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Viola Davis to release memoir, ‘Finding Me’, in April 2022

Tuesday, July 20 by ABC News

Viola Davis is ready to tell her story, in her own words. On Tuesday, HarperOne announced that Davis' forthcoming memoir, Finding Me, will be released on April 19, 2022 in partnership with Ebony Magazine Publishing. Described as a story of "overcoming," Davis' book will share details of... Read More.

Thuso Mbedu joins Viola Davis in ‘The Woman King’; Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘The Protege’ heads to theaters & more

Thursday, April 29 by ABC News

South African actress Thuso Mbedu, who leads Barry Jenkins' highly-anticipated Underground Railroad series, has just set her next big project. Deadline has learned she'll star opposite Viola Davis in The Woman King. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film is inspired by... Read More.

Spike Lee, Viola Davis and Phylicia Rashad celebrate Chadwick Boseman in Netflix’s ‘Portrait of an Artist’

Tuesday, April 13 by ABC News

Netflix has unveiled the trailer for its upcoming special Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist. The special intimately explores Boseman’s extraordinary life and Oscar-nominated career, with appearances from Spike Lee, Danai Gurira, Viola Davis and Taylour Paige, the latter two of whom co-starred alongside Boseman... Read More.

Viola Davis honored with AAFCA Icon Award

Friday, April 9 by ABC News

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom star Viola Davis was honored with the African American Film Critics Association's prestigious Icon Award at a ceremony, presented virtually on Wednesday. Davis' Ma Rainey co-star Colman Domingo made the presentation, during which he described Davis as “one of the greatest actors of all time,” according to the

Viola Davis now the most-nominated Black actress in Oscars history

Monday, March 15 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- Viola Davis made history Monday morning when the 2021 Oscar nominations were announced: The actress received a best actress nomination for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which marked her fourth Oscar nod. With her 2021 nod for playing Ma Rainey in the George C. Wolfe-directed... Read More.

Viola Davis talks Chadwick Boseman, playing Michelle Obama

Thursday, February 25 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- Viola Davis recently sat down with Entertainment Tonight to discuss her recent turn in the Netflix film, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and her upcoming role as former first lady Michelle Obama in Showtime's anthology series The First Lady, including words of praise for... Read More.

Viola Davis, Tyler Perry, Oprah and more honor and celebrate Cicely Tyson’s legacy

Friday, January 29 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- Hollywood legend Cicely Tyson, a pioneering actress whose career spanned seven decades, died Thursday at the age of 96, ABC News confirmed. A cause of death has not been revealed. Following news of the icon's death, celebrities took to social media to... Read More.

Michael B. Jordan, Viola Davis and others honor Chadwick Boseman on what would’ve been his 44th birthday

Monday, November 30 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- Hail to the king! Michael B. Jordan, Viola Davis, Lupita Nyong’o and others paid tribute to Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman on Sunday, which would have been the... Read More.

Viola Davis discusses the challenge of becoming ‘Ma Rainey’ and the gift of working with Chadwick Boseman

Monday, October 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Viola Davis says she took on a role she "didn't think [she] could play" when she transformed into the buxom, outspoken Blues singer Ma, in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. In a preview event for the upcoming Netflix film, Davis... Read More.

Stories tagged with: viola

Viola Davis to release memoir, ‘Finding Me’, in April 2022

Thuso Mbedu joins Viola Davis in ‘The Woman King’; Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘The Protege’ heads to theaters & more

Spike Lee, Viola Davis and Phylicia Rashad celebrate Chadwick Boseman in Netflix’s ‘Portrait of an Artist’

Viola Davis honored with AAFCA Icon Award

Viola Davis now the most-nominated Black actress in Oscars history

Viola Davis talks Chadwick Boseman, playing Michelle Obama

Viola Davis, Tyler Perry, Oprah and more honor and celebrate Cicely Tyson’s legacy

Michael B. Jordan, Viola Davis and others honor Chadwick Boseman on what would’ve been his 44th birthday

Viola Davis discusses the challenge of becoming ‘Ma Rainey’ and the gift of working with Chadwick Boseman

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