus 2011, Davis berperan sebagai Aibileen Clark, seorang pembantu rumah tangga di Mississippi pada tahun 1960-an. Film ini diadaptasi dari novel oleh Kathryn Stockett dengan judul yang sama dengan filmnya, [[The Help (film)|The Help]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/viola-davis-the-help-regret|title=Viola Davis Regrets Making The Help: “It Wasn’t the Voices of the Maids That Were Heard”|last=Desta|first=Yohana|website=Vanity Fair|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.sg/viola-davis-regrets-the-help-why-2018-9?r=US&IR=T|title=Viola Davis explains why she regrets her role in 'The Help', Business Insider - Business Insider Singapore|website=www.businessinsider.sg|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> yang disutradarai oleh Tate Taylor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/viola-davis-on-the-help-my-mom_n_924127|title='The Help' Star: 'I've Brought My Mom To Life'|date=2011-08-11|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Davis dipuji atas penampilannya dan akhirnya menerima dua Screen Actors Guild Awards, serta nominasi Academy Award keduanya,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132936/http://www.hitfix.com/news/shocker-oscar-nominee-viola-davis-is-routinely-offered-mammy-ish-roles-by-hollywood|title=Shocker: Oscar nominee Viola Davis is routinely offered mammy-ish roles by Hollywood|date=2015-01-28|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> walaupun akhirnya ia kalah dari Meryl Streep. Davis menerima nominasi Golden Globe Award dan nominasi BAFTA Award untuk perannya tersebut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/viola-davis|title=Viola Davis|website=www.goldenglobes.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=viola+davis|title=BAFTA Awards Search {{!}} BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Pada 2012, majalah Time mendaftarkan Davis sebagai salah satu orang paling berpengaruh di dunia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422073311/http://news.moviefone.com/2012/04/18/time-100-most-influential-people-kristen-wiig-viola-davis_n_1434887.html|title=TIME '100 Most Influential People': Kristen Wiig, Viola Davis And Other Actors Honored|date=2012-04-22|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Juga di 2012, majalah Glamour menamakannya sebagai Aktris Glamour tahunan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621075034/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/glamour-awards/winners-2012/film-actress-viola-davis|title=Viola Davis: Film Actress: Glamour Awards (Glamour.com UK)|date=2012-06-21|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
Pada 12 Juni 2012, Davis dihadiahi Women in Film's Crystal Award oleh temannya dan saingan Oscar tahun itu, Meryl Streep.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.showbiz411.com/2012/06/14/meryl-streep-viola-davis-love-fest-at-women-in-film-awards|title=Meryl Streep-Viola Davis Love Fest at Women in Film Awards|date=2012-06-14|website=Showbiz411|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Pada 25 Juni 2012, Komite Walk of Fame mengumumkan bahwa Davis adalah bagian dari kelompok profesional hiburan yang telah dipilih untuk menerima bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame pada 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.is/us9Pa|title=Viola Davis, Helen Mirren, Jane Lynch, Olympia Dukakis, Jennifer Huds…|date=2013-01-31|website=archive.is|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Pada tanggal 5 Januari 2017, Davis menerima bintang ke-2.597 di Walk of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/01/05/viola-davis-walk-fame-star-meryl-streep/|title=Viola Davis Accepts Star on Walk of Fame: 'I Cannot Believe My Life'|website=EW.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
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Pada tanggal 1 Maret 2018, Davis mengumumkan bahwa ia akan bermain bersama Lupita Nyong'o di The Woman King. Film yang terinspirasi oleh peristiwa nyata yang terjadi di dalam Kerajaan Dahomey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tristar-woman-king-starring-viola-davis-and-lupita-nyongo-1202715005/|title=TriStar Acquires ‘The Woman King’ Starring Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong’o|last=Kroll|first=Justin|last2=Kroll|first2=Justin|date=2018-03-02|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Film ini akan menceritakan kisah Nanisca, jenderal unit militer yang semuanya wanita, diperankan oleh Davis, dan putrinya Nawi, yang diperankan oleh Nyong'o.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-woman-king-movie-viola-davis-lupita-nyongo-tristar-1202307588/|title=‘The Woman King’ Starring Viola Davis & Lupita Nyong’o Lives To Fight At TriStar|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|last2=Hipes|first2=Patrick|date=2018-03-01|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
Pada 10 Oktober 2017, Davis mengumumkan bahwa ia akan menulis sekuel buku bergambar klasik Corduroy, berjudul Corduroy Takes a Bow. Dalam sebuah siaran pers, Davis menyatakan bahwa "Corduroy selalu memegang tempat khusus dalam hidup saya, pertama sebagai seorang anak yang membacanya, dan kemudian lagi dengan putri saya, memperkenalkannya pada petualangan boneka beruang yang menggemaskan itu".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/viola-davis-is-writing-a-sequel-to-classic-childrens-book|title=Viola Davis Is Writing A Sequel To Classic Picture Book "Corduroy"|last=Lee|first=Jarry|website=BuzzFeed|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Pada 13 Maret 2018, Davis membagikan sampul buku itu di akun Twitter-nya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/books/viola-davis-corduroy-book-cover/|title=Viola Davis Writes Sequel to Kids' Book Corduroy: How African-American Character Inspired Her|website=PEOPLE.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Buku ini diterbitkan oleh Penguin / Random House pada 4 September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557286/corduroy-takes-a-bow-by-viola-davis-illustrated-by-jody-wheeler/|title=Corduroy Takes a Bow by Viola Davis: 9780425291474 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
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