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Acting · age 61

Viola Davis

Best rated: Prisoners (8.2)

Viola Davis, illustrated
Films
36
Avg rating
6.51
Peak run
2010’13
Oscar wins
1 of 4
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The career

Viola Davis, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2010 to 2013, 7.264567820052010201520202025Prisoners 8.2Madea Goes to Jail 4.7Career avg 6.51

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Viola Davis's career barcodecoolhot
200136 films2025
Current formLast 5: 6.46 vs career 6.51 (−0.05)
  1. WThe Woman King2022 · 6.9+0.4
  2. WThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023 · 6.6+0.1
  3. WAir2023 · 7.4+0.9
  4. LKung Fu Panda 42024 · 6.3−0.2
  5. LG202025 · 5.1−1.4
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Viola by the numbers

Average
6.51
36 rated films
Vote weighted
6.57
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.80
rating spread
Career
25y
2001 to 2025
Total votes
5.34M
across every film
Best
8.2
Prisoners
Worst
4.7
Madea Goes to Jail
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2025G20 posterG20President Danielle Sutton5.126,967
2024Kung Fu Panda 4 posterKung Fu Panda 4The Chameleon6.386,288
2023The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes posterThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & SnakesDr. Volumnia Gaul6.6191K
2023Air posterAirDeloris Jordan7.4199K
2022The Woman King posterThe Woman KingNanisca6.984,442
2021The Unforgivable posterThe UnforgivableLiz Ingram7.2130K
2021The Suicide Squad posterThe Suicide SquadAmanda Waller7.2467K
2020Ma Rainey's Black Bottom posterMa Rainey's Black BottomMa Rainey6.978,809
2019Troop Zero posterTroop ZeroMiss Rayleen6.913,217
2018Widows posterWidowsVeronica6.8110K
2016Suicide Squad posterSuicide SquadAmanda Waller5.9768K
2016Fences posterFencesRose Maxson7.2127K
2016CustodyMartha6.51,359
2015Blackhat posterBlackhatCarol Barrett5.568,054
2015Lila & EveLila5.99,524
2014Get on Up posterGet on UpSusie Brown6.927,502
2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them posterThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: ThemProfessor Friedman6.313,727
2013Prisoners posterPrisonersNancy Birch8.2962K
2013The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: HimProfessor Lillian Friedman6.810,814
2013Beautiful Creatures posterBeautiful CreaturesAmma6.194,019
Better together?

Viola Davis's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Viola Davis

11 nominations, 8 wins

Awards record

  • Best Actress · Academy Awards 2021
    Viola Davis
    Nominated
  • Female Actor in a Leading Role · Actor Awards (formerly SAG Awards) 2021
    Viola Davis
    Won
  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 2017
    Viola Davis
    Won
  • Best Supporting Actress · Golden Globe Awards 2017
    Viola Davis
    Won
  • Best Supporting Actress · Critics Choice Awards 2017
    Viola Davis
    Won
  • Female Actor in a Supporting Role · Actor Awards (formerly SAG Awards) 2017
    Viola Davis
    Won
  • Best Supporting Actress · BAFTA Film Awards 2017
    Viola Davis
    Won
  • Best Actress · Academy Awards 2012
    Viola Davis
    Nominated
  • Best Actress · Critics Choice Awards 2012
    Viola Davis
    Won
  • Female Actor in a Leading Role · Actor Awards (formerly SAG Awards) 2012
    Viola Davis
    Won
  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 2009
    Viola Davis
    Nominated

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