Viola Davis: movies and TV shows
Viola Davis has 165 credits in the archive: 96 films and 69 TV series, from 1944 to 2027. Highest rated: City of Angels (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2027 · busiest year: 2019 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Children of Blood and Bone | Mama Agba | Film | — | 61 |
| 2026 | W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet | Self | TV | 3.6 | 59 |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet | TV | 3.6 | 59 | |
| 2025 | G20 | President Danielle Sutton | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2025 | G20 | Film | 6.3 | 59 | |
| 2025 | ASALI: Power of the Pollinators | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 2025 | The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality | Narration | Film | 1.0 | 59 |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | The Chameleon (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2024 | Hot Ones Versus | Self | TV | 8.8 | 58 |
| 2024 | Creature Commandos | Amanda Waller (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black | Self (archive footage) | TV | 3.7 | 58 |
| 2024 | Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul) | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Dr. Volumnia Gaul | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2023 | Air | Deloris Jordan | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2023 | Silver Dollar Road | Film | 7.2 | 57 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 56 |
| 2022 | Peacemaker | Amanda Waller (uncredited) | TV | 8.2 | 56 |
| 2022 | Black Adam | Amanda Waller (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | Nanisca | Film | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2022 | The Woman King | Film | 7.6 | 56 | |
| 2022 | The First Lady | Michelle Obama | TV | 5.7 | 56 |
| 2022 | The First Lady | TV | 5.7 | 56 | |
| 2022 | Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event | Self | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2022 | Food 2050 | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2021 | C ce soir, le débat | Self - Guest | TV | 2.0 | 55 |
| 2021 | The Unforgivable | Liz Ingram | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 2020 | Dear... | Self | TV | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2020 | Celebrity IOU | Self | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2020 | Giving Voice | Self | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 2019 | Troop Zero | Miss Rayleen | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2019 | Troop Zero | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 2019 | Emanuel | Film | 6.1 | 53 | |
| 2019 | On Broadway | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.7 | 53 |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | Florida Evans | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 2019 | Operation Othello | Narrator | Film | — | 53 |
| 2019 | Operation Othello | Film | — | 53 | |
| 2019 | In a Man's World | TV | — | 53 | |
| 2019 | In a Man's World | TV | — | 53 | |
| 2019 | A Touch of Sugar | Narrator | Film | — | 53 |
| 2018 | Widows | Veronica Rawlings | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2018 | The Last Defense | TV | 5.5 | 52 | |
| 2018 | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 2017 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 2017 | Night Shift | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 2016 | Fences | Rose Maxson | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 2016 | Custody | Martha Schulman | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2015 | Blackhat | Carol Barrett | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 2015 | Lila & Eve | Lila Walcott | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2015 | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 48 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Annalise Keating | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | TV | 7.8 | 48 | |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 48 |
| 2014 | Get On Up | Susie Brown | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | Professor Lillian Friedman | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Professor Lillian Friedman | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Professor Lillian Friedman | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 2013 | Sofia the First | Helen Hanshaw (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 2013 | Prisoners | Nancy Birch | Film | 8.1 | 47 |
| 2013 | Ender's Game | Major Gwen Anderson | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures | Amma Treadeau | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Self | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 2012 | Scandal | Annalise Keating | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 2012 | Won't Back Down | Nona Alberts | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 2011 | The Help | Aibileen Clark | Film | 8.2 | 45 |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Abby Black | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 2011 | Dark Girls | Self | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 2010 | Knight and Day | CIA Director Isabel George | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Delia Shiraz | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 2010 | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Dr. Eden Minerva | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 2010 | Trust | Gail Friedman | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 43 |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Mayor April Henry | Film | 7.4 | 43 |
| 2009 | United States of Tara | TV | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 2009 | State of Play | Dr. Judith Franklin | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 2009 | Madea Goes to Jail | Ellen | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Hortense Johnson | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 2009 | Doubt: Stage to Screen | Self | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 2008 | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charlene Barton | TV | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2008 | Doubt | Mrs. Miller | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | Jean | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 2007 | Disturbia | Detective Parker | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 2007 | Traveler | Agent Jan Marlow | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Molly Crane | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Ellen Snyder | TV | 7.1 | 40 |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | Mother in Hospital | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Molly Crane | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Night Passage | Officer Molly Crane | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 2006 | The Architect | Tonya Neely | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Tonya (segment "King Hedley II") | Film | — | 40 |
| 2006 | Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story | Diane Barrino | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 2005 | Threshold | TV | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Grandma | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 2005 | Syriana | CIA Chairwoman | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 2005 | Stone Cold | Molly Crane | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 2004 | Century City | Hannah Crane | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 37 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Audrey Williams | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 2002 | Live from E! | Self | TV | 3.7 | 36 |
| 2002 | Hack | Stevie Morgan | TV | 7.9 | 36 |
| 2002 | Solaris | Gordon | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | Sybil | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher | Eva May | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Terry Randolph | TV | 7.6 | 35 |
| 2001 | The Division | Dr. Georgia Davis | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 2001 | The Guardian | Suzanna Clemons' Attorney | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 2001 | Kate & Leopold | Policewoman | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 2001 | The Shrink Is In | Robin | Film | 4.9 | 35 |
| 2001 | Amy & Isabelle | Dottie | Film | 5.6 | 35 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Attorney Campbell | TV | 7.6 | 34 |
| 2000 | Traffic | Social Worker | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 2000 | City of Angels | Lynnette Peeler | TV | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Donna Emmett | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Margo Rodriguez | TV | 7.9 | 33 |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Celeste | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1999 | Providence | Dr. Eleanor Weiss | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1998 | Out of Sight | Moselle | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Sgt. Fanning | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1998 | Grace & Glorie | Rosemary Allbright | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1998 | Miss Apprehension and Squirt | Sharon Hughes | Film | — | 32 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 31 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 31 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Aisha Crenshaw | TV | 7.7 | 31 |
| 1996 | The Substance of Fire | Nurse | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1995 | The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA | Self | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Woman | TV | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest | TV | 5.4 | 26 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 13 |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes | Self | TV | 6.5 | 2 |
| 1959 | The Grammys | Self | TV | 8.6 | 6 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 9 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 12 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Rosemary Allbright | TV | 8.8 | 14 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 21 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 21 |
| Small Great Things | Film | — | — | ||
| Rise of the Empress | TV | — | — | ||
| Ally Clark | Ally Clark | Film | — | — | |
| Ally Clark | Film | — | — | ||
| The Untamed: A Sinner's Prayer | Film | — | — | ||
| House of Games | Film | — | — | ||
| House of Games | Film | — | — | ||
| The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Rachel Dupree | Film | — | — | |
| Black Boys Don't Sew | Film | — | — | ||
| Mfinda | Film | — | — | ||
| Two Butterflies | Film | — | — | ||
| I Almost Forgot About You | Dr. Georgia Young | Film | — | — | |
| Waller | Amanda Waller | TV | — | — | |
| Waller | TV | — | — |