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Photo Features Celebrate Tony, Academy, and Emmy Award Winner Viola Davis With a Look at Her Theatre Highlights The stage and screen actor celebrates her birthday August 11.
By Playbill Staff
August 11, 2021
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Acclaimed stage and screen star Viola Davis celebrates her birthday August 11.

Davis made her Broadway debut as Vera in August Wilson’s Seven Guitar in 1996. The actor would return to Wilson’s work several more times throughout her career, winning Tony Awards for her performances as Tonya in the 2001 production of King Hedley II and Rose in 2010 production of Fences. She also took home the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role in Fences, reprising her performance in the film adaptation of the August Wilson play. She recently earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in the film adaptation of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Davis is the first black woman to win Academy, Emmy, and Tony awards for acting.

In celebration of Davis, look back at the theatre highlights from her career.

Celebrate Tony, Academy, Grammy, and Emmy Award Winner Viola Davis With a Look at Her Theatre Highlights

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Celebrate Tony, Academy, Grammy, and Emmy Award Winner Viola Davis With a Look at Her Theatre Highlights

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Viola Davis and Keith David in Seven Guitars
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Michele Shay and Viola Davis in Seven Guitars
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Viola Davis and Ruben Santiago-Hudson in Seven Guitars
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Viola Davis in King Hedley II
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Brian Stokes Mitchell and Viola Davis in King Hedley II
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Stephen McKinley Henderson and Viola Davis in King Hedley II
Viola Davis in <i>Intimate Apparel</i>
Viola Davis in Intimate Apparel
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Viola Davis and Lauren Vélez in the play Intimate Apparel in 2004
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Viola Davis at the Kennedy Center Honors
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Viola Davis and Denzel Washington in Fences.
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Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences
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Viola Davis in Fences
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Denzel Washington and Viola Davis at the 2010 Tony Awards
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Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the Fences film
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Viola Davis at the 2017 Academy Awards
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Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Viola Davis, Michael Potts, and Glynn Turman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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Viola Davis and cast in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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