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As we are getting closer to the December release of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom we are starting to get images from the film. I have added some to our gallery. Gallery Links: Viola Davis Online > CAREER > Films > 2020 | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

The actress undergoes a thrilling transformation in Netflix’s awards contender. Could Oscar No. 2 be on the way? At this point, it’s cliché to compare Viola Davis to Meryl Streep. By her own admission, the first Black artist ever to win the triple crown of acting awards (Oscar, Emmy, Tony) is rarely offered the parts […]

Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), her ambitious horn player (Chadwick Boseman), and the white management determined to control the legendary “Mother of the Blues.” Based on Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s play. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, […]

In the new Netflix adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s a sweat-slicked summer day in Chicago 1927 and everybody wants something. White music-industry bigwigs want a new recording from the indomitable Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), a Southern singer dubbed the “Mother of the Blues,” and they want it fast. Her ambitious trumpeter, Levee (Chadwick […]

I have added some images from Viola’s role in the film Troop Zero to our gallery. Gallery Links: Viola Davis Online > CAREER > Films > 2019 | Troop Zero

OMG! CAN’T WAIT!!!!! When James Gunn says, “It’s going to be different from any superhero movie ever made,” he means it! See more in this official first sneak peek behind the scenes of #TheSuicideSquad! #DCFanDome

Check out the cast and characters of the new Suicide Squad Film! YOU. ARE. NOT. READY. But here we go anyway! Buckle up for the ultimate character reveals from @JamesGunn’s #TheSuicideSquad. #DCFanDome

I have added some stills from when Viola worked with the Property Brothers to redo her friend Michelle’s house! Gallery Links: Viola Davis Online > Celebrity IOU {2020} > Season One

Another article this time from E!Online about Viola and playing Annalise Keating. Viola Davis said yes to How to Get Away With Murder back in 2014 for a simple reason: She wanted to “be the show.” Six seasons and an Emmy win later, it’s safe to say she accomplished just that. When Davis joined the […]

The NY Times wrote this beautiful opinion piece on Viola’s role as Annalise Keating ahead of the series finale. “How to Get Away With Murder” is coming to an end, leaving behind a groundbreaking legacy. It was the gasp heard in millions of living rooms around the country. Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. During the fourth […]