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Viola did a recent interview with the New York Times where she answers fan questions. She talks about roles that she regrets and the challenges she has faced in her career. TORONTO — The Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis is the star of the new crime drama “Widows,” which debuted here last week at the Toronto […]

Viola is featured on the newest issue of Variety magazine. She talks about her new film Widows that is premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, the Hollywood Pay Gap, and other issues that she has faced in Hollywood. It was a familiar dilemma for Viola Davis. What to do with her hair? The star of […]

I love this feature that People.com did on their site! Hopefully that means there will be a feature on Viola in their new The Beautiful Issue People issue. The Oscar winner knows that she’s fabulous — and she wants other women to know that they are, too ON HER MANTRA “My go-to saying is that […]

Variety released some clips from an interview with Viola on the red carpet of yesterday’s Power of Women New York event. On the red carpet for Variety‘s Power of Women New York event Friday, Viola Davis shared her thoughts on the #MeToo movement, its implications, and the lasting effects of sexual assault. “I think the […]

Viola Davis is speaking out about the importance of women owning who they are, imperfections and all. Speaking at the 11th Annual Women in Film Pre-Oscar Cocktail Party in Beverly Hills, California, on Friday, the How to Get Away With Murder actress — who is among the list of star-studded presenters for the 2018 Academy […]

Viola is on the cover of the new Net-A-Porter Magazine. When an actress is as straight-talking, insightful and impassioned as VIOLA DAVIS, nothing is out of bounds – as she puts it, authenticity is her rebellion. AJESH PATALAY hears from one of TV’s most candid stars about sexual liberation, the value of women of color, […]

Women in the World released this article about Viola’s interview with Tina Brown. The award-winning actress talked with Tina Brown at the 2018 Women in the World Los Angeles Salon ‘If you’re dedicated to change, let it cost you something.’ ‘Poverty seeps into your mind, it seeps into your spirit.’ ‘People say, “You’re a black […]

Actress Viola Davis, on the day when hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets across America, on Saturday sought to give voice to the silent and faceless victims of sexual assault. “Every single day, your job as an American citizen is not just to fight for your rights, but it is to fight […]

As the tough-as-nails criminal-defense lawyer and law professor Annalise Keating on How to Get Away with Murder, Viola Davis is as fierce and feisty as she is calm and complicated. And while her character is a total boss babe, it’s Davis herself who has me wanting to hang out nonstop. The award-winning actress (she has […]

Here is a great article from People of Viola talking about some of her past and her desire for more diversity. Viola Davis does not mince words when it comes to discussing her difficult childhood — one that was filled with violence and racism so traumatizing, she wet the bed until she was 14. The […]