List of awards and nominations received by Viola Davis

Viola Davis awards and nominations
Viola Davis at the 2015 San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Davis at the San Diego Comic Con in 2015
Totals[a]
Wins152
Nominations344
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

The following article is a List of awards and nominations received by Viola Davis.

Viola Davis is an American actress and producer Viola Davis. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she is one of the few performers to have won the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT), having won an Academy Award, a Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and two Tony Awards.[1][2] She is only the third to achieve both EGOT and Triple Crown of Acting, after Helen Hayes and Rita Moreno.[3] She has also received a British Academy Film Award, five Critics' Choice Awards, three Drama Desk Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and six Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Davis she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film role as suffering mother and wife in the period drama Fences (2016). She was Oscar-nominated for her portrayals as Mrs. Miller in the religious drama Doubt (2008), a maid in the deep south in the drama The Help (2011), and the title role in drama Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). She was also BAFTA-nominated for her roles in the heist thriller Widows (2018) and in the historical action film The Woman King. Her role in Fences also earned her the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress.

For her work on television, she made history becoming the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series[4] for her role as Annalise Keating in the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015. The series ran from 2014 to 2020, where she won several awards including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series consecutively in 2014 and 2015.[5] Davis was Emmy-nominated for her guest role on the political thriller series Scandal in 2018.[6]

On Broadway, Davis has won two Tony Awards, her performances in revivals of August Wilson plays. She won her first Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play for playing Tonya in King Hedley II (2001), and her second for Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing Rose Maxson in Fences (2010). She was Tony-nominated for her role as Vera in the revival Seven Guitars (1996). She has also received several other awards for her work on stage including, three Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and a Theatre World Award.

Davis is the recipient of several honors including having a Motion Picture Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017, the Cannes Film Festival's Women In Motion Award in 2022, the Gotham Awards Actress Tribute in 2020, and the Film at Lincoln Center's Chaplin Gala Award in 2023.

  1. ^ Holub, Christian (November 15, 2022). "Viola Davis could be the next star to EGOT thanks to 2023 Grammy nomination". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Viola Davis Reaches EGOT Status". Forbes. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Only 22 people had ever accomplished this feat. Now, Viola Davis joins the club". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Viola Davis made Emmys history and spoke truth to power in her speech". The Guardian. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  5. ^ "SAG Awards: 'Trial of the Chicago 7,' 'The Crown,' 'Schitt's Creek' Win Best Ensemble Categories". The Hollywood Reporter. April 4, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Emmy episode analysis: Viola Davis earns nom for bringing her 'HTGAWM' character to 'Scandal' in landmark crossover". Goldderby. Retrieved July 30, 2024.