Viola Davis career
Viola Davis averages 6.51 across 36 rated films as an actor, with Prisoners on top at 8.2.
Average
6.51
36 rated films
Best rated
8.2
Prisoners
Peak five
7.26
2010 to 2013
7+ run
2 films
2021 to 2021
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 G20 | 2025 | President Danielle Sutton | 5.1 | 26,967 |
 Kung Fu Panda 4 | 2024 | The Chameleon | 6.3 | 86,288 |
 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | 2023 | Dr. Volumnia Gaul | 6.6 | 191K |
 Air | 2023 | Deloris Jordan | 7.4 | 199K |
 The Woman King | 2022 | Nanisca | 6.9 | 84,442 |
 The Unforgivable | 2021 | Liz Ingram | 7.2 | 130K |
 The Suicide Squad | 2021 | Amanda Waller | 7.2 | 467K |
 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | 2020 | Ma Rainey | 6.9 | 78,809 |
 Troop Zero | 2019 | Miss Rayleen | 6.9 | 13,217 |
 Widows | 2018 | Veronica | 6.8 | 110K |
 Fences | 2016 | Rose Maxson | 7.2 | 127K |
 Suicide Squad | 2016 | Amanda Waller | 5.9 | 768K |
| Custody | 2016 | Martha | 6.5 | 1,359 |
| Lila & Eve | 2015 | Lila | 5.9 | 9,524 |
 Blackhat | 2015 | Carol Barrett | 5.5 | 68,054 |
 Get on Up | 2014 | Susie Brown | 6.9 | 27,502 |
| The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | 2013 | Professor Lillian Friedman | 6.8 | 10,814 |
| The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | 2013 | Professor Lillian Friedman | 6.8 | 10,176 |
 Ender's Game | 2013 | Major Gwen Anderson | 6.6 | 267K |
 Prisoners | 2013 | Nancy Birch | 8.2 | 962K |
 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | 2014 | Professor Friedman | 6.3 | 13,727 |
| Won't Back Down | 2012 | Nona Alberts | 6.4 | 7,047 |
 Beautiful Creatures | 2013 | Amma | 6.1 | 94,019 |
 The Help | 2011 | Aibileen Clark | 8.1 | 534K |
 Trust | 2010 | Gail Friedman | 6.8 | 46,461 |
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